October 20th, 1893

Born on October 20th, 1893

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What happened on October 20th?

October 20th, 2011

First Libyan Civil War: Muammar Gaddafi, the deposed Libyan leader, was captured by rebel forces during the Battle of Sirte, and was killed shortly thereafter.

October 20th, 1977

Three members of the American rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd died when their chartered plane crashed in Gillsburg, Mississippi.

October 20th, 1969

Experimental results from the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center were published showing that protons were composed of smaller particles, the first evidence of quarks.

October 20th, 1936

British woman Mabel Freer was refused entry to Australia after failing a dictation test given in Italian, leading to a debate over Australia's immigration policy.

October 20th, 1740

Under the terms of the Pragmatic Sanction, Maria Theresa (pictured) ascended the Habsburg throne.

October 20th, 1986

Aeroflot Flight 6502 crashed on approach to Kurumoch Airport in Samara, Russia (then Kuybyshev in the Soviet Union), killing 70 people on board.

October 20th, 1984

The Spanish trawler Sonia sank in British waters after a five-hour chase by the Irish Naval Service patrol vessel Aisling, during which almost 600 shots were fired.

October 20th, 1973

Watergate scandal: Attorney General Elliot Richardson and his deputy William Ruckelshaus resigned after refusing to obey President Richard Nixon's order to have Archibald Cox fired.

October 20th, 1967

Roger Patterson and Robert Gimlin filmed an unidentified subject, which they claimed was Bigfoot, at Six Rivers National Forest in California.

October 20th, 2024

Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka were sworn in as president and vice president of Indonesia, becoming the oldest and the youngest person to assume respective offices.

October 20th, 1951

African-American college football player Johnny Bright was the victim of an on-field assault, eventually leading to changes in NCAA football rules that mandated the use of more protective helmets with face guards.

October 20th, 1944

World War II: Fulfilling a promise he made two years previously, General Douglas MacArthur landed on Leyte to begin the recapture of the Philippines.

October 20th, 1939

Pope Pius XII (pictured) published his first encyclical, Summi Pontificatus, which critiqued ideologies such as racism, cultural superiority and totalitarianism.

October 20th, 1981

Two police officers and a Brink's armored car guard are killed during an armed robbery carried out by members of the Black Liberation Army and Weather Underground in Nanuet, New York.

October 20th, 1977

A plane carrying the rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd crashes in woodland in Mississippi, United States. Six people, including three band members, are killed.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on October 20th

Born on October 20th, 1893

84

Jomo Kenyatta

First Prime Minister (1963 to 1964) and President (1964 to 1978) of self-governing Kenya

*October 20th, 1893, Gatundu †August 22nd, 1978, Mombasa

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Born in 1893

82

Mao Zedong

1st Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)

*December 26th, 1893, Shaoshan †September 9th, 1976, Zhongnanhai

54

Walter Donaldson

American songwriter (1893-1947)

*February 15th, 1893, Manhattan †July 15th, 1947, Santa Monica

99

Lillian Gish

American actress (1893–1993)

*October 14th, 1893, Springfield †February 27th, 1993, New York City

53

Joachim von Ribbentrop

German Foreign Minister of Nazi Germany (1893–1946)

*April 30th, 1893, Wesel †October 16th, 1946, Nuremberg

53

Hermann Göring

German Nazi politician, military leader, and convicted war criminal

*January 12th, 1893, Rosenheim †October 15th, 1946, Nuremberg Court Prison

77

Harold Lloyd

American actor and comedian (1893–1971)

*April 20th, 1893, Burchard †March 8th, 1971, Beverly Hills

79

Hans Scharoun

German architect (1893-1972)

*September 20th, 1893, Bremen †November 25th, 1972, West Berlin

87

Harold Urey

American physical chemist

*April 29th, 1893, Walkerton †January 5th, 1981, La Jolla

74

Herbert Edward Read

English anarchist, poet, and critic of literature and art (1893-1968)

*December 4th, 1893, Muscoates †June 12th, 1968, Stonegrave

61

Lucien Tesnière

French linguist (1893–1954)

*May 13th, 1893, Mont-Saint-Aignan †December 6th, 1954, Montpellier

87

Cicely Courtneidge

English actress and comedian (1893–1980)

*April 1st, 1893, Sydney †April 26th, 1980, Putney

86

Agustín Millares Carlo

Spanish paleographer

*August 10th, 1893, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria †February 8th, 1980, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

50

Berty Albrecht

French Resistance fighter (1893–1943)

*February 15th, 1893, Marseille †May 31st, 1943, Fresnes

82

Wout Buitenweg

Dutch footballer (1893-1976)

*December 24th, 1893, Utrecht †November 10th, 1976, Utrecht

73

Dorothy Parker

American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist (1893-1967)

*August 22nd, 1893, West End †June 7th, 1967, New York City

88

Soong Ching-ling

Former Vice President of the People's Republic of China and third wife of Sun Yat-sen (1893–1981)

*January 27th, 1893, Shanghai †May 29th, 1981, Beijing

53

Alfred Rosenberg

Baltic German architect, Nazi politician and ideologue (1893-1946)

*January 12th, 1893, Tallinn †October 16th, 1946, Nuremberg

81

Fritz Baade

German politician and economist (1893-1974)

*January 23rd, 1893, Neuruppin †May 15th, 1974, Kiel

59

Hattie McDaniel

American actress (1895-1952)

*June 10th, 1893, Wichita †October 26th, 1952, Woodland Hills

45

Ernst Toller

German writer, politician and leader of the Munich Soviet Republic (1893-1939)

*December 1st, 1893, Szamocin †May 22nd, 1939, New York City

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1893 is a normal year and no leap year.

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