Born on October 20th, 1912
Weekday
Sunday
October 20th, 1912 was a Sunday.
Zodiac
♎
Libra (The Scales)
September 24th, 1912 - October 23rd, 1912
Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 40,000 days old!
Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 267 days, exactly on January 20th, 2025, people who were born on October 20th, 1912 will be 41,000 days old!
40,733 Days
5,819 Weeks
1,338 Months
... in seconds, minutes and hours
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What happened on October 20th?
Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on October 20th
Born on October 20th, 1912
Same Day
Who's birthday is on October 20th?
91 Fayard Nicholas
Choreographer, dancer, actor
*October 20th, 1914, Mobile †January 24th, 2006, Los Angeles.jpg "Jess Glynne")
93 Arlene Francis
American actress and television host (1907–2001)
*October 20th, 1907, Boston †May 31st, 2001, San Francisco.jpg "Kamala Harris")
59 Kamala Harris
Vice president of the United States since 2021
*October 20th, 1964, Oakland Medical Center
85 Dolores Hart
American Roman Catholic religious sister, and former actress
*October 20th, 1938, Chicago
82 James Chadwick
English physicist (1891-1974), who discovered the neutron in 1932
*October 20th, 1891, Bollington †July 24th, 1974, Cambridge
69 Jerry Orbach
American actor and singer (1935-2004)
*October 20th, 1935, New York City †December 28th, 2004, New York City
90 Werner Maihofer
German legal scholar and politician
*October 20th, 1918, Constance †October 6th, 2009, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe.jpg "John Krasinski")
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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, MombasaSame year
Born in 1912
81 Erich Honecker
Former leader of East Germany, General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party (1976-1989)
*August 25th, 1912, Neunkirchen †May 29th, 1994, La Reina
41 Alan Turing
English computer scientist (1912–1954)
*June 23rd, 1912, Maida Vale †June 7th, 1954, WilmslowJack Marshall
Prime Minister of New Zealand, politician (1912-1988)
*March 5th, 1912, Wellington †August 30th, 1988, Snape
104 Ingeborg Rapoport
German physician and East German communist functionary (1912-2017)
*September 2nd, 1912, Kribi †March 23rd, 2017, Berlin
94 Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker
German physicist (1912–2007)
*June 28th, 1912, Kiel †April 28th, 2007, SöckingLeiva Petersen
German classical philologist and publisher
*November 28th, 1912, Berlin †April 17th, 1992, Weimar
65 John Paul I
Pope of the Catholic Church in 1978 (1912-1978)
*October 17th, 1912, Canale d'Agordo †September 28th, 1978, Vatican City.jpg "John Cage")
79 John Cage
American avant-garde composer (1912-1992)
*September 5th, 1912, Los Angeles †August 12th, 1992, New York City
90 Wendy Hiller
English film and stage actress (1912-2003)
*August 15th, 1912, Stockport †May 14th, 2003, Beaconsfield
94 Milton Friedman
American economist and statistician (1912–2006)
*July 31st, 1912, Brooklyn †November 16th, 2006, San Francisco
59 Jean Vilar
French theatre director and actor (1912–1971)
*March 25th, 1912, Sète †May 28th, 1971, Sète
44 Jackson Pollock
American painter (1912–1956)
*January 28th, 1912, Cody †August 11th, 1956, East Hampton
75 Ray Eames
American artist, designer, and filmmaker
*December 15th, 1912, Sacramento †August 21st, 1988, Los Angeles
65 Wernher von Braun
German and later American aerospace engineer and space architect (1912–1977)
*March 23rd, 1912, Wyrzysk †June 16th, 1977, Alexandria
97 June Havoc
American actress, vaudeville performer, and memoirist
*November 8th, 1912, Vancouver †March 28th, 2010, Stamford
78 Patrick White
English-born Australian writer
*May 28th, 1912, London †September 30th, 1990, SydneyBirthdays of famous people
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Public holidays on October 20th
Fixed holidays (Christian feast days) which are celebrated on October 20th.
Margaret Marie Alacoque (in Canada, moved from Oct. 16)
Christian feast daysen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Mary_AlacoquePaul of the Cross (in USA, moved from Oct. 19)
Christian feast daysen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_of_the_CrossOctober 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian feast daysen.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_20_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics)Arbor Day (Czech Republic)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbor_DayHeroes' Day (Kenya)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroes'_DayRevolution Day (Guatemala), one of the two Patriotic Days (Guatemala)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_GuatemalaVietnamese Women's Day (Vietnam)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_VietnamWorld Osteoporosis Day
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Osteoporosis_DayWorld Statistics Day
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Statistics_DayDate as a Roman numeral / digit
20.10.1912
Legend
| M = 1000 | CM = 900 | X = 10 | I = 1 |
Leap year
Yes: 1912 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).