October 20th, 1958

Born on October 20th, 1958

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on October 20th?

October 20th, 1986

Aeroflot Flight 6502 crashed on approach to Kurumoch Airport in Samara (then Kuibyshev 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: Both Attorney General Elliot Richardson and his deputy William Ruckelshaus resigned rather than obey 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, 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.

October 20th, 1973

The Sydney Opera House is opened by Elizabeth II after 14 years of construction.

October 20th, 1962

China launches simultaneous offensives in Ladakh and across the McMahon Line, igniting the Sino-Indian War.

October 20th, 1961

The Soviet Navy performs the first armed test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile, launching an R-13 from a Golf-class submarine.

October 20th, 1952

The Governor of Kenya Evelyn Baring declares a state of emergency and begins arresting hundreds of suspected leaders of the Mau Mau Uprising.

October 20th, 1951

The "Johnny Bright incident" occurs during a football game between the Drake Bulldogs and Oklahoma A&M Aggies.

October 20th, 1948

A KLM Lockheed L-049 Constellation crashes on approach to Glasgow Prestwick Airport, killing 40.

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

Born on October 20th, 1958

65

Viggo Mortensen

American actor

*October 20th, 1958, Watertown

65

Louis Giscard d'Estaing

French politician

*October 20th, 1958, 15th arrondissement of Paris

65

Ivo Pogorelić

Croatian pianist

*October 20th, 1958, Belgrade

65

Eric Scott

American actor

*October 20th, 1958, Los Angeles

65

Valerie Faris

American film director and producer

*October 20th, 1958, Los Angeles

65

Dave Krieg

American football player

*October 20th, 1958, Iola

65

Lynn Flewelling

American writer

*October 20th, 1958, Presque Isle

65

Mark King

British bassist and singer

*October 20th, 1958, Cowes

65

Svetlana Nikishina

Volleyball player

*October 20th, 1958, Chelyabinsk

51

Patrick Saint-Éloi

French musician

*October 20th, 1958, Pointe-à-Pitre †September 18th, 2010, Le Moule

63

Scott Hall

American professional wrestler (1958–2022)

*October 20th, 1958, St. Mary's County †March 14th, 2022, Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical Center

62

Ulrich Büscher

German footballer

*October 20th, 1958, Bielefeld †December 31st, 2020

65

Rainer Hartmann

German guitarist

*October 20th, 1958, Bayreuth †December 8th, 2023

65

Carl Mazzocone

American film producer

*October 20th, 1958, Bryn Mawr

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64

Morten Andreas Meyer

Norwegian politician

*October 20th, 1959, Sarpsborg Municipality

34

Jess Glynne

British singer

*October 20th, 1989, London

59

Kamala Harris

Vice president of the United States since 2021

*October 20th, 1964, Oakland Medical Center

91

Fayard Nicholas

Choreographer, dancer, actor

*October 20th, 1914, Mobile †January 24th, 2006, Los Angeles

31

Liis Lemsalu

Estonian singer

*October 20th, 1992, Pärnu

41

Aki Akao

Badminton player

*October 20th, 1982, Hita

67

Danny Boyle

English filmmaker

*October 20th, 1956, Radcliffe

29

Andries Malan

Badminton player

*October 20th, 1994, Bellville

27

Anthony Sinisuka Ginting

Indonesian badminton player

*October 20th, 1996, Cimahi City

77

Elfriede Jelinek

Austrian writer

*October 20th, 1946, Mürzzuschlag

37

Raymond Tam

Australian badminton player

*October 20th, 1986, Hong Kong

33

Andrew Watt

American record producer and songwriter

*October 20th, 1990, New York City

52

Snoop Dogg

American rapper and actor (born 1971)

*October 20th, 1971, Long Beach

74

George Harris

Comedian

*October 20th, 1949, Grenada

47

Dan Fogler

American actor, musician and filmmaker

*October 20th, 1976, Brooklyn

64

Andreas Ehrig

East German speed skater

*October 20th, 1959, Langenbernsdorf

44

John Krasinski

American actor and filmmaker (born 1979)

*October 20th, 1979, Newton

61

Win Braun

German painter (1955-2017)

*October 20th, 1955, Breinig †February 17th, 2017, Stolberg

62

Ian Rush

Welsh association football player and manager

*October 20th, 1961, St Asaph

85

Dolores Hart

American Roman Catholic religious sister, and former actress

*October 20th, 1938, Chicago

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Born in 1958

50

Michael Jackson

American singer, songwriter, and dancer (1958–2009)

*August 29th, 1958, Gary †June 25th, 2009, Los Angeles

66

Gary Numan

English musician (born 1958)

*March 8th, 1958, Hammersmith

65

Jane Wiedlin

American musician

*May 20th, 1958, Oconomowoc

65

Jon Cassar

Maltese-Canadian director and producer

*April 27th, 1958, Valletta

65

Jello Biafra

American singer

*June 17th, 1958, Boulder

65

Wayne Hussey

English musician, singer of The Mission

*May 26th, 1958, Bristol

65

Madonna

American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)

*August 16th, 1958, Bay City

65

Olaf Scholz

German politician (SPD) and 9th Federal Chancellor of Germany (since 2021)

*June 14th, 1958, Osnabrück

65

Ursula von der Leyen

President of the European Commission since 2019

*October 8th, 1958, Ixelles - Elsene

65

Glenn Gregory

English singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist

*May 16th, 1958, Sheffield

66

Caryl Phillips

Kittian-British writer

*March 13th, 1958, Saint Kitts

64

Jens Arentzen

Danish actor

*March 2nd, 1958, Frederiksberg †November 22nd, 2022

66

Dietmar Bartsch

German politician

*March 31st, 1958, Stralsund

65

Jah Wobble

English bassist, recording artist, songwriter

*August 11th, 1958, Stepney

66

Alec Baldwin

American actor, comedian and producer (born 1958)

*April 3rd, 1958, Amityville

65

Alexander Held

German actor

*October 19th, 1958, Munich

66

Volker Pispers

German cabaret artist

*January 18th, 1958, Rheydt

66

Reinhard Wolters

German historian of classical history and numismatist

*March 14th, 1958, Duisburg

65

Achim Arbeiter

German archaeologist

*September 3rd, 1958, Dierdorf

65

Tim Butler

English songwriter and musician

*December 7th, 1958, Teddington

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No: With 365 days 1958 is a normal year and no leap year.

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