October 20th, 1962

Born on October 20th, 1962

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What happened on October 20th, 1962?

October 20th, 1962

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

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What else 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, 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, 1962

61

Alvin Anson

Filipino actor

*October 20th, 1962, Manila

61

Martín Yupanqui

Peruvian association football player

*October 20th, 1962, Lima

61

Jens Veggerby

Danish cyclist, born 1962

*October 20th, 1962, Copenhagen

61

Dave Wong

Taiwanese singer

*October 20th, 1962, Hong Kong

61

René Strickler

Argentine actor

*October 20th, 1962, Córdoba

61

Ece Yörenç

Turkish author and screenwriter

*October 20th, 1962, Istanbul

61

Martin Šulík

Slovakian actor, screenwriter and film director

*October 20th, 1962, Žilina

61

Arthel Neville

American journalist

*October 20th, 1962, New Orleans

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Who's birthday is on October 20th?

59

Kamala Harris

Vice president of the United States since 2021

*October 20th, 1964, Oakland Medical Center

64

Morten Andreas Meyer

Norwegian politician

*October 20th, 1959, Sarpsborg Municipality

34

Jess Glynne

British singer

*October 20th, 1989, London

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

29

Andries Malan

Badminton player

*October 20th, 1994, Bellville

27

Anthony Sinisuka Ginting

Indonesian badminton player

*October 20th, 1996, Cimahi City

65

Viggo Mortensen

American actor

*October 20th, 1958, Watertown

62

Ian Rush

Welsh association football player and manager

*October 20th, 1961, St Asaph

52

Snoop Dogg

American rapper and actor (born 1971)

*October 20th, 1971, Long Beach

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

47

Dan Fogler

American actor, musician and filmmaker

*October 20th, 1976, Brooklyn

77

Elfriede Jelinek

Austrian writer

*October 20th, 1946, Mürzzuschlag

44

John Krasinski

American actor and filmmaker (born 1979)

*October 20th, 1979, Newton

60

Julie Payette

29th Governor General of Canada, former CSA Astronaut

*October 20th, 1963, Montreal

67

Danny Boyle

English filmmaker

*October 20th, 1956, Radcliffe

74

George Harris

Comedian

*October 20th, 1949, Grenada

21

Niklas Krütten

German racing driver

*October 20th, 2002, Trier

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Born in 1962

62

Markus Merk

German football referee

*March 15th, 1962, Kaiserslautern

62

Sarah Wollaston

British Liberal Democrat politician

*February 17th, 1962, Woking

61

Hannes Holm

Swedish film director

*November 26th, 1962, Lidingö

61

Chairul Tanjung

Indonesian businessman and bureaucrat

*June 16th, 1962, Jakarta

62

Michele Greene

American actress

*February 3rd, 1962, Las Vegas

61

Marina Kaljurand

Estonian diplomat, politician and badminton player

*September 6th, 1962, Tallinn

62

Jim Carrey

Canadian comedian and actor

*January 17th, 1962, Newmarket

61

Marit Arnstad

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*May 4th, 1962, Skatval

62

Olga Tokarczuk

Polish writer and activist

*January 29th, 1962, Sulechów

61

Tom Cruise

American actor and producer (born 1962)

*July 3rd, 1962, Syracuse

53

Turid Birkeland

Norwegian politician and arts executive (1962–2015)

*November 5th, 1962, Haugesund Municipality †December 24th, 2015, Oslo

61

Demi Moore

American actress

*November 11th, 1962, Roswell

61

Razif Sidek

Malaysian badminton player

*May 29th, 1962, Banting

61

Ginger Lynn

American pornographic actress

*December 14th, 1962, Rockford

61

Herry Iman Pierngadi

Badminton coach from Indonesia

*August 21st, 1962, Pangkal Pinang City

61

Michelle Yeoh

Malaysian actress (born 1962)

*August 6th, 1962, Ipoh

61

Ong Beng Teong

Malaysian badminton player

*May 29th, 1962, Kuala Lumpur

62

Eddie Izzard

British comedian and actor (born 1962)

*February 7th, 1962, Aden

61

Baz Luhrmann

Australian writer, director, and producer

*September 17th, 1962, Sydney

61

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer

German politician, former federal minister of defence

*August 9th, 1962, Völklingen

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No: With 365 days 1962 is a normal year and no leap year.

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