October 20th, 1965

Born on October 20th, 1965

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, 1965

58

Antonio Maurogiovanni

Italian rower

*October 20th, 1965, Bari

58

Amos Mansdorf

Israeli tennis player

*October 20th, 1965, Tel Aviv

58

William Zabka

Actor, screenwriter, producer

*October 20th, 1965, New York City

58

Chad Hennings

American football player (born 1965)

*October 20th, 1965, Elberon

58

Stefano Pioli

Italian association football player and manager

*October 20th, 1965, Parma

58

José Antonio Rodríguez Salas

Spanish politician

*October 20th, 1965, Beas de Granada

58

Jim Staples

Irish rugby union footballer

*October 20th, 1965, London

58

Mikhail Shtalenkov

Russian ice hockey player

*October 20th, 1965, Moscow

58

Norman Blake

Scottish singer-songwriter

*October 20th, 1965, Bellshill

58

Carlos José Iturgaiz Angulo

Spanish politician

*October 20th, 1965, Santurtzi

58

Jakob Hellman

Swedish singer, songwriter

*October 20th, 1965, Vuollerim

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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

34

Jess Glynne

British singer

*October 20th, 1989, London

64

Morten Andreas Meyer

Norwegian politician

*October 20th, 1959, Sarpsborg Municipality

31

Liis Lemsalu

Estonian singer

*October 20th, 1992, Pärnu

41

Aki Akao

Badminton player

*October 20th, 1982, Hita

91

Fayard Nicholas

Choreographer, dancer, actor

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

29

Andries Malan

Badminton player

*October 20th, 1994, Bellville

27

Anthony Sinisuka Ginting

Indonesian badminton player

*October 20th, 1996, Cimahi City

52

Snoop Dogg

American rapper and actor (born 1971)

*October 20th, 1971, Long Beach

47

Dan Fogler

American actor, musician and filmmaker

*October 20th, 1976, Brooklyn

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

65

Viggo Mortensen

American actor

*October 20th, 1958, Watertown

44

John Krasinski

American actor and filmmaker (born 1979)

*October 20th, 1979, Newton

77

Elfriede Jelinek

Austrian writer

*October 20th, 1946, Mürzzuschlag

57

Stefan Raab

German entertainer and producer

*October 20th, 1966, Cologne

21

Niklas Krütten

German racing driver

*October 20th, 2002, Trier

52

Dannii Minogue

Australian singer and actress

*October 20th, 1971, Melbourne

74

George Harris

Comedian

*October 20th, 1949, Grenada

67

Danny Boyle

English filmmaker

*October 20th, 1956, Radcliffe

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Born in 1965

58

Martin Sonneborn

German satirist, journalist and politician

*May 15th, 1965, Göttingen

58

J. K. Rowling

British author and philanthropist (born 1965)

*July 31st, 1965, Yate

58

Norbert Röttgen

German politician (CDU)

*July 2nd, 1965, Meckenheim

59

Hansi Flick

German association football player and manager

*February 24th, 1965, Heidelberg

59

Thomas Kemmerich

German politician

*February 20th, 1965, Aachen

58

Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen

Danish badminton player and administrator

*September 20th, 1965, Esbønderup

58

Dmitry Medvedev

President of Russia from 2008 to 2012

*September 14th, 1965, Saint Petersburg

58

Karl-Heinz Riedle

German association football player and manager

*September 16th, 1965, Weiler-Simmerberg

58

Andreas Thom

German association football player and manager

*September 7th, 1965, Rüdersdorf bei Berlin

59

Claudine Loquen

French painter and sculptor

*February 22nd, 1965, Sainte-Adresse

58

Jan Tore Sanner

Norwegian politician

*May 6th, 1965, Bærum Municipality

58

Karin Beier

German theatre director

*December 14th, 1965, Cologne

58

Gunnar Beck

German EU lawyer and legal philosopher

*May 1st, 1965, Düsseldorf

59

Inger Lise Hegge

Norwegian cross-country skier

*January 6th, 1965, Steinkjer Municipality

48

Wolfgang Herrndorf

German novelist, painter, and illustrator (1965-2013)

*June 12th, 1965, Hamburg †August 26th, 2013, Berlin

58

Eva Christiane Cancik-Kirschbaum

German assyriologist

*August 29th, 1965, Tübingen

59

Sven Demandt

German footballer

*February 13th, 1965, Cologne

53

Jörg Stübner

German footballer (1965–2019)

*July 23rd, 1965, Freiberg †June 24th, 2019, Dresden

58

Brooke Shields

American actress (born 1965)

*May 31st, 1965, Manhattan

58

Shah Rukh Khan

Indian actor, producer and television personality

*November 2nd, 1965, New Delhi

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No: With 365 days 1965 is a normal year and no leap year.

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