October 20th, 1966

Born on October 20th, 1966

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, 1966

57

Stefan Raab

German entertainer and producer

*October 20th, 1966, Cologne

57

Fred Coury

American drummer

*October 20th, 1966, Johnson City

57

Patrick Volkerding

American software engineer

*October 20th, 1966, Virginia

57

Wolfgang Krewe

German actor

*October 20th, 1966, Munich

57

John Düffel

German professor, theater author, writer and translator

*October 20th, 1966, Göttingen

57

Graziella Contratto

Swiss conductor

*October 20th, 1966, Schwyz

57

Allan Donald

South African cricketer

*October 20th, 1966, Bloemfontein

57

Mikael Norberg

Swedish curler

*October 20th, 1966, Sundsvall

57

Greg Wrangler

Actor

*October 20th, 1966, Tarrytown

Same Day
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

52

Snoop Dogg

American rapper and actor (born 1971)

*October 20th, 1971, Long Beach

27

Anthony Sinisuka Ginting

Indonesian badminton player

*October 20th, 1996, Cimahi City

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

44

John Krasinski

American actor and filmmaker (born 1979)

*October 20th, 1979, Newton

65

Viggo Mortensen

American actor

*October 20th, 1958, Watertown

58

Antonio Maurogiovanni

Italian rower

*October 20th, 1965, Bari

77

Elfriede Jelinek

Austrian writer

*October 20th, 1946, Mürzzuschlag

52

Dannii Minogue

Australian singer and actress

*October 20th, 1971, Melbourne

21

Niklas Krütten

German racing driver

*October 20th, 2002, Trier

74

George Harris

Comedian

*October 20th, 1949, Grenada

56

Luigi Lo Cascio

Italian actor

*October 20th, 1967, Palermo

Same year
Born in 1966

57

Jimmy Wales

Co-founder of Wikipedia (born 1966)

*August 7th, 1966, Huntsville

57

Diedrich Bader

American actor

*December 24th, 1966, Alexandria

57

Marcus Marin

German football player and manager

*December 13th, 1966, Hamburg

56

Sinéad O'Connor

Irish singer-songwriter (1966–2023)

*December 8th, 1966, Glenageary †July 26th, 2023, London

57

David Cameron

British politician (born 1966)

*October 9th, 1966, Marylebone

57

Kiefer Sutherland

British-Canadian actor

*December 21st, 1966, St. Mary's Hospital

57

Hwang Hye-young

South Korean badminton player

*July 16th, 1966, Jeungpyeong County

57

Olaf Thon

German association football player and manager

*May 1st, 1966, Gelsenkirchen

57

Lutz Heilmann

German politician

*September 7th, 1966, Zittau

58

Thomas Doll

German association football player and manager

*April 9th, 1966, Malchin

58

Olaf Marschall

German association football player and manager (1966–)

*March 19th, 1966, Torgau

57

Irina Serova

Badminton player

*May 14th, 1966, Soviet Union

58

Markus Schupp

German association football player and manager

*January 7th, 1966, Idar-Oberstein

57

Thomas Häßler

German footballer

*May 30th, 1966, West Berlin

58

Ludwig Kögl

German footballer

*March 7th, 1966, Penzberg

58

Catrin Striebeck

German actress

*April 18th, 1966, Vienna

58

Urs Fischer

Swiss association football player and manager (born 1966)

*February 20th, 1966, Triengen

57

Kristian Eidnes Andersen

Danish composer

*July 2nd, 1966, Faxe

58

Marin Hinkle

American actress

*March 23rd, 1966, Dar es Salaam

57

Rudy Gunawan

Badminton player

*December 31st, 1966, Surakarta City

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1966 is a normal year and no leap year.

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