October 20th, 1975

Born on October 20th, 1975

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 17,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 265 days, exactly on January 30th, 2025, people who were born on October 20th, 1975 will be 18,000 days old!

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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, 1975

48

Sevinç Erbulak

Turkish actress

*October 20th, 1975, Istanbul

48

Nadine Kleinert

German shot putter

*October 20th, 1975, Magdeburg

48

Rashid Abdulrahman

Association football player

*October 20th, 1975, Sharjah

48

Juan Carlos Madrid

Chilean association football player

*October 20th, 1975, Valdivia

48

Slimane Raho

Algerian footballer

*October 20th, 1975, Oran

48

Natalie Gregory

American actress

*October 20th, 1975, Albuquerque

Same Day
Who's birthday is on October 20th?

34

Jess Glynne

British singer

*October 20th, 1989, London

47

Dan Fogler

American actor, musician and filmmaker

*October 20th, 1976, Brooklyn

41

Aki Akao

Badminton player

*October 20th, 1982, Hita

31

Liis Lemsalu

Estonian singer

*October 20th, 1992, Pärnu

59

Kamala Harris

Vice president of the United States since 2021

*October 20th, 1964, Oakland Medical Center

44

John Krasinski

American actor and filmmaker (born 1979)

*October 20th, 1979, Newton

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

91

Fayard Nicholas

Choreographer, dancer, actor

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

64

Morten Andreas Meyer

Norwegian politician

*October 20th, 1959, Sarpsborg Municipality

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

21

Niklas Krütten

German racing driver

*October 20th, 2002, Trier

52

Dannii Minogue

Australian singer and actress

*October 20th, 1971, Melbourne

77

Elfriede Jelinek

Austrian writer

*October 20th, 1946, Mürzzuschlag

65

Viggo Mortensen

American actor

*October 20th, 1958, Watertown

47

Nicola Legrottaglie

Italian footballer

*October 20th, 1976, Gioia del Colle

45

Geert Cirkel

Dutch rower

*October 20th, 1978, Dordrecht

74

George Harris

British comedian

*October 20th, 1949, Grenada

Same year
Born in 1975

49

André Poggenburg

German politician and entrepreneur

*March 12th, 1975, Weißenfels

49

Lorin Morgan-Richards

American author, illustrator, and songwriter

*February 16th, 1975, Beebetown

48

Ane Dahl Torp

Norwegian actress

*August 1st, 1975, Bærum Municipality

48

Maria Thayer

American actress

*October 30th, 1975, Portland

48

Zhang Ning

Chinese female badminton player

*May 19th, 1975, Jinzhou

49

Ha Tae-kwon

South Korean badminton player

*April 30th, 1975, Jeonju

48

Kim Dong-moon

South Korean badminton player

*September 22nd, 1975, Gokseong County

48

Candra Wijaya

Badminton player

*September 16th, 1975, Cirebon City

49

Gu Jun

Chinese badminton player

*January 3rd, 1975, Wuxi

48

Ge Fei

Chinese badminton player

*October 9th, 1975, Nantong

48

Xu Huaiwen

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1975, Guiyang

49

Tracey Hallam

English badminton player

*March 24th, 1975, Burton upon Trent

49

Jim Ronny Andersen

Badminton player

*May 4th, 1975, Songdalen Municipality

48

Sarah Hardaker

English badminton player

*December 1st, 1975, Dartford

49

Tony Gunawan

Badminton player

*April 9th, 1975, Surabaya

49

Bradley Cooper

American actor

*January 5th, 1975, Philadelphia

48

Marion Cotillard

French actress

*September 30th, 1975, Paris

48

Anders Anundsen

Norwegian politician

*November 17th, 1975, Stavern

48

Angelina Jolie

American actress (born 1975)

*June 4th, 1975, Los Angeles

48

Konrad Bansa

German handball player and coach

*July 24th, 1975, Neuwied

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Born on October 20th, 1975
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1975 is a normal year and no leap year.

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