October 20th, 1976

Born on October 20th, 1976

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

October 20th, 2011

First Libyan Civil War: Muammar Gaddafi, the deposed Libyan leader, was captured by rebel forces during the Battle of Sirte, and was killed shortly thereafter.

October 20th, 1977

Three members of the American rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd died when their chartered plane crashed in Gillsburg, Mississippi.

October 20th, 1969

Experimental results from the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center were published showing that protons were composed of smaller particles, the first evidence of quarks.

October 20th, 1936

British woman Mabel Freer was refused entry to Australia after failing a dictation test given in Italian, leading to a debate over Australia's immigration policy.

October 20th, 1740

Under the terms of the Pragmatic Sanction, Maria Theresa (pictured) ascended the Habsburg throne.

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.

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

Born on October 20th, 1976

47

Dan Fogler

American actor, musician and filmmaker

*October 20th, 1976, Brooklyn

47

Nicola Legrottaglie

Italian footballer

*October 20th, 1976, Gioia del Colle

47

Ada Fijał

Polish actress

*October 20th, 1976, Kraków

47

Michelle Manhart

American model

*October 20th, 1976, Oakland

47

Petr Dlask

Czech cyclo-cross cyclist

*October 20th, 1976, Mladá Boleslav

47

Nikos Bacharidis

Greek footballer

*October 20th, 1976, Neo Sidirochori

47

Iván Juárez

Argentine footballer

*October 20th, 1976, San Francisco

47

Miguel Rebosio

Peruvian footballer

*October 20th, 1976, Lima

36

Plamen Goranov

Bulgarian rights activist

*October 20th, 1976, People's Republic of Bulgaria †March 3rd, 2013, Varna

47

Melanie Subono

Indonesian singer

*October 20th, 1976, Hamburg

47

Hasan Karacadağ

Turkish film director and screenwriter

*October 20th, 1976, Şanlıurfa

47

Ashlee Levitch

Actress

*October 20th, 1976, Kansas City

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Who's birthday is on October 20th?

34

Jess Glynne

British singer

*October 20th, 1989, London

27

Anthony Sinisuka Ginting

Indonesian badminton player

*October 20th, 1996, Cimahi

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

South African badminton player

*October 20th, 1994, Bellville

37

Raymond Tam

Australian badminton player

*October 20th, 1986, Hong Kong

91

Fayard Nicholas

Choreographer, dancer, actor

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

52

Snoop Dogg

American rapper, record producer and actor (born 1971)

*October 20th, 1971, Long Beach

64

Morten Andreas Meyer

Norwegian politician

*October 20th, 1959, Sarpsborg Municipality

33

Andrew Watt

American record producer and songwriter

*October 20th, 1990, New York City

77

Elfriede Jelinek

Austrian writer

*October 20th, 1946, Mürzzuschlag

21

Niklas Krütten

German racing driver

*October 20th, 2002, Trier

45

Geert Cirkel

Dutch rower

*October 20th, 1978, Dordrecht

65

Viggo Mortensen

American actor

*October 20th, 1958, Watertown

52

Dannii Minogue

Australian singer and actress

*October 20th, 1971, Melbourne

46

Sam Witwer

American actor (born 1977)

*October 20th, 1977, Glenview

37

Wesley Sulzberger

Road bicycle racer

*October 20th, 1986, Beaconsfield

46

Hun Manet

Prime Minister of Cambodia since 2023

*October 20th, 1977, Memot District

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48

Abiy Ahmed Ali

Prime Minister of Ethiopia since 2018

*August 15th, 1976, Beshasha

48

Anna Friel

British actress

*July 12th, 1976, Rochdale

48

Damien Leith

Irish-Australian singer–songwriter

*January 18th, 1976, Dublin

48

Carrie Henn

American actress

*May 7th, 1976, Panama City

48

Inga Marte Thorkildsen

Norwegian politician

*July 2nd, 1976, Oslo

48

Robert Mateusiak

Badminton player

*January 13th, 1976, Wołomin

48

Gülşen

Turkish singer

*May 29th, 1976, Çapa, Fatih

47

Regina Halmich

German boxer

*November 22nd, 1976, Karlsruhe

40

Ueli Steck

Swiss mountaineer and rock climber (1976-2017)

*October 4th, 1976, Langnau im Emmental †April 30th, 2017, Nuptse

48

Halim Haryanto

Badminton player

*September 23rd, 1976, Bandung

48

Ellen Angelina

Indonesian badminton player

*June 30th, 1976, Salatiga

48

Chantal Botts

Badminton player

*March 30th, 1976, Witbank

48

Takae Masumo

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1976, Hokkaido

48

Pál Dárdai

Hungarian association football player and manager

*March 16th, 1976, Pécs

48

Daniel Ernemann

German association football player and manager

*February 18th, 1976, Amberg

48

Benedict Cumberbatch

English actor (born 1976)

*July 19th, 1976, Hammersmith

48

Colin Farrell

Irish actor (born 1976)

*May 31st, 1976, Dublin

48

Francesco Totti

Italian association football player

*September 27th, 1976, Rome

48

Miho Tanaka

Badminton player

*April 8th, 1976, Saga Prefecture

48

Yuval Noah Harari

Israeli historian and author of popular science bestsellers

*February 24th, 1976, Kiryat Ata

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Leap year

Yes: 1976 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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