October 20th, 1979

Born on October 20th, 1979

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 16,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 747 days, exactly on May 6th, 2026, people who were born on October 20th, 1979 will be 17,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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, 1979

44

John Krasinski

American actor and filmmaker (born 1979)

*October 20th, 1979, Newton

44

Nargis Fakhri

American actress and model

*October 20th, 1979, Queens

44

Katharina Schüttler

German actress

*October 20th, 1979, Cologne

44

Sonu Kakkar

Indian playback singer and songwriter

*October 20th, 1979, Rishikesh

44

Stephanie Müller

Performance artist and musician

*October 20th, 1979, Rosenheim

44

Markus Kaya

German footballer

*October 20th, 1979, Berlin

44

Paul O'Connell

Irish rugby union footballer and coach

*October 20th, 1979, Limerick

44

Paul Ifill

Barbadian footballer

*October 20th, 1979, Brighton

44

Vasyl Baranov

Ukrainian footballer

*October 20th, 1979, Luhansk

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

34

Jess Glynne

British singer

*October 20th, 1989, London

41

Aki Akao

Badminton player

*October 20th, 1982, Hita

31

Liis Lemsalu

Estonian singer

*October 20th, 1992, Pärnu

47

Dan Fogler

American actor, musician and filmmaker

*October 20th, 1976, Brooklyn

29

Andries Malan

Badminton player

*October 20th, 1994, Bellville

27

Anthony Sinisuka Ginting

Indonesian badminton player

*October 20th, 1996, Cimahi City

37

Raymond Tam

Australian badminton player

*October 20th, 1986, Hong Kong

59

Kamala Harris

Vice president of the United States since 2021

*October 20th, 1964, Oakland Medical Center

33

Andrew Watt

American record producer and songwriter

*October 20th, 1990, New York City

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

52

Snoop Dogg

American rapper and actor (born 1971)

*October 20th, 1971, Long Beach

45

Geert Cirkel

Dutch rower

*October 20th, 1978, Dordrecht

21

Niklas Krütten

German racing driver

*October 20th, 2002, Trier

77

Elfriede Jelinek

Austrian writer

*October 20th, 1946, Mürzzuschlag

65

Viggo Mortensen

American actor

*October 20th, 1958, Watertown

52

Dannii Minogue

Australian singer and actress

*October 20th, 1971, Melbourne

45

Virender Sehwag

Former Indian Cricketer

*October 20th, 1978, Delhi

35

Michael Johns

Australian rock/soul singer/songwriter from Australia; American Idol finalist

*October 20th, 1978, Perth †August 1st, 2014, Tustin

45

Robert Maras

German basketball player

*October 20th, 1978, Freiburg im Breisgau

Same year
Born in 1979

45

Gao Ling

Chinese badminton player

*March 14th, 1979, Wuhan

45

Yang Wei

Chinese badminton player

*January 13th, 1979, Guangdong

44

Tine Baun

Danish badminton player

*July 21st, 1979, Hørsholm

44

Deborah Secco

Brazilian actress

*November 26th, 1979, Rio de Janeiro

45

Johan Harstad

Norwegian author

*February 10th, 1979, Stavanger Municipality

44

Saralee Thungthongkam

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1979, Bangkok

44

Anders Kristiansen

Badminton player

*September 7th, 1979, Frederikssund Municipality

44

Nikhil Kanetkar

Badminton player

*May 13th, 1979, Pune

44

Guf

Russian rapper

*September 23rd, 1979, Ivanteyevskaya Street

44

Ghayath Almadhoun

Swedish poet

*July 19th, 1979, Damascus

45

Dan Tangnes

Norwegian ice hockey player (1979-)

*March 8th, 1979, Oslo

44

Patricia Aulitzky

Austrian actress

*July 7th, 1979, Salzburg

44

Mia Audina

Indonesian badminton player

*August 22nd, 1979, Jakarta

44

Chen Hong

Badminton player

*November 28th, 1979, Changting County

45

Ingo Kindervater

Badminton player

*January 1st, 1979, Burgwedel

44

Britta Andersen

Badminton player

*December 19th, 1979, Aarhus

44

Vincent Kartheiser

American actor

*May 5th, 1979, Minneapolis

44

Aamir Ghaffar

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1979, Peshawar

44

Chris Pratt

American actor (born 1979)

*June 21st, 1979, Virginia

45

Lise Risom Olsen

Norwegian actress

*March 1st, 1979, Fredrikstad Municipality

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1979 is a normal year and no leap year.

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