October 20th, 1979

Born on October 20th, 1979

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

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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, 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

Stephanie Müller

Performance artist and musician

*October 20th, 1979, Rosenheim

44

Paul O'Connell

Irish rugby union footballer and coach

*October 20th, 1979, Limerick

44

Paul Ifill

Barbadian footballer

*October 20th, 1979, Brighton

44

Sonu Kakkar

Indian playback singer and songwriter

*October 20th, 1979, Rishikesh

44

Markus Kaya

German footballer

*October 20th, 1979, Berlin

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

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

47

Dan Fogler

American actor, musician and filmmaker

*October 20th, 1976, Brooklyn

29

Andries Malan

South African badminton player

*October 20th, 1994, Bellville

59

Kamala Harris

Vice president of the United States since 2021

*October 20th, 1964, Oakland Medical Center

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

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, record producer 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

37

Wesley Sulzberger

Road bicycle racer

*October 20th, 1986, Beaconsfield

42

Elka Graham

Australian swimmer, Olympic silver medallist

*October 20th, 1981, Sydney

65

Viggo Mortensen

American actor

*October 20th, 1958, Watertown

45

Mike Levin

U.S. Representative from California

*October 20th, 1978, Inglewood

30

Leone Barbaro

Italian rower

*October 20th, 1993, Rome

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

45

Tine Baun

Danish badminton player

*July 21st, 1979, Hørsholm

45

Saralee Thungthongkam

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1979, Bangkok

45

Anders Kristiansen

Badminton player

*September 7th, 1979, Frederikssund Municipality

45

Nikhil Kanetkar

Badminton player

*May 13th, 1979, Pune

44

Guf

Russian rapper

*September 23rd, 1979, Ivanteyevskaya Street

45

Hussain Al Jassmi

Emirati singer

*August 25th, 1979, Khor Fakkan

44

Deborah Secco

Brazilian actress

*November 26th, 1979, Rio de Janeiro

45

Johan Harstad

Norwegian author

*February 10th, 1979, Stavanger

45

Ghayath Almadhoun

Swedish poet

*July 19th, 1979, Damascus

45

Dan Tangnes

Norwegian ice hockey player (1979-)

*March 8th, 1979, Oslo

45

Patricia Aulitzky

Austrian actress

*July 7th, 1979, Salzburg

45

Mia Audina

Indonesian badminton player

*August 22nd, 1979, Jakarta

44

Chen Hong

Chinese 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

45

Vincent Kartheiser

American actor

*May 5th, 1979, Minneapolis

45

Aamir Ghaffar

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1979, Peshawar

45

Chris Pratt

American actor (born 1979)

*June 21st, 1979, Virginia

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

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