October 20th, 1980

Born on October 20th, 1980

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 15,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 112 days, exactly on August 10th, 2024, people who were born on October 20th, 1980 will be 16,000 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, 1980

43

Patrik Sinkewitz

German racing cyclist

*October 20th, 1980, Fulda

43

Fabrice Jeannet

French épée fencer

*October 20th, 1980, Fort-de-France

43

Niall Matter

Canadian-American actor

*October 20th, 1980, Edmonton

43

Darko Maletić

Bosnia and Herzegovina association football player

*October 20th, 1980, Banja Luka

43

Omar El-Saeidi

German actor

*October 20th, 1980, Giessen

43

José Veras

Major League Baseball pitcher

*October 20th, 1980, Santo Domingo

43

Humberto Martínez

Mexican association football player

*October 20th, 1980, Guadalajara

43

Alberto Amarilla Bermejo

Spanish actor

*October 20th, 1980, Cáceres

36

Chad Robinson

Australian rugby league footballer (1980-2016)

*October 20th, 1980, Sydney †November 26th, 2016, Kenthurst

43

Ryan Green

British footballer (born 1980)

*October 20th, 1980, Cardiff

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

44

John Krasinski

American actor and filmmaker (born 1979)

*October 20th, 1979, Newton

31

Liis Lemsalu

Estonian singer

*October 20th, 1992, Pärnu

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

47

Dan Fogler

American actor, musician and filmmaker

*October 20th, 1976, Brooklyn

33

Andrew Watt

American record producer and songwriter

*October 20th, 1990, New York City

59

Kamala Harris

Vice president of the United States since 2021

*October 20th, 1964, Oakland Medical Center

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

21

Niklas Krütten

German racing driver

*October 20th, 2002, Trier

42

Elka Graham

Australian swimmer, Olympic silver medallist

*October 20th, 1981, Sydney

77

Elfriede Jelinek

Austrian writer

*October 20th, 1946, Mürzzuschlag

45

Geert Cirkel

Dutch rower

*October 20th, 1978, Dordrecht

44

Nargis Fakhri

American actress and model

*October 20th, 1979, Queens

65

Viggo Mortensen

American actor

*October 20th, 1958, Watertown

44

Katharina Schüttler

German actress

*October 20th, 1979, Cologne

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Born in 1980

43

Kristen Bell

American actress (born 1980)

*July 18th, 1980, Huntington Woods

44

Cai Yun

Chinese badminton player

*January 19th, 1980, Suzhou

43

Jeph Jacques

Comic author and illustrator (1980-)

*June 17th, 1980, Rockville

44

Volker Bruch

German actor

*March 9th, 1980, Munich

43

Julia Hummer

German actress and singer

*April 24th, 1980, Hagen

44

Henriett Koósz

Paralympic tennis and badminton player

*February 14th, 1980, Kőszeg

43

Dag Inge Ulstein

Norwegian politician

*December 4th, 1980, Sula

43

Petra Schmidt-Schaller

German actress

*August 28th, 1980, Magdeburg

43

Mathias Boe

Danish badminton player

*July 11th, 1980, Frederikssund

43

Sudheer Babu

Indian film actor and former professional badminton player

*May 11th, 1980, Vijayawada

38

Vibeke Skofterud

Norwegian cross country skier

*April 20th, 1980, Askim Municipality †July 29th, 2018, Hove

43

Maya Diab

Lebanese singer, entertainer, actress and television personality

*November 12th, 1980, Beirut

43

Mustafa Ceceli

Turkish singer

*November 2nd, 1980, Ankara

43

Matias Varela

Swedish actor

*November 1st, 1980, Stockholm

43

Roman Weidenfeller

German association football player

*August 6th, 1980, Diez

44

Dani Kind

Canadian actress

*January 10th, 1980, Toronto

43

Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani

Emir of Qatar

*June 3rd, 1980, Doha

44

Lee Kyung-won

South Korean badminton player

*January 21st, 1980, Changwon

43

Wolke Hegenbarth

Actress

*May 6th, 1980, Meerbusch

44

Charlie Hunnam

British actor

*April 10th, 1980, Newcastle upon Tyne

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Leap year

Yes: 1980 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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