October 20th, 1982

Born on October 20th, 1982

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 836 days, exactly on August 10th, 2026, people who were born on October 20th, 1982 will be 16,000 days old!

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What happened on October 20th, 1982?

October 20th, 1982

During the UEFA Cup match between FC Spartak Moscow and HFC Haarlem, 66 people are crushed to death in the Luzhniki disaster.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow

What else 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.

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

Born on October 20th, 1982

41

Aki Akao

Badminton player

*October 20th, 1982, Hita

41

Grégory Habeaux

Belgian cyclist

*October 20th, 1982, Bassenge

41

Lawrence Roberts

American basketball player

*October 20th, 1982, Houston

41

Luciano Amaral

Brazilian footballer

*October 20th, 1982, Campina Grande

41

Becky Brewerton

Professional golfer

*October 20th, 1982, St Asaph

41

Katie Featherston

American actress

*October 20th, 1982, Texas

41

José Acasuso

Argentine tennis player

*October 20th, 1982, Posadas

41

Kristian Bak Nielsen

Danish footballer

*October 20th, 1982, Kibæk

41

Vladimir Gluščević

Montenegrin footballer

*October 20th, 1982, Kotor

41

Ahmad Alenemeh

Iranian footballer

*October 20th, 1982, Ahvaz

41

Wojciech Łobodziński

Polish footballer

*October 20th, 1982, Bydgoszcz

41

Ousmane Cisse

Malian basketball player

*October 20th, 1982, Bamako

41

Roberta Rodrigues

Brazilian actress

*October 20th, 1982, Rio de Janeiro

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

34

Jess Glynne

British singer

*October 20th, 1989, London

31

Liis Lemsalu

Estonian singer

*October 20th, 1992, Pärnu

37

Raymond Tam

Australian badminton player

*October 20th, 1986, Hong Kong

29

Andries Malan

Badminton player

*October 20th, 1994, Bellville

44

John Krasinski

American actor and filmmaker (born 1979)

*October 20th, 1979, Newton

27

Anthony Sinisuka Ginting

Indonesian badminton player

*October 20th, 1996, Cimahi City

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

47

Dan Fogler

American actor, musician and filmmaker

*October 20th, 1976, Brooklyn

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

40

Takayuki Yamada

Japanese actor (1983-)

*October 20th, 1983, Satsumasendai

40

Alona Tal

Israeli actress and singer

*October 20th, 1983, Herzliya

65

Viggo Mortensen

American actor

*October 20th, 1958, Watertown

52

Dannii Minogue

Australian singer and actress

*October 20th, 1971, Melbourne

40

Luis Saritama

Ecuadorian footballer

*October 20th, 1983, Loja

Same year
Born in 1982

41

Nicki Minaj

Trinidadian-born rapper, singer and actress (born 1982)

*December 8th, 1982, Saint James

41

Lee Chong Wei

Malaysian badminton player

*October 21st, 1982, Bagan Serai

41

John Mulaney

American actor and comedian

*August 26th, 1982, Chicago

42

Birgitte Hjort Sørensen

Danish actress

*January 16th, 1982, Hillerød

41

Louis Bell

American record producer

*May 27th, 1982, Quincy

41

Miss Li

Swedish singer and songwriter

*July 21st, 1982, Borlänge

42

Huang Sui

Badminton player

*January 8th, 1982, Hunan

42

Inez Bjørg David

German actress

*February 6th, 1982, Aarhus

42

Kamila Augustyn

Badminton player

*January 14th, 1982, Słupsk

42

Dwyane Wade

American former basketball player

*January 17th, 1982, Chicago

41

Jussie Smollett

American actor and singer

*June 21st, 1982, Santa Rosa

42

Ekaterina Ananina

Badminton player

*January 31st, 1982, Perm

41

Christoph Letkowski

German actor and musician

*June 16th, 1982, Halle (Saale)

42

Verena Bentele

German paralympic biathlete and politician (SPD)

*February 28th, 1982, Lindau

41

Vanessa Bryant

American philanthropist

*May 5th, 1982, Huntington Beach

35

Anthony Delhalle

French motorcycle racer

*January 11th, 1982, Chartres †March 9th, 2017, Circuit Paul Armagnac

42

Jessica Biel

American actress

*March 3rd, 1982, Ely

42

Nivea

American R&B singer

*March 24th, 1982, Savannah

41

Leticia Brunati

Argentinian beach handball coach

*May 28th, 1982, Buenos Aires

41

Elisha Cuthbert

Canadian actress

*November 30th, 1982, Calgary

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No: With 365 days 1982 is a normal year and no leap year.

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