October 20th, 1988

Born on October 20th, 1988

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 12,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 35 days, exactly on May 24th, 2024, people who were born on October 20th, 1988 will be 13,000 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, 1988

35

Candice Swanepoel

South African supermodel

*October 20th, 1988, Mooi River

35

A$AP Ferg

American rapper from New York

*October 20th, 1988, Harlem

35

Ma Long

Chinese table tennis player

*October 20th, 1988, Anshan

35

Natalia Czerwonka

Polish speed skater

*October 20th, 1988, Lubin

35

Francena McCorory

American sprint athlete

*October 20th, 1988, Hampton

35

Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan

Indian tennis player

*October 20th, 1988, Chennai

35

Loïc Perizzolo

Swiss racing cyclist

*October 20th, 1988, Veyrier

35

Conor O'Brien

American soccer player

*October 20th, 1988, New York City

35

Edgardo Díaz

Argentine footballer

*October 20th, 1988, San Juan

35

Agustín Torassa

Argentine association football player

*October 20th, 1988, Resistencia

35

Ernesto Raúl Álvarez Fleitas

Paraguayan association football player

*October 20th, 1988, Asunción

35

Sean Evans

American basketball player (1988-)

*October 20th, 1988, Philadelphia

35

Danya Taymor

Film director

*October 20th, 1988, California

35

Ayu Hastari

Indonesian actress

*October 20th, 1988, Indonesia

35

Adam Butcher

Canadian film actor

*October 20th, 1988, Cambridge

31

Ade Firman Hakim

Indonesian actor, model, and singer (1988–2020)

*October 20th, 1988, Jakarta †September 14th, 2020, Tangerang City

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

33

Andrew Watt

American record producer and songwriter

*October 20th, 1990, New York City

37

Raymond Tam

Australian badminton player

*October 20th, 1986, Hong Kong

29

Andries Malan

Badminton player

*October 20th, 1994, Bellville

41

Aki Akao

Badminton player

*October 20th, 1982, Hita

27

Anthony Sinisuka Ginting

Indonesian badminton player

*October 20th, 1996, Cimahi City

91

Fayard Nicholas

Choreographer, dancer, actor

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

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

21

Niklas Krütten

German racing driver

*October 20th, 2002, Trier

64

Morten Andreas Meyer

Norwegian politician

*October 20th, 1959, Sarpsborg Municipality

47

Dan Fogler

American actor, musician and filmmaker

*October 20th, 1976, Brooklyn

36

Jade Uru

New Zealand rower

*October 20th, 1987, Invercargill

34

Yanina Wickmayer

Belgian tennis player

*October 20th, 1989, Lier

52

Snoop Dogg

American rapper and actor (born 1971)

*October 20th, 1971, Long Beach

36

Rafael Andriato

Road racing cyclist

*October 20th, 1987, São Paulo

77

Elfriede Jelinek

Austrian writer

*October 20th, 1946, Mürzzuschlag

37

Wesley Sulzberger

Road bicycle racer

*October 20th, 1986, Beaconsfield

31

Mattia De Sciglio

Italian association football player

*October 20th, 1992, Milan

Same year
Born in 1988

35

Adele

British singer

*May 5th, 1988, Tottenham

36

Wang Yihan

Chinese badminton player

*January 18th, 1988, Shanghai

35

Mizuki Fujii

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1988, Ashikita

35

Ma Jin

Chinese badminton player

*May 7th, 1988, Nantong

35

Arun Vishnu

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1988, Kozhikode

36

Line Damkjær Kruse

Badminton player

*January 7th, 1988, Aarhus

36

Chan Yun Lung

Badminton player

*February 29th, 1988, Hong Kong

35

Gzuz

German rapper

*June 29th, 1988, Hamburg

36

KC Rebell

German rapper

*January 26th, 1988, Pazarcık

36

Christian Meaas Svendsen

Norwegian musician

*February 26th, 1988, Kongsberg Municipality

35

Pramod Bhagat

Indian para-badminton player

*June 4th, 1988, Attabira

35

Jérôme Boateng

German association football player

*September 3rd, 1988, West Berlin

35

Mats Hummels

German association football player

*December 16th, 1988, Bergisch Gladbach

35

Sara Hjort Ditlevsen

Danish actress

*May 23rd, 1988, Copenhagen

35

Monika Lewczuk

Polish singer-songwriter and former model

*June 10th, 1988, Łomża

36

Gabi Tóth

Hungarian singer

*January 17th, 1988, Tapolca

35

Friðrik Dór

Icelandic singer

*October 7th, 1988, Hafnarfjörður

36

Marcel Schmelzer

German footballer

*January 22nd, 1988, Magdeburg

35

Lyna bonasera

Belgian actress

*May 17th, 1988, West Los Angeles

35

Savitree Amitrapai

Badminton player

*November 19th, 1988, Bangkok

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Leap year

Yes: 1988 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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