October 20th, 1989

Born on October 20th, 1989

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 394 days, exactly on May 24th, 2025, people who were born on October 20th, 1989 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, 1989

34

Jess Glynne

British singer

*October 20th, 1989, London

34

Yanina Wickmayer

Belgian tennis player

*October 20th, 1989, Lier

34

Mare Dibaba

Ethiopian marathon runner

*October 20th, 1989, Oromia Region

34

Jamie Collins

American football player (born 1989)

*October 20th, 1989, McCall Creek

34

Kristina Liščević

Serbian handball player

*October 20th, 1989, Sombor

34

Dennis Diekmeier

German footballer

*October 20th, 1989, Thedinghausen

34

Michael Aspin

British association football player (born 1989)

*October 20th, 1989, Blackburn

34

Patrick Amrhein

German footballer

*October 20th, 1989, Aschaffenburg

34

Iván Etevenaux

Argentinian association football player

*October 20th, 1989, Córdoba

34

Shpëtim Moçka

Albanian footballer

*October 20th, 1989, Vlorë

34

Lamine Gassama

Senegalese and French footballer

*October 20th, 1989, Marseille

34

Gökberk Demirci

Turkish actor

*October 20th, 1989, İzmit

34

Vladimir Raksha

Russian film director

*October 20th, 1989, Elektrostal

34

Genesis Lynea

Bermudian actress and singer

*October 20th, 1989, Cooper's Island

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

31

Liis Lemsalu

Estonian singer

*October 20th, 1992, Pärnu

33

Andrew Watt

American record producer and songwriter

*October 20th, 1990, New York City

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

41

Aki Akao

Badminton player

*October 20th, 1982, Hita

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

21

Niklas Krütten

German racing driver

*October 20th, 2002, Trier

44

John Krasinski

American actor and filmmaker (born 1979)

*October 20th, 1979, Newton

64

Morten Andreas Meyer

Norwegian politician

*October 20th, 1959, Sarpsborg Municipality

47

Dan Fogler

American actor, musician and filmmaker

*October 20th, 1976, Brooklyn

52

Snoop Dogg

American rapper and actor (born 1971)

*October 20th, 1971, Long Beach

35

Candice Swanepoel

South African supermodel

*October 20th, 1988, Mooi River

36

Jade Uru

New Zealand rower

*October 20th, 1987, Invercargill

31

Mattia De Sciglio

Italian association football player

*October 20th, 1992, Milan

77

Elfriede Jelinek

Austrian writer

*October 20th, 1946, Mürzzuschlag

35

A$AP Ferg

American rapper from New York

*October 20th, 1988, Harlem

36

Rafael Andriato

Road racing cyclist

*October 20th, 1987, São Paulo

65

Viggo Mortensen

American actor

*October 20th, 1958, Watertown

Same year
Born in 1989

34

Daniel Radcliffe

British actor (born 1989)

*July 23rd, 1989, Hammersmith

35

Chen Long

Chinese badminton player

*January 18th, 1989, Shashi District

35

Corbin Bleu

American actor, model, dancer, film producer and singer-songwriter

*February 21st, 1989, Brooklyn

34

Alexandra Stan

Romanian singer

*June 10th, 1989, Constanța

34

Chris Adcock

Badminton player

*April 27th, 1989, Leicester

34

Thomas Müller

German association football player

*September 13th, 1989, Weilheim in Oberbayern

34

Lea Sirk

Slovene singer

*September 1st, 1989, Koper

34

Slimane

French singer-songwiter of Algerian descent

*October 13th, 1989, Chelles

34

Reika Kakiiwa

Badminton player

*July 19th, 1989, Kamiamakusa

34

Kenichi Tago

Japanese badminton player

*July 16th, 1989, Warabi

34

Chukwuma Akabueze

Footballer

*May 6th, 1989, Ilorin

34

Ivan Sozonov

Russian badminton player

*July 6th, 1989, Yekaterinburg

34

Wang Xiaoli

Chinese badminton player

*June 24th, 1989, Huangshi

34

Richi Puspita Dili

Indonesian badminton player

*July 10th, 1989, Sleman

35

Derek Wong

Singaporean badminton player

*January 13th, 1989, Singapore

34

Emis Killa

Italian rapper

*November 14th, 1989, Vimercate

34

Emmsjé Gauti

Icelandic rapper

*November 17th, 1989, Iceland

35

Holger Badstuber

German association football player

*March 13th, 1989, Memmingen

34

Lars Bender

German footballer (1989–)

*April 27th, 1989, Rosenheim

34

Diamond Platnumz

Tanzanian artist, dancer, philanthropist and businessman

*October 2nd, 1989, Dar es Salaam

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Born on October 20th, 1989
Future birthdays

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1989 is a normal year and no leap year.

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