October 20th, 1996

Born on October 20th, 1996

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 10,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 951 days, exactly on December 2nd, 2026, people who were born on October 20th, 1996 will be 11,000 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, 1996

27

Anthony Sinisuka Ginting

Indonesian badminton player

*October 20th, 1996, Cimahi City

27

Marcos André

Brazilian footballer

*October 20th, 1996, São Luís

27

Liang Jingkun

Chinese table tennis player

*October 20th, 1996, Tangshan

27

Arianna Acuti

Association football player

*October 20th, 1996, Massa Marittima

27

Tōko Miura

Japanese actress and singer

*October 20th, 1996, Sapporo

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

34

Jess Glynne

British singer

*October 20th, 1989, London

29

Andries Malan

Badminton player

*October 20th, 1994, Bellville

31

Liis Lemsalu

Estonian singer

*October 20th, 1992, Pärnu

33

Andrew Watt

American record producer and songwriter

*October 20th, 1990, New York City

41

Aki Akao

Badminton player

*October 20th, 1982, Hita

21

Niklas Krütten

German racing driver

*October 20th, 2002, Trier

37

Raymond Tam

Australian badminton player

*October 20th, 1986, Hong Kong

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

64

Morten Andreas Meyer

Norwegian politician

*October 20th, 1959, Sarpsborg Municipality

44

John Krasinski

American actor and filmmaker (born 1979)

*October 20th, 1979, Newton

47

Dan Fogler

American actor, musician and filmmaker

*October 20th, 1976, Brooklyn

26

Daizen Maeda

Japanese association football player

*October 20th, 1997, Osaka Prefecture

52

Snoop Dogg

American rapper and actor (born 1971)

*October 20th, 1971, Long Beach

31

Mattia De Sciglio

Italian association football player

*October 20th, 1992, Milan

77

Elfriede Jelinek

Austrian writer

*October 20th, 1946, Mürzzuschlag

30

Leone Barbaro

Italian rower

*October 20th, 1993, Rome

26

Ademola Lookman

Nigerian and British footballer (born 1997)

*October 20th, 1997, Wandsworth

65

Viggo Mortensen

American actor

*October 20th, 1958, Watertown

85

Dolores Hart

American Roman Catholic religious sister, and former actress

*October 20th, 1938, Chicago

Same year
Born in 1996

28

Dove Cameron

American actress and singer

*January 15th, 1996, Bainbridge Island

27

Lauren Jauregui

American singer

*June 27th, 1996, Miami

27

Luke Hemmings

Australian singer and guitarist

*July 16th, 1996, Freemans Reach

27

Kungs

French DJ, record producer and musician

*December 17th, 1996, Aix-en-Provence

27

Jenifer Brening

German singer

*December 15th, 1996, Zehlendorf

27

Lili Reinhart

American actress

*September 13th, 1996, Cleveland

27

Ruben Jille

Dutch badminton player

*July 11th, 1996, Nieuwegein

27

Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo

Indonesian badminton player

*August 2nd, 1996, Banyuwangi

28

Summer Walker

American R&B singer

*April 11th, 1996, Atlanta

28

Dawid Kwiatkowski

Polish singer-songwriter

*January 1st, 1996, Gorzów Wielkopolski

27

Nico Dannowski

Badminton player

*December 1st, 1996, Ebersbach-Neugersdorf

27

Duki

Argentine rapper

*June 24th, 1996, Almagro

28

Mabel

English singer and songwriter

*February 19th, 1996, Alhaurín el Grande

27

Aden Foyer

Norwegian record producer and DJ

*September 8th, 1996, Asker

28

Wakana Nagahara

Japanese badminton player

*January 9th, 1996, Hokkaido

28

Muhammad Rian Ardianto

Badminton player

*February 13th, 1996, Bantul

28

Huang Kaixiang

Badminton player

*January 15th, 1996, Nanping

28

Shi Yuqi

Chinese badminton player

*February 28th, 1996, Nantong

28

Zheng Yu

Chinese badminton player

*February 7th, 1996, Shandong

27

Marina Sena

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*September 26th, 1996, Taiobeiras

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on October 20th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast days) which are celebrated on October 20th.

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Born on October 20th, 1996
Future birthdays

Leap year

Yes: 1996 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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