October 20th, 2000

Born on October 20th, 2000

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 8,000 days old!

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... 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, 2000

23

Ivan Kuzmichyov

Russian footballer

*October 20th, 2000, Tolyatti

23

Ela Anacona

Argentine golfer (2000-)

*October 20th, 2000, Buenos Aires

23

Kenneth Walker III

American football player (born 2000)

*October 20th, 2000, Arlington

23

Mateo Gamarra

Paraguayan footballer

*October 20th, 2000, Concepción

23

Hércules

Brazilian footballer

*October 20th, 2000, Jaicós

23

Pablo Lachat

Swiss male curler

*October 20th, 2000, Lausanne

23

Tes Sambath

Cambodian footballer

*October 20th, 2000, Takéo Province

23

Léa Barbeau

French squash player

*October 20th, 2000, La Roche-sur-Yon

23

Jorn van Hedel

Dutch association football player

*October 20th, 2000, Berlicum

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Who's birthday is on October 20th?

34

Jess Glynne

British singer

*October 20th, 1989, London

27

Anthony Sinisuka Ginting

Indonesian badminton player

*October 20th, 1996, Cimahi City

31

Liis Lemsalu

Estonian singer

*October 20th, 1992, Pärnu

29

Andries Malan

Badminton player

*October 20th, 1994, Bellville

21

Niklas Krütten

German racing driver

*October 20th, 2002, Trier

41

Aki Akao

Badminton player

*October 20th, 1982, Hita

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

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

52

Snoop Dogg

American rapper and actor (born 1971)

*October 20th, 1971, Long Beach

24

YoungBoy Never Broke Again

American rapper from Louisiana (born 1999)

*October 20th, 1999, Baton Rouge

77

Elfriede Jelinek

Austrian writer

*October 20th, 1946, Mürzzuschlag

26

Daizen Maeda

Japanese association football player

*October 20th, 1997, Osaka Prefecture

65

Viggo Mortensen

American actor

*October 20th, 1958, Watertown

31

Mattia De Sciglio

Italian association football player

*October 20th, 1992, Milan

85

Dolores Hart

American Roman Catholic religious sister, and former actress

*October 20th, 1938, Chicago

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Born in 2000

23

Mischa Bredewold

Dutch cyclist

*June 20th, 2000, Amersfoort

24

Ice Spice

American rapper

*January 1st, 2000, The Bronx

24

Khea

Argentine rapper

*April 13th, 2000, Virreyes

24

Manuel Turizo

Colombian singer

*April 12th, 2000, Montería

23

Nadie por pendejo

Argentine singer-songwriter (born 2000)

*August 25th, 2000, Rosario

24

Benee

New Zealand singer-songwriter

*January 30th, 2000, Grey Lynn

24

Surf Mesa

American record producer and multi-instrumentalist

*April 10th, 2000, Seattle

23

Elena Wassen

German diver

*November 1st, 2000, Eschweiler

23

Isac Elliot

Finnish-Swedish pop singer, songwriter, dancer and actor

*December 26th, 2000, Kauniainen

23

Mxmtoon

American singer-songwriter and YouTuber

*July 9th, 2000, Oakland

23

Cameron Kasky

American activist against gun violence

*November 11th, 2000, Hollywood

23

Joshua Bassett

American actor and singer-songwriter

*December 22nd, 2000, Oceanside

23

Mina Jacobsen

Norwegian YouTuber

*November 30th, 2000, Eidsvoll Municipality

24

María Becerra

Argentine singer (born. 2000)

*February 12th, 2000, Quilmes

23

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy

Indian badminton player

*August 13th, 2000, Amalapuram

23

24kGoldn

American rapper and singer

*November 13th, 2000, San Francisco

24

Yeat

American rapper singer-songwriter, and record producer (born. 2000)

*February 26th, 2000, Irvine

23

Halla Bouksani

Badminton player

*July 30th, 2000, Kouba

23

Mata

Polish rapper

*July 14th, 2000, Warsaw

23

Amalie Magelund

Badminton player

*May 13th, 2000, Roskilde

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Leap year

Yes: 2000 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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