October 20
October 20 is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 72 days remaining.
Events
Births
- 1469 - Guru Nanak Dev ji, The Founder of the Sikh religion.
- 1632 - Sir Christopher Wren, architect (d. 1723)
- 1808 - Karl Andree, German geographer (d. 1875)
- 1819 - The Báb ("The Gate"), prophet founder of the Bábi Faith (see also Bábism), a religion which was to become the precursor to the Bahá'í Faith (d. 1850)
- 1822 - Thomas Hughes, novelist (d. 1896)
- 1853 - Arthur Rimbaud, poet (d. 1891)
- 1858 - John Burns, English politician (d. 1943)
- 1859 - John Dewey, philosopher (d. 1952)
- 1874 - Charles Ives, composer (d. 1954)
- 1882 - Bela Lugosi, actor (d. 1956)
- 1889 - Margaret Dumont, actress (d. 1965)
- 1890 - Jelly Roll Morton, composer, musician (d. 1941)
- 1891 - Jomo Kenyatta, President of Kenya (d. 1978)
- 1900 - Wayne Morse, Senator from Oregon (d. 1974)
- 1904 - Anna Neagle, actress (d. 1986)
- 1905 - Frederic Dannay (Ellery Queen), mystery novelist (d. 1982)
- 1907 - Arlene Francis, television personality (d. 2001)
- 1913 - Grandpa Jones, country music performer (d. 1998)
- 1918 - Robert Lochner, journalist, creater of Kennedy's "ish been oin bear-lee-ner" (d. 2003)
- 1923 - Herschel Bernardi, actor (d. 1986)
- 1925 - Art Buchwald, newspaper columnist
- 1928 - Joyce Brothers, psychologist, television personality
- 1931 - Mickey Mantle, baseball star (d. 1995)
- 1932 - Rosey Brown, Pro Football Hall of Famer (d. 2004)
- 1935 - Jerry Orbach, actor (Law & Order)
- 1937 - Juan Marichal, baseball star
- 1949 - Valeri Borzov, Ukrainian athlete
- 1953 - Tom Petty, musician
- 1955 - Aaron Pryor, world boxing champion
- 1958 - Viggo Mortensen, actor
- 1969 - Juan Gonzalez, baseball player
- 1971 - Dannii Minogue, singer
- 1971 - Snoop Dogg, musician
- 1977 - Elena Berezhnaya, figure skating star
- 1978 - Virender Sehwag, Indian cricketer
Deaths
- 460 - Aelia Eudocia, East Roman Empress
- 1910 - David B. Hill, a Governor of New York
- 1920 - Max Bruch, composer
- 1964 - Herbert Hoover, 31st President of the United States
- 1967 - Yoshida Shigeru, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1878)
- 1977 - Steve Gaines, musician (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
- 1977 - Ronnie VanZant, musician (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
- 1984 - Paul Dirac, physicist
- 1989 - Anthony Quayle, actor
- 1990 - Joel McCrea, actor
- 1994 - Burt Lancaster, actor
Holidays
October 19 - October 21 - November 20 - September 20 - more historical anniversaries
