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T Calendar Gears Gregorian Calendar
Full Year 2020 October
October 20 is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar.
72 days remain until the end of the year. Contents · 1Events · 2Births · 3Deaths Events ·
1548
The city of La Paz is founded by Alonso de Mendoza.[1] ·
1568
The Spanish Duke of Alba defeats a
Dutch rebel force under William the Silent.[2] ·
1572
Eighty Years' War: Three thousand Spanish soldiers wade through fifteen miles
of water in one night to effect the relief of Goes.[3] ·
1720
Caribbean pirate Calico Jack is captured by
the Royal Navy. ·
1740
France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony refuse to honour the Pragmatic
Sanction, and the War of the
Austrian Succession begins. ·
1781
The Patent of Toleration,
providing limited freedom of worship, is approved in Austria. ·
1803
The United States Senate ratifies the Louisiana Purchase. ·
1818 The Convention of 1818 is signed
between the United States and the United Kingdom, which settles the
CanadaUnited States border on the 49th parallel for most of its length. ·
1827
In the Battle of Navarino,
a combined Turkish and Egyptian fleet is defeated by British, French and
Russian naval forces in the last significant battle fought with wooden
sailing ships. ·
1883
Peru and Chile sign the Treaty of Ancσn,
by which the Tarapacα province is ceded to the latter, bringing an end to
Peru's involvement in the War of the Pacific. ·
1904
Chile and Bolivia sign the Treaty
of Peace and Friendship, delimiting the border between the two
countries. ·
1910
The hull of the RMS Olympic,
sister-ship to the ill-fated RMS Titanic, is launched from the Harland and
Wolff shipyard in Belfast. ·
1935
The Long March, a mammoth retreat undertaken by
the armed forces of the Chinese Communist Party a year prior, ends. ·
1941
World War II: Thousands of civilians in German-occupied Serbia are murdered
in the Kragujevac massacre. ·
1944
World War II: The Soviet Army and Yugoslav Partisans liberate Belgrade. ·
1944
Liquefied natural gas leaks from storage tanks in Cleveland and then explodes,
leveling 30 blocks and killing 130 people. ·
1944
American general Douglas MacArthur fulfills his promise to return to the
Philippines when he commands an Allied assault on the islands. ·
1947
The House Un-American Activities Committee begins its investigation into
Communist infiltration of the Hollywood film industry, resulting in a blacklist that
prevents some from working in the industry for years. ·
1951
The "Johnny Bright
incident" occurs in Stillwater, Oklahoma. ·
1952
The Governor of Kenya declares a state of emergency and begins arresting
hundreds of suspected leaders of the Mau Mau Uprising. ·
1961
The Soviet Union performs the first armed test of a submarine-launched
ballistic missile, launching an R-13 from a Golf-class submarine. ·
1962
China launches simultaneous offensives in Ladakh and across the McMahon Line,
igniting the Sino-Indian War. ·
1968
Former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy marries
Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis. ·
1973
"Saturday Night
Massacre": United States President Richard Nixon fires U.S.
Attorney General Elliot Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus
after they refuse to fire special prosecutor Archibald Cox, who is finally
fired by Robert Bork. ·
1973
The Sydney Opera House is
opened by Elizabeth II after 14 years of construction. ·
1976 The
ferry George Prince is struck by a ship while
crossing the Mississippi River. Seventy-eight passengers and crew die, and
only 18 people aboard the ferry survive. ·
1977
Rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd's airplane crashes.
Lead singer Ronnie Van Zant and guitarist Steve Gaines perish in the crash. ·
1981
Two police officers and an armored car guard are killed during an armed robbery carried
out by members of the Black Liberation Army and Weather Underground. ·
1982
During the UEFA Cup match between FC Spartak Moscow and HFC Haarlem, 66
people are crushed to death in the Luzhniki disaster. ·
1986 Aeroflot Flight 6502 crashes
while landing at Kuibyshev Airport (now Kuromoch
International Airport) in Kuibyshev (now present-day Samara, Russia), killing 70 people.[4] ·
1991
A 6.8 Mw earthquake strikes the
Uttarkashi region of India, killing more than 1,000 people. ·
2011
Libyan Civil War: Rebel forces capture Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi in his
hometown of Sirte and kill him shortly
thereafter. Births ·
888 Zhu Youzhen, emperor of Later Liang (d.
923) ·
1475 Giovanni di
Bernardo Rucellai, Italian poet and playwright (d. 1525) ·
1496 Claude, Duke of
Guise (d. 1550)[5] ·
1554 Bαlint Balassi,
Hungarian writer and noble (d. 1594)[6] ·
1612 Richard
Boyle, 1st Earl of Burlington, Anglo-Irish nobleman, Lord High
Treasurer of Ireland, Cavalier (d. 1698)[7] ·
1616 Thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician,
and theologian (d. 1680)[8] ·
1620 Aelbert Cuyp, Dutch painter (d. 1691) ·
1632 Christopher Wren, English physicist,
mathematician, and architect, designed St Paul's Cathedral (d.
1723)[9] ·
1632
Edward
Hungerford, English politician (d. 1711)[10] ·
1660 Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven,
English politician, Chancellor
of the Duchy of Lancaster (d. 1723)[11] ·
1677 Stanisław
Leszczyński, King of Poland (d. 1766)[12] ·
1711 Timothy Ruggles, American lawyer, jurist,
and politician, (d. 1795)[13] ·
1718 Catherine
Gordon, Duchess of Gordon, Scottish aristocrat (d. 1779)[14] ·
1719 Gottfried Achenwall,
German historian, economist, and jurist (d. 1772)[15] ·
1740 Isabelle de
Charriθre, Dutch author and poet (d. 1805) ·
1759 Chauncey Goodrich,
American lawyer and politician, 8th Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut (d. 1815) ·
1780 Pauline Bonaparte,
French sister of Napoleon (d. 1825) ·
1784 Henry
John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, English academic and
politician, Prime
Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1865) ·
1785 George Ormerod, English historian and author
(d. 1873) ·
1790 Patrick Matthew. Scottish farmer and
biologist (d. 1874) ·
1801 Melchior Berri, Swiss architect and
educator, designed the Natural
History Museum of Basel (d. 1854) ·
1808 Karl Andree, German geographer and
journalist (d. 1875) ·
1819 Bαb, Iranian religious leader, founded Bαbism (d. 1850)*1822 Thomas Hughes, English lawyer and judge (d.
1896) ·
1832 Constantin Lipsius,
German architect and theorist (d. 1894) ·
1847 Frits Thaulow, Norwegian painter (d. 1906) ·
1854 Arthur Rimbaud, French soldier and poet (d.
1891) ·
1858 John Burns, English union leader and
politician, President
of the Board of Trade (d. 1943) ·
1859 John Dewey, American psychologist and
philosopher (d. 1952) ·
1864 James F. Hinkle, American banker and politician,
6th Governor of New
Mexico (d. 1951) ·
1874 Charles Ives, American composer (d. 1954) ·
1882 Margaret Dumont, American actress (d. 1965) ·
1882
Bela Lugosi, Hungarian-American actor (d.
1956) ·
1885 Jelly Roll Morton,
American pianist, composer, and bandleader (Red Hot Peppers and New Orleans
Rhythm Kings) (d. 1941) ·
1887 Prince Yasuhiko
Asaka of Japan (d. 1981) ·
1889 Johann Gruber, Austrian priest and saint (d.
1944) ·
1890 Aleksander Maaker,
Estonian bagpipe player (d. 1968) ·
1891 Samuel Flagg Bemis,
American historian and author (d. 1973)[16] ·
1891
James Chadwick,
English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
(d. 1974) ·
1893 Charley Chase, American actor, director, and
screenwriter (d. 1940)[17] ·
1894 Olive Thomas, American model and actress (d.
1920) ·
1895 Rex Ingram,
American actor (d. 1969) ·
1895
Morrie Ryskind,
American writer/director (d. 1985) ·
1897 Yi Un, South Korean general (d. 1970) ·
1900 Ismail al-Azhari, Sudanese politician,
3rd President of Sudan (d.
1969) ·
1900
Wayne Morse, American lieutenant, lawyer,
and politician (d. 1974) ·
1901 Frank Churchill, American film composer (d.
1942) ·
1901
Adelaide Hall,
American-English singer, actress, and dancer (d. 1993) ·
1904 Tommy Douglas, Scottish-Canadian minister
and politician, 7th Premier of
Saskatchewan (d. 1986) ·
1904
Enolia McMillan,
American educator and activist (d. 2006) ·
1904
Anna Neagle, English actress, singer, and
producer (d. 1986) ·
1907 Arlene Francis, American actress and
television personality (d. 2001) ·
1908 Stuart Hamblen, American singer-songwriter,
actor, and radio show host (d. 1989)[18] ·
1909 Carla Laemmle, American actress and
photographer (d. 2014) ·
1909
Yasushi Sugiyama,
Japanese painter (d. 1993) ·
1910 Chen Liting, Chinese director and playwright
(d. 2013) ·
1912 Ruhi Su, Turkish singer-songwriter (d. 1985) ·
1913 Grandpa Jones, American singer-songwriter
and banjo player (d. 1998) ·
1914 Fayard Nicholas, American actor, dancer, and
choreographer (d. 2006) ·
1917 Stιphane Hessel,
German-French activist and diplomat (d. 2013) ·
1917
Jean-Pierre Melville,
French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1973) ·
1918 Martin Drewes, German soldier and pilot (d.
2013) ·
1918
Robert Lochner,
American-German soldier and journalist (d. 2003) ·
1919 Tracy Hall, American chemist and academic
(d. 2008) ·
1920 Nick Cardy, American illustrator (d. 2013) ·
1920
Fanny de Sivers,
Estonian-French linguist and academic (d. 2011) ·
1920
Siddhartha Shankar
Ray, Indian lawyer and politician, Chief
Minister of West Bengal (d. 2010) ·
1921 Manny Ayulo, American race car driver (d.
1955) ·
1921
Hans Warren, Dutch poet and author (d. 2001) ·
1922 John Anderson,
American actor (d. 1992) ·
1922
Franco Ventriglia,
American opera singer (d. 2012) ·
1923 Robert Craft, American conductor and
musicologist (d. 2015) ·
1924 Robert Peters,
American poet, playwright, and critic (d. 2014) ·
1925 Art Buchwald, American soldier and
journalist (d. 2007) ·
1925
Tom Dowd, American record producer and
engineer (d. 2002) ·
1925
Roger Hanin, Algerian-French actor,
director, and screenwriter (d. 2015) ·
1926 Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of
Beaulieu, English lieutenant and politician, founded the National
Motor Museum (d. 2015) ·
1927 Joyce Brothers, American psychologist,
author, and actress (d. 2013) ·
1927
Gunturu Seshendra
Sarma, Indian poet and critic (d. 2007) ·
1928 Michael
O'Donnell, English physician, author, and journalist (d. 2019) ·
1931 Richard Caliguiri,
American lawyer and politician, 54th Mayor of Pittsburgh (d.
1988) ·
1931
Mickey Mantle,
American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 1995) ·
1931
Ken Morrison,
English businessman (d. 2017) ·
1932 Rosey Brown, American football player and
coach (d. 2004) ·
1932
William Christopher,
American actor and singer (d. 2016) ·
1932
Rokurō Naya,
Japanese voice actor (d. 2014) ·
1933 Barrie Chase, American actress and dancer ·
1934 Bill Chase, American trumpet player (d.
1974) ·
1934
Eddie Harris,
American saxophonist (d. 1996) ·
1935
Jerry Orbach,
American actor and singer (d. 2004) ·
1937 Cancio Garcia, Filipino lawyer and jurist
(d. 2013) ·
1937
Wanda Jackson,
American singer-songwriter and guitarist ·
1937
Juan Marichal,
Dominican baseball player and sportscaster ·
1937
Emma Tennant,
English author (d. 2017) ·
1938 Emidio Greco, Italian director and
screenwriter (d. 2012) ·
1938
Iain Macmillan,
Scottish photographer and educator (d. 2006) ·
1939 Patrick Hughes,
English painter, illustrator, and photographer ·
1940 Kathy Kirby, English singer (d. 2011) ·
1940
Robert Pinsky, American
poet and critic ·
1940
Jean-Pierre
Dikonguι Pipa, Cameroonian filmmaker ·
1941 Anneke Wills, English actress[19] ·
1942 Earl Hindman, American actor (d. 2003) ·
1942
Christiane
Nόsslein-Volhard, German biologist and geneticist, Nobel
Prize laureate ·
1942
Bart Zoet, Dutch cyclist (d. 1992) ·
1943 Dunja Vejzović,
Croatian soprano and actress ·
1944 Nalin de Silva, Sri Lankan physicist and
philosopher ·
1944
David Mancuso,
American party planner, created The Loft (d.
2016) ·
1945 Ric Lee, English drummer (Ten Years After) ·
1946 Diana Gittins, American-English sociologist,
author, and academic ·
1946
Lewis Grizzard,
American comedian and author (d. 1994) ·
1946
Elfriede Jelinek,
Austrian author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate ·
1946
Richard Loncraine,
English director and screenwriter ·
1946
Lucien Van Impe,
Belgian cyclist ·
1946
Chris Woodhead,
English civil servant and academic (d. 2015) ·
1948 Peter Combe, Australian entertainer ·
1948
Sandra Dickinson,
American-English actress and composer ·
1948
Piet Hein Donner,
Dutch jurist and politician, Dutch Minister of Justice ·
1948
Melih Gφkηek,
Turkish journalist and politician, Mayor of Ankara ·
1949 Valeriy Borzov, Ukrainian-Russian sprinter ·
1950 Tom Petty, American singer-songwriter,
guitarist, and producer (d. 2017) ·
1950
William Russ,
American actor and director ·
1951 Al Greenwood, American keyboard player ·
1951
Patrick Hall,
English lawyer and politician ·
1951
Ken Ham, Australian-American evangelist ·
1951
Leif Pagrotsky,
Swedish businessman and politician ·
1951
Claudio Ranieri,
Italian footballer and manager ·
1952 Melanie Mayron, American actress and
director ·
1952
Derek Ridgers,
English photographer and art director ·
1952
Wilma Josefina Salgado,
Ecuadorian politician and economist ·
1953 Keith Hernandez, American baseball player
and sportscaster ·
1953
Richard McWilliam,
American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded the Upper Deck Company (d.
2013) ·
1953
Bill Nunn, American actor (d. 2016) ·
1954 Steve Orich, American composer and conductor ·
1955 Thomas Newman, American composer and
conductor ·
1955
David Profumo,
English author and academic ·
1955
Aaron Pryor, American boxer ·
1955
- Sheldon Whitehouse,
American politician from the state of Rhode Island[20] ·
1956 Danny Boyle, English director, producer, and
screenwriter ·
1956
Martin Taylor,
English guitarist ·
1957 Jane Bonham-Carter, Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury,
English politician ·
1957
Chris Cowdrey,
English cricketer and sportscaster ·
1957
Hilda Solis, American academic and
politician, 25th United
States Secretary of Labor ·
1958 Valerie Faris, American director and
producer ·
1958
Lynn Flewelling,
American author and academic ·
1958
Scott Hall, American wrestler ·
1958
Mark King,
English singer-songwriter and bass player ·
1958
Dave Krieg, American football player ·
1958
Viggo Mortensen,
American-Danish actor and producer ·
1959 Mark
Little, Australian comedian, actor, and screenwriter ·
1960 Konstantin Aseev, Russian chess player and
trainer (d. 2004) ·
1961 Audun Kleive, Norwegian drummer and composer ·
1961
Kate Mosse, English author and playwright ·
1961
Ian Rush, Welsh footballer and manager ·
1961
Les Stroud, Canadian director, producer, and
harmonica player ·
1961
Michie Tomizawa,
Japanese voice actress and singer ·
1962 David M. Evans, American director and
screenwriter ·
1962
Dave Wong, Hong Kong-Taiwanese
singer-songwriter and actor ·
1963 Julie Payette, Canadian engineer and
astronaut ·
1963
Nikos Tsiantakis,
Greek footballer ·
1963
Stan Valckx, Dutch footballer and manager ·
1964 Kamala Harris, American politician and
lawyer, U.S. Senator from California; 2020 Democratic vice presidential
nominee ·
1964
Tomoko Yamaguchi,
Japanese actress and singer ·
1965 Norman
Blake, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist ·
1965
Jonathan I. Schwartz,
American businessman ·
1965
Mikhail Shtalenkov,
Russian ice hockey player ·
1965
William Zabka,
American actor and producer ·
1966 Abu Musab al-Zarqawi,
Jordanian militant Islamist (d. 2006) ·
1966
Allan Donald,
South African cricketer and coach ·
1966
Patrick Volkerding,
American computer scientist and engineer, founded Slackware ·
1967 Elizabeth Carling,
English actress and singer ·
1967
Kerrod Walters,
Australian rugby league player ·
1967
Kevin Walters,
Australian rugby league player and coach ·
1968 Susan Tully, English actress, director, and
producer ·
1969 Laurie Daley, Australian rugby league player
and coach ·
1969
Juan Gonzαlez,
Puerto Rican-American baseball player ·
1969
Labros Papakostas,
Greek high jumper ·
1970 Sander Boschker, Dutch footballer ·
1970
Neil Heywood,
English-Chinese businessman (d. 2011) ·
1970
Aapo Ilves, Estonian poet and illustrator ·
1970
Michelle Malkin,
American blogger and author ·
1971 Snoop Dogg, American rapper, producer, and
actor ·
1971
Eddie Jones,
American basketball player ·
1971
Kamiel Maase,
Dutch runner ·
1971
Dannii Minogue,
Australian singer-songwriter and actress ·
1972 Pie Geelen, Dutch swimmer ·
1972
Will Greenwood,
English rugby player and sportscaster ·
1972
Brian Schatz,
American academic and politician, 11th Lieutenant
Governor of Hawaii ·
1974 Bashar Rahal, Emirati-American actor and
producer ·
1974
Brian Limond, Scottish comedian and writer ·
1974
Ed Hale, American singer-songwriter, writer
and socio-political activist ·
1976 Nikolaos Bacharidis,
Greek footballer ·
1976
Dan Fogler, American actor, director,
producer, and screenwriter ·
1976
Nicola Legrottaglie,
Italian footballer and manager ·
1977 Matt Jansen, English footballer and manager ·
1977
Leila Josefowicz,
Canadian-American violinist ·
1977
Erko Saviauk,
Estonian footballer ·
1977
Sam Witwer, American actor and musician[21] ·
1978 Virender Sehwag, Indian cricketer ·
1978
Paul Wilson,
Scottish bass player and songwriter ·
1979 Vasyl Baranov, Ukrainian footballer ·
1979
Paul Ifill, English footballer ·
1979
John Krasinski,
American actor, director, and producer ·
1979
Paul O'Connell,
Irish rugby player ·
1979
Paul Terek, American decathlete ·
1980 Chad Robinson, Australian rugby league
player (d. 2016) ·
1980
Josι Veras,
Dominican baseball player ·
1981 Dimitris
Papadopoulos, Greek footballer ·
1981
Francisco
Javier Rodrνguez, Mexican footballer ·
1982 Kristian Bak Nielsen,
Danish footballer ·
1982
Becky Brewerton,
Welsh golfer ·
1983 Flavio Cipolla, Italian tennis player ·
1983
Luis Saritama, Ecuadorian
footballer ·
1983
Michel Vorm, Dutch footballer ·
1984 Mitch Lucker, American singer-songwriter (d.
2012) ·
1984
Florent Sinama
Pongolle, French footballer ·
1984
Andrew Trimble,
Irish rugby player ·
1985 Dominic McGuire, American basketball player ·
1985
Alphonso Smith,
American football player ·
1985
James Sutton,
English race car driver ·
1986 Wanlop Saechio, Thai footballer ·
1986
Elyse Taylor,
Australian model[22] ·
1987 Raphael Hackl, German rugby player ·
1988 Candice Swanepoel,
South African supermodel and philanthropist ·
1989 Jess Glynne, English singer-songwriter ·
1990 Sam Mataora, Cook Islands rugby league player ·
1992 Ksenia Semyonova, Russian gymnast ·
1992
Ferhat Yazgan,
Turkish footballer ·
1996 Anthony Sinisuka
Ginting, Indonesian badminton player ·
1998 Jordan Ridley, Australian rules footballer[23] Deaths ·
460 Aelia Eudocia, Byzantine wife of Theodosius II (b. 401) ·
967 Li Yixing, Chinese governor ·
1122 Ralph d'Escures, archbishop of
Canterbury ·
1139 Henry X, Duke of
Bavaria (b. 1108) ·
1187 Pope Urban III ·
1327 Teresa d'Entenηa,
Countess of Urgell (b. 1300) ·
1401 Klaus Stφrtebeker,
German pirate ·
1423 Henry Bowet, Archbishop of York ·
1439 Ambrose the
Camaldulian, Italian theologian ·
1438 Jacopo della Quercia,
Sienese sculptor (b. c. 1374) ·
1524 Thomas Linacre, English physician and
scholar (b. 1460) ·
1538 Francesco Maria I della Rovere, Duke of Urbino,
condottiero (b. 1490) ·
1570 Joγo de Barros,
Portuguese historian and author (b. 1496) ·
1602 Walter Leveson, Elizabethan member of
parliament, Shropshire landowner (b. 1550) ·
1640 John Ball,
English clergyman and theologian (b. 1585) ·
1652 Antonio Coello, Spanish poet and playwright
(b. 1611) ·
1713 Archibald Pitcairne,
Scottish physician and academic (b. 1652) ·
1740 Charles
VI, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1685) ·
1865 Champ Ferguson, American guerrilla leader
(b. 1821) ·
1870 Michael William
Balfe, Irish violinist and composer (b. 1808) ·
1871 Karl Christian
Ulmann, Latvian-German theologian and academic (b. 1793) ·
1880 Lydia Maria Child,
American journalist, author, and activist (b. 1802)[24] ·
1883 George
Chichester, 3rd Marquess of Donegall (b. 1797) ·
1890 Richard Francis
Burton, English-Italian geographer and explorer (b. 1821) ·
1894 James Anthony Froude,
English historian, novelist, biographer and editor (b. 1818) ·
1900 Naim Frashλri, Albanian poet and translator
(b. 1846) ·
1908 Vaiben Louis Solomon,
Australian politician, 21st Premier of
South Australia (b. 1853) ·
1910 David B. Hill, American lawyer and
politician, 29th Governor of New York (b.
1843) ·
1926 Eugene V. Debs, American union leader and
politician (b. 1855) ·
1928 Jack Peddie, Scottish footballer (b. 1876) ·
1935 Arthur Henderson, Scottish-English
politician, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate
(b. 1863) ·
1936 Anne Sullivan, American educator (b. 1866) ·
1940 Gunnar Asplund, Swedish architect and
academic, co-designed Skogskyrkogεrden (b.
1885) ·
1941 Ken Farnes, English cricketer and soldier
(b. 1911) ·
1950 Henry L. Stimson, American colonel, lawyer,
and politician, 46th United
States Secretary of State (b. 1867) ·
1953 Werner Baumbach, German colonel and pilot
(b. 1916) ·
1956 Lawrence Dale Bell,
American industrialist and founder of Bell Aircraft Corporation (b. 1894) ·
1957 Michalis Dorizas, Greek-American javelin
thrower and football player (b. 1890) ·
1964 Herbert Hoover, American engineer and
politician, 31st President
of the United States (b. 1874) ·
1967 Shigeru Yoshida, Japanese politician and
diplomat, 32nd Prime Minister of
Japan (b. 1878) ·
1968 Bud Flanagan, English actor and screenwriter
(b. 1896) ·
1972 Harlow Shapley, American astronomer and
academic (b. 1885) ·
1977 Steve Gaines, American guitarist (b. 1949) ·
1977
Ronnie Van Zant,
American singer-songwriter (b. 1948) ·
1978 Gunnar Nilsson, Swedish race car driver (b.
1948) ·
1983 Yves Thιriault,
Canadian author (b. 1915) ·
1983
Merle Travis,
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1917) ·
1984 Carl Ferdinand Cori,
Czech-American biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel
Prize laureate (b. 1896) ·
1984
Paul Dirac, English-American physicist and
mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate
(b. 1902) ·
1987 Andrey Kolmogorov,
Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1903) ·
1988 Sheila Scott, English pilot and author (b.
1922) ·
1989 Anthony Quayle, English actor and director
(b. 1913) ·
1990 Joel McCrea, American actor (b. 1905) ·
1992 Werner Torkanowsky,
German-American conductor (b. 1926) ·
1993 Yasushi Sugiyama, Japanese painter (b. 1909) ·
1994 Burt Lancaster, American actor (b. 1913) ·
1995 Christopher
Stone, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1942) ·
1995
John Tonkin, Australian politician,
20th Premier of
Western Australia (b. 1902) ·
1999 Calvin Griffith, Canadian-American
businessman (b. 1911) ·
1999
Jack Lynch, Irish footballer, lawyer, and
politician, 5th Taoiseach of Ireland (b.
1917) ·
2001 Ted Ammon, American financier and banker (b.
1949) ·
2003 Jack Elam, American actor (b. 1918) ·
2004 Anthony Hecht, American poet and educator
(b. 1923) ·
2004
Chuck Hiller,
American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1934) ·
2005 Shirley Horn, American singer and pianist
(b. 1934) ·
2005
Eva vankmajerovα,
Czech painter and poet (b. 1940) ·
2005
Andrι van der Louw,
Dutch lawyer and politician, 16th Mayor of Rotterdam (b.
1933) ·
2006 Arnold Viiding, Estonian shot putter and
discus thrower (b. 1911) ·
2006
Jane Wyatt, American actress (b. 1910) ·
2007 Max McGee, American football player and
sportscaster (b. 1932) ·
2008 Gene Hickerson, American football player (b.
1935) ·
2010 W. Cary Edwards, American politician (b.
1944) ·
2010
Bob Guccione,
American publisher, founded Penthouse magazine (b.
1930) ·
2010
Eva Ibbotson,
Austrian-English author (b. 1925) ·
2010
Max Kohnstamm,
Dutch historian and diplomat (b. 1914) ·
2010
Farooq Leghari,
Pakistani politician, 8th President of
Pakistan (b. 1940) ·
2011 Muammar Gaddafi, Libyan colonel and
politician, Prime Minister of
Libya (b. 1942) ·
2011
Mutassim Gaddafi,
Libyan colonel (b. 1977) ·
2011
Abu-Bakr Yunis Jabr,
Libyan politician (b. 1942) ·
2012 Przemysław
Gintrowski, Polish poet and composer (b. 1951) ·
2012
Paul Kurtz, American philosopher and
academic (b. 1925) ·
2012
Dave May, American baseball player (b. 1943) ·
2012
John
McConnell, American activist, created Earth Day (b. 1915) ·
2012
E. Donnall Thomas,
American physician and academic, Nobel
Prize laureate (b. 1920) ·
2012
Raymond Watson,
American businessman (b. 1926) ·
2013 Jovanka Broz, Croatian-Serbian colonel (b.
1924) ·
2013
Don James,
American football player and coach (b. 1932) ·
2013
Lawrence Klein,
American economist and academic, Nobel
Prize laureate (b. 1920) ·
2013
Joginder
Singh, Kenyan race car driver (b. 1932) ·
2013
Larri Thomas,
American actress and dancer (b. 1932) ·
2013
Sid Yudain, American journalist,
founded Roll Call (b.
1923) ·
2014 Renι Burri, Swiss photographer and
journalist (b. 1933) ·
2014
Oscar de la Renta,
Dominican-American fashion designer (b. 1932) ·
2014
Christophe de
Margerie, French businessman (b. 1951) ·
2015 Makis Dendrinos, Greek basketball player and
coach (b. 1950) ·
2015
Arno Gruen, German-Swiss psychologist and
psychoanalyst (b. 1923) ·
2015
Kazimierz Łaski,
Polish-Austrian economist and academic (b. 1921) ·
2015
Michael Meacher,
English academic and politician, Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and
the Regions (b. 1939) ·
2015
Ian Steel, Scottish cyclist and manager (b.
1928) ·
2016 Robert E. Kramek, former United States Coast
Guard admiral (b. 1939) ·
2016
Junko Tabei, Japanese mountaineer (b. 1939)[25] ·
2018 Wim Kok, Dutch prime minister (b. 1938) Holidays and observances ·
Christian feast days: o Aderald o Artemius o Hedwig (in
Canada, moved from Oct. 16) o Margaret Marie
Alacoque (in Canada, moved from Oct. 16) o October
20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) ·
Revolution Day
(Guatemala), one of the two Patriotic Days (Guatemala) ·
Vietnamese Women's
Day (Vietnam) |
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