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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.

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.
  • 1818The Convention of 1818 is signed between the United States and the United Kingdom, which settles the Canada–United 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 Ancón, by which the Tarapacá 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 Template:RMS, 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.
  • 1976The 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.
  • 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[]

  • 888Zhu Youzhen, emperor of Later Liang (d. 923)
  • 1475Giovanni di Bernardo Rucellai, Italian poet and playwright (d. 1525)
  • 1496Claude, Duke of Guise (d. 1550)[4]
  • 1554Bálint Balassi, Hungarian writer and noble (d. 1594)[5]
  • 1612Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Burlington, Anglo-Irish nobleman, Lord High Treasurer of Ireland, Cavalier (d. 1698)[6]
  • 1616Thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (d. 1680)[7]
  • 1620Aelbert Cuyp, Dutch painter (d. 1691)
  • 1632Christopher Wren, English physicist, mathematician, and architect, designed St Paul's Cathedral (d. 1723)[8]
  • 1632 – Edward Hungerford, English politician (d. 1711)[9]
  • 1660Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (d. 1723)[10]
  • 1677Stanisław Leszczyński, King of Poland (d. 1766)[11]
  • 1711Timothy Ruggles, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, (d. 1795)[12]
  • 1718Catherine Gordon, Duchess of Gordon, Scottish aristocrat (d. 1779)[13]
  • 1719Gottfried Achenwall, German historian, economist, and jurist (d. 1772)[14]
  • 1740Isabelle de Charrière, Dutch author and poet (d. 1805)
  • 1759Chauncey Goodrich, American lawyer and politician, 8th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut (d. 1815)
  • 1780Pauline Bonaparte, French sister of Napoleon (d. 1825)
  • 1784Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1865)
  • 1785George Ormerod, English historian and author (d. 1873)
  • 1790Patrick Matthew. Scottish farmer and biologist (d. 1874)
  • 1801Melchior Berri, Swiss architect and educator, designed the Natural History Museum of Basel (d. 1854)
  • 1808Karl Andree, German geographer and journalist (d. 1875)
  • 1819Báb, Iranian religious leader, founded Bábism (d. 1850)*1822Thomas Hughes, English lawyer and judge (d. 1896)
  • 1832Constantin Lipsius, German architect and theorist (d. 1894)
  • 1847Frits Thaulow, Norwegian painter (d. 1906)
  • 1854Arthur Rimbaud, French soldier and poet (d. 1891)
  • 1858John Burns, English union leader and politician, President of the Board of Trade (d. 1943)
  • 1859John Dewey, American psychologist and philosopher (d. 1952)
  • 1864James F. Hinkle, American banker and politician, 6th Governor of New Mexico (d. 1951)
  • 1874Charles Ives, American composer (d. 1954)
  • 1882Margaret Dumont, American actress (d. 1965)
  • 1882 – Bela Lugosi, Hungarian-American actor (d. 1956)
  • 1885Jelly Roll Morton, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (Red Hot Peppers and New Orleans Rhythm Kings) (d. 1941)
  • 1887Prince Yasuhiko Asaka of Japan (d. 1981)
  • 1889Johann Gruber, Austrian priest and saint (d. 1944)
  • 1890Aleksander Maaker, Estonian bagpipe player (d. 1968)
  • 1891Samuel Flagg Bemis, American historian and author (d. 1973)[15]
  • 1891 – James Chadwick, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1974)
  • 1893Charley Chase, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1940)[16]
  • 1894Olive Thomas, American model and actress (d. 1920)
  • 1895Rex Ingram, American actor (d. 1969)
  • 1895 – Morrie Ryskind, American writer/director (d. 1985)
  • 1897Yi Un, South Korean general (d. 1970)
  • 1900Ismail al-Azhari, Sudanese politician, 3rd President of Sudan (d. 1969)
  • 1900 – Wayne Morse, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (d. 1974)
  • 1901Frank Churchill, American film composer (d. 1942)
  • 1901 – Adelaide Hall, American-English singer, actress, and dancer (d. 1993)
  • 1904Tommy 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)
  • 1907Arlene Francis, American actress and television personality (d. 2001)
  • 1908Stuart Hamblen, American singer-songwriter, actor, and radio show host (d. 1989)[17]
  • 1909Carla Laemmle, American actress and photographer (d. 2014)
  • 1909 – Yasushi Sugiyama, Japanese painter (d. 1993)
  • 1910Chen Liting, Chinese director and playwright (d. 2013)
  • 1912Ruhi Su, Turkish singer-songwriter (d. 1985)
  • 1913Grandpa Jones, American singer-songwriter and banjo player (d. 1998)
  • 1914Fayard Nicholas, American actor, dancer, and choreographer (d. 2006)
  • 1917Stéphane Hessel, German-French activist and diplomat (d. 2013)
  • 1917 – Jean-Pierre Melville, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1973)
  • 1918Martin Drewes, German soldier and pilot (d. 2013)
  • 1918 – Robert Lochner, American-German soldier and journalist (d. 2003)
  • 1919Tracy Hall, American chemist and academic (d. 2008)
  • 1920Nick 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)
  • 1921Manny Ayulo, American race car driver (d. 1955)
  • 1921 – Hans Warren, Dutch poet and author (d. 2001)
  • 1922John Anderson, American actor (d. 1992)
  • 1922 – Franco Ventriglia, American opera singer (d. 2012)
  • 1923Robert Craft, American conductor and musicologist (d. 2015)
  • 1924Robert Peters, American poet, playwright, and critic (d. 2014)
  • 1925Art 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)
  • 1926Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu, English lieutenant and politician, founded the National Motor Museum (d. 2015)
  • 1927Joyce Brothers, American psychologist, author, and actress (d. 2013)
  • 1927 – Gunturu Seshendra Sarma, Indian poet and critic (d. 2007)
  • 1928Michael O'Donnell, English physician, author, and journalist (d. 2019)
  • 1931Richard 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)
  • 1932Rosey 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)
  • 1933Barrie Chase, American actress and dancer
  • 1934Bill Chase, American trumpet player (d. 1974)
  • 1934 – Eddie Harris, American saxophonist (d. 1996)
  • 1935 – Jerry Orbach, American actor and singer (d. 2004)
  • 1937Cancio 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)
  • 1938Emidio Greco, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 2012)
  • 1938 – Iain Macmillan, Scottish photographer and educator (d. 2006)
  • 1938Kathy Kirby, English singer (d. 2011)
  • 1939Patrick Hughes, English painter, illustrator, and photographer
  • 1940 – Robert Pinsky, American poet and critic
  • 1940 – Jean-Pierre Dikongué Pipa, Cameroonian filmmaker
  • 1941Anneke Wills, English actress[18]
  • 1942Earl Hindman, American actor (d. 2003)
  • 1942 – Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, German biologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate
  • 1942 – Bart Zoet, Dutch cyclist (d. 1992)
  • 1943Dunja Vejzović, Croatian soprano and actress
  • 1944Nalin de Silva, Sri Lankan physicist and philosopher
  • 1944 – David Mancuso, American party planner, created The Loft (d. 2016)
  • 1945Ric Lee, English drummer (Ten Years After)
  • 1946Diana 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)
  • 1948Peter 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 Gökçek, Turkish journalist and politician, Mayor of Ankara
  • 1949Valeriy Borzov, Ukrainian-Russian sprinter
  • 1950Tom Petty, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2017)
  • 1950 – William Russ, American actor and director
  • 1951Al 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
  • 1952Melanie Mayron, American actress and director
  • 1952 – Derek Ridgers, English photographer and art director
  • 1952 – Wilma Josefina Salgado, Ecuadorian politician and economist
  • 1953Keith 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)
  • 1954Steve Orich, American composer and conductor
  • 1955Thomas 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[19]
  • 1956Danny Boyle, English director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1956 – Martin Taylor, English guitarist
  • 1957Jane 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
  • 1958Valerie 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
  • 1959Mark Little, Australian comedian, actor, and screenwriter
  • 1960Konstantin Aseev, Russian chess player and trainer (d. 2004)
  • 1961Audun 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
  • 1962David M. Evans, American director and screenwriter
  • 1962 – Dave Wong, Hong Kong-Taiwanese singer-songwriter and actor
  • 1963Julie Payette, Canadian engineer and astronaut
  • 1963 – Nikos Tsiantakis, Greek footballer
  • 1963 – Stan Valckx, Dutch footballer and manager
  • 1964Kamala Harris, American politician and lawyer, U.S. Senator from California; 2020 Democratic vice presidential nominee
  • 1964 – Tomoko Yamaguchi, Japanese actress and singer
  • 1965Norman 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
  • 1966Abu 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
  • 1967Elizabeth Carling, English actress and singer
  • 1967 – Kerrod Walters, Australian rugby league player
  • 1967 – Kevin Walters, Australian rugby league player and coach
  • 1968Susan Tully, English actress, director, and producer
  • 1969Laurie Daley, Australian rugby league player and coach
  • 1969 – Juan González, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
  • 1969 – Labros Papakostas, Greek high jumper
  • 1970Sander 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
  • 1971Snoop 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
  • 1972Pie Geelen, Dutch swimmer
  • 1972 – Will Greenwood, English rugby player and sportscaster
  • 1972 – Brian Schatz, American academic and politician, 11th Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii
  • 1974Bashar Rahal, Emirati-American actor and producer
  • 1974 – Brian Limond, Scottish comedian and writer
  • 1974 – Ed Hale, American singer-songwriter, writer and socio-political activist
  • 1976Nikolaos Bacharidis, Greek footballer
  • 1976 – Dan Fogler, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1976 – Nicola Legrottaglie, Italian footballer and manager
  • 1977Matt Jansen, English footballer and manager
  • 1977 – Leila Josefowicz, Canadian-American violinist
  • 1977 – Erko Saviauk, Estonian footballer
  • 1977 – Sam Witwer, American actor and musician[20]
  • 1978Virender Sehwag, Indian cricketer
  • 1978 – Paul Wilson, Scottish bass player and songwriter
  • 1979Vasyl 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
  • 1980Chad Robinson, Australian rugby league player (d. 2016)
  • 1980 – José Veras, Dominican baseball player
  • 1981Dimitris Papadopoulos, Greek footballer
  • 1981 – Francisco Javier Rodríguez, Mexican footballer
  • 1982Kristian Bak Nielsen, Danish footballer
  • 1982 – Becky Brewerton, Welsh golfer
  • 1983Flavio Cipolla, Italian tennis player
  • 1983 – Luis Saritama, Ecuadorian footballer
  • 1983 – Michel Vorm, Dutch footballer
  • 1984Mitch Lucker, American singer-songwriter (d. 2012)
  • 1984 – Florent Sinama Pongolle, French footballer
  • 1984 – Andrew Trimble, Irish rugby player
  • 1985Dominic McGuire, American basketball player
  • 1985 – Alphonso Smith, American football player
  • 1985 – James Sutton, English race car driver
  • 1986Wanlop Saechio, Thai footballer
  • 1986 – Elyse Taylor, Australian model[21]
  • 1987Raphael Hackl, German rugby player
  • 1988Candice Swanepoel, South African supermodel and philanthropist
  • 1989Jess Glynne, English singer-songwriter
  • 1990Sam Mataora, Cook Islands rugby league player
  • 1992Ksenia Semyonova, Russian gymnast
  • 1992 – Ferhat Yazgan, Turkish footballer
  • 1996Anthony Sinisuka Ginting, Indonesian badminton player
  • 1998Jordan Ridley, Australian rules footballer[22]

Deaths[]

  • 460Aelia Eudocia, Byzantine wife of Theodosius II (b. 401)
  • 967Li Yixing, Chinese governor
  • 1122Ralph d'Escures, archbishop of Canterbury
  • 1139Henry X, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1108)
  • 1187Pope Urban III
  • 1327Teresa d'Entença, Countess of Urgell (b. 1300)
  • 1401Klaus Störtebeker, German pirate
  • 1423Henry Bowet, Archbishop of York
  • 1439Ambrose the Camaldulian, Italian theologian
  • 1438Jacopo della Quercia, Sienese sculptor (b. c. 1374)
  • 1524Thomas Linacre, English physician and scholar (b. 1460)
  • 1538Francesco Maria I della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, condottiero (b. 1490)
  • 1570João de Barros, Portuguese historian and author (b. 1496)
  • 1602Walter Leveson, Elizabethan member of parliament, Shropshire landowner (b. 1550)
  • 1640John Ball, English clergyman and theologian (b. 1585)
  • 1652Antonio Coello, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1611)
  • 1713Archibald Pitcairne, Scottish physician and academic (b. 1652)
  • 1740Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1685)
  • 1865Champ Ferguson, American guerrilla leader (b. 1821)
  • 1870Michael William Balfe, Irish violinist and composer (b. 1808)
  • 1871Karl Christian Ulmann, Latvian-German theologian and academic (b. 1793)
  • 1880Lydia Maria Child, American journalist, author, and activist (b. 1802)[23]
  • 1883George Chichester, 3rd Marquess of Donegall (b. 1797)
  • 1890Richard Francis Burton, English-Italian geographer and explorer (b. 1821)
  • 1894James Anthony Froude, English historian, novelist, biographer and editor (b. 1818)
  • 1900Naim Frashëri, Albanian poet and translator (b. 1846)
  • 1908Vaiben Louis Solomon, Australian politician, 21st Premier of South Australia (b. 1853)
  • 1910David B. Hill, American lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of New York (b. 1843)
  • 1926Eugene V. Debs, American union leader and politician (b. 1855)
  • 1928Jack Peddie, Scottish footballer (b. 1876)
  • 1935Arthur Henderson, Scottish-English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1863)
  • 1936Anne Sullivan, American educator (b. 1866)
  • 1940Gunnar Asplund, Swedish architect and academic, co-designed Skogskyrkogården (b. 1885)
  • 1941Ken Farnes, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1911)
  • 1950Henry L. Stimson, American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 46th United States Secretary of State (b. 1867)
  • 1953Werner Baumbach, German colonel and pilot (b. 1916)
  • 1956Lawrence Dale Bell, American industrialist and founder of Bell Aircraft Corporation (b. 1894)
  • 1957Michalis Dorizas, Greek-American javelin thrower and football player (b. 1890)
  • 1964Herbert Hoover, American engineer and politician, 31st President of the United States (b. 1874)
  • 1967Shigeru Yoshida, Japanese politician and diplomat, 32nd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1878)
  • 1968Bud Flanagan, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1896)
  • 1972Harlow Shapley, American astronomer and academic (b. 1885)
  • 1977Steve Gaines, American guitarist (b. 1949)
  • 1977 – Ronnie Van Zant, American singer-songwriter (b. 1948)
  • 1978Gunnar Nilsson, Swedish race car driver (b. 1948)
  • 1983Yves Thériault, Canadian author (b. 1915)
  • 1983 – Merle Travis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1917)
  • 1984Carl 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)
  • 1987Andrey Kolmogorov, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1903)
  • 1988Sheila Scott, English pilot and author (b. 1922)
  • 1989Anthony Quayle, English actor and director (b. 1913)
  • 1990Joel McCrea, American actor (b. 1905)
  • 1992Werner Torkanowsky, German-American conductor (b. 1926)
  • 1993Yasushi Sugiyama, Japanese painter (b. 1909)
  • 1994Burt Lancaster, American actor (b. 1913)
  • 1995Christopher Stone, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1942)
  • 1995 – John Tonkin, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1902)
  • 1999Calvin Griffith, Canadian-American businessman (b. 1911)
  • 1999 – Jack Lynch, Irish footballer, lawyer, and politician, 5th Taoiseach of Ireland (b. 1917)
  • 2001Ted Ammon, American financier and banker (b. 1949)
  • 2003Jack Elam, American actor (b. 1918)
  • 2004Anthony Hecht, American poet and educator (b. 1923)
  • 2004 – Chuck Hiller, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1934)
  • 2005Shirley Horn, American singer and pianist (b. 1934)
  • 2005 – Eva Švankmajerová, Czech painter and poet (b. 1940)
  • 2005 – André van der Louw, Dutch lawyer and politician, 16th Mayor of Rotterdam (b. 1933)
  • 2006Arnold Viiding, Estonian shot putter and discus thrower (b. 1911)
  • 2006 – Jane Wyatt, American actress (b. 1910)
  • 2007Max McGee, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1932)
  • 2008Gene Hickerson, American football player (b. 1935)
  • 2010W. 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)
  • 2011Muammar 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)
  • 2012Przemysław 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)
  • 2013Jovanka 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)
  • 2014René 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)
  • 2015Makis 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)
  • 2016Robert E. Kramek, former United States Coast Guard admiral (b. 1939)
  • 2016 – Junko Tabei, Japanese mountaineer (b. 1939)[24]
  • 2018Wim Kok, Dutch prime minister (b. 1938)

Holidays and observances[]

  • Christian feast days:
    • Acca of Hexham
    • Aderald
    • Artemius
    • Caprasius of Agen
    • Hedwig (in Canada, moved from Oct. 16)
    • Irene of Tomar
    • Magdalene of Nagasaki
    • Margaret Marie Alacoque (in Canada, moved from Oct. 16)
    • Maria Bertilla Boscardin
    • Mater Admirabilis
    • October 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • Arbor Day (Czech Republic)
  • Heroes' Day (Kenya)
  • Revolution Day (Guatemala), one of the two Patriotic Days (Guatemala)
  • Vietnamese Women's Day (Vietnam)
  • World Osteoporosis Day
  • World Statistics Day

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