October 20 is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 72 days remaining.
Events:
Births:
- 1632 - Sir Christopher Wren, architect (+ 1723)
- 1853 - Arthur Rimbaud, poet (+ 1891)
- 1859 - John Dewey, philosopher (+1952)
- 1874 - Charles Ives, composer (+ 1954)
- 1882 - Bela Lugosi, actor (+ 1956)
- 1889 - Margaret Dumont[?], actress (+ 1965)
- 1890 - Jelly Roll Morton, composer, musician (+ 1941)
- 1891 - Jomo Kenyatta, President of Kenya, (+ 1978)
- 1900 - Wayne Morse[?], Senator from Oregon (+ 1974)
- 1904 - Anna Neagle[?], actress (+ 1986)
- 1905 - Frederic Dannay[?] (Ellery Queen), mystery novelist (+ 1982)
- 1907 - Arlene Francis[?], television personality (+ 2001)
- 1913 - Grandpa Jones[?], country music performer (+ 1998)
- 1923 - Herschel Bernardi[?], actor (+ 1986)
- 1925 - Art Buchwald[?], newspaper columnist[?]
- 1928 - Joyce Brothers[?], psychologist, television personality
- 1931 - Mickey Mantle, baseball star (+ 1995)
- 1935 - Jerry Orbach[?], actor
- 1937 - Juan Marichal[?], baseball star
- 1953 - Tom Petty, musician
- 1955 - Aaron Pryor, world boxing champion
- 1958 - Viggo Mortensen, actor
- 1971 - Snoop Dogg, musician
- 1977 - Elena Berezhnaya[?], figure skating star
Deaths:
Holidays:
See Also: January,
February,
March,
April,
May,
June,
July,
August,
September,
October,
November,
December
October 19 - October 21 - November 20 - September 20 - more historical anniversaries