Tukuk-OS📅 October 20
17 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on October 20? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2024 — Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka were sworn in as president and vice president of Indonesia, becoming the oldest and the youngest person to assume respective offices.
Prabowo SubiantoGibran Rakabuming RakaInauguration of Prabowo Subianto
- 2022 — Protests broke out across Chad after President Mahamat Déby (pictured) declared his intentions to extend his rule by another two years.
- 2011 — First Libyan Civil War: Muammar Gaddafi, the deposed Libyan leader, was captured by rebel forces during the Battle of Sirte, and was killed shortly thereafter.
- 1991 — An earthquake struck the Indian state of Uttarakhand, killing at least 768 people and destroying thousands of homes.
- 1986 — Aeroflot Flight 6502 crashed on approach to Kurumoch Airport in Samara, Russia (then Kuybyshev in the Soviet Union), killing 70 people on board.
- 1986 — Soviet Aeroflot Flight 6502 crashed after overrunning the runway at Kuibyshev Airport, killing 70 people on board.
Aeroflot Flight 6502Runway excursionKurumoch International Airport
- 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.
Sinking of the Spanish trawler SoniaIrish Naval ServiceLÉ Aisling
- 1982 — During a UEFA Cup match between Spartak Moscow and Haarlem, a large number of attendees trying to leave the Central Lenin Stadium resulted in a stampede that caused 66 deaths.
- 1977 — Three members of the American rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd died when their chartered plane crashed in Gillsburg, Mississippi.
Lynyrd SkynyrdLynyrd Skynyrd plane crashGillsburg, Mississippi
- 1973 — Watergate scandal: Attorney General Elliot Richardson and his deputy William Ruckelshaus resigned after refusing to obey President Richard Nixon's order to have Archibald Cox fired.
- 1969 — Experimental results from the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center were published showing that protons were composed of smaller particles, the first evidence of quarks.
- 1967 — Roger Patterson and Robert Gimlin filmed an unidentified subject, which they claimed was Bigfoot, at Six Rivers National Forest in California.
- 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.
- 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.
World War IIDouglas MacArthur's escape from the PhilippinesDouglas MacArthur
- 1939 — Pope Pius XII (pictured) published his first encyclical, Summi Pontificatus, which critiqued ideologies such as racism, cultural superiority and totalitarianism.
- 1936 — British woman Mabel Freer was refused entry to Australia after failing a dictation test given in Italian, leading to a debate over Australia's immigration policy.
- 1740 — Under the terms of the Pragmatic Sanction, Maria Theresa (pictured) ascended the Habsburg throne.
Births
- 2003 — Carney Chukwuemeka, English footballer
- 2002 — Yéremy Pino, Spanish footballer
- 2001 — Paige Bueckers, American basketball player
- 2000 — Kenneth Walker III, American football player
- 1999 — Chuu, South Korean singer and television personality
- 1999 — YoungBoy Never Broke Again, American rapper
- 1998 — Jordan Ridley, Australian rules footballer
- 1997 — Ademola Lookman, Nigerian footballer
- 1997 — Daizen Maeda, Japanese footballer
- 1997 — Nguyễn Tiến Linh, Vietnamese footballer
- 1997 — Andrey Rublev, Russian tennis player
- 1996 — Anthony Sinisuka Ginting, Indonesian badminton player
Deaths
- 2024 — Barbara Dane, American folk, blues and jazz singer (born 1927)
- 2024 — Fethullah Gülen, Turkish preacher and theologian (born 1941)
- 2024 — Walter Jacob, American Reform rabbi (born 1930)
- 2024 — Janusz Olejniczak, Polish classical pianist and actor (born 1952)
- 2024 — Paul White, Baron Hanningfield, British life peer (born 1940)
- 2022 — Lucy Simon, American composer and songwriter (born 1940)
- 2020 — James Randi, Canadian-American stage magician and author (born 1928)
- 2018 — Wim Kok, Dutch prime minister (born 1938)
- 2016 — Kaneta Kimotsuki, Japanese actor, voice actor, and theater director (born 1935)
- 2016 — Robert E. Kramek, former United States Coast Guard admiral (born 1939)
- 2016 — Michael Massee, American actor (born 1952)
- 2016 — Junko Tabei, Japanese mountaineer (born 1939)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast days: Acca of Hexham
- Christian feast days: Aderald
- Christian feast days: Artemius
- Christian feast days: Caprasius of Agen
- Christian feast days: Blessed Franz Alexander Kern
- Christian feast days: Irene of Tomar
- Christian feast days: Jakub Strzemię
- Christian feast days: Magdalene of Nagasaki
- Christian feast days: Paul of the Cross (in USA, moved from Oct. 19)
- Christian feast days: Maria Bertilla Boscardin
- Christian feast days: Mater Admirabilis
- Christian feast days: October 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Arbor Day (Czech Republic)
- Heroes' Day (Kenya)
- Revolution Day (Guatemala), one of the two Patriotic Days (Guatemala)
Public holidays in GuatemalaDías Patrios (Guatemala)Guatemala
- Vietnamese Women's Day (Vietnam)
- World Osteoporosis Day
- World Statistics Day
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