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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1568]] &ndash; The Spanish [[Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba|Duke of Alba]] [[Battle of Jodoigne|defeats]] a Dutch rebel force under [[William the Silent]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Jeremy Black|title=European Warfare, 1494–1660|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=olw1qaxmgmQC&pg=PA108|year=2002|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-0-415-27531-6|page=108}}</ref> 
*[[1572]] &ndash; [[Eighty Years' War]]: Three thousand Spanish soldiers wade through fifteen miles of water in one night to effect the [[relief of Goes]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Montaigne and the Low Countries (1580–1700)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m-CvCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA286|date=2007|publisher=Brill|isbn=978-90-474-1981-5|page=286}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1740]] &ndash; France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony refuse to honour the [[Pragmatic Sanction of 1713|Pragmatic Sanction]], and the [[War of the Austrian Succession]] begins.
*[[1774]] &ndash; [[American Revolution]]: The [[Continental Association]], a [[Nonconsumption agreements|nonconsumption]] and nonimportation agreement against the [[British Isles]] and the [[British West Indies]], is adopted by the [[First Continental Congress]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Stathis |first=Stephen |title=Landmark Legislation 1774–2012: Major U.S. Acts and Treaties |publisher=CQ Press |location=Washington, DC |year=2014 |isbn=978-1-4522-9230-4 |doi=10.4135/9781452292281}}</ref> 
*[[1781]] &ndash; The [[Patent of Toleration]], providing limited freedom of worship, is approved in Austria.
*[[1803]] &ndash; The United States Senate ratifies the [[Louisiana Purchase]].
*[[1818]] &ndash; [[Treaty of 1818|The Convention of 1818]] is signed between the United States and the United Kingdom, which settles the [[Canada–United States border]] on the [[49th parallel north|49th parallel]] for most of its length.
*[[1827]] &ndash; [[Greek War of Independence]]: 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]] &ndash; 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.

===1901–present===
*[[1904]] &ndash; Chile and Bolivia sign the [[Treaty of Peace and Friendship (1904)|Treaty of Peace and Friendship]], delimiting the border between the two countries.
*[[1910]] &ndash; British [[ocean liner]] [[RMS Olympic|RMS ''Olympic'']] is launched.<ref>{{cite book |last=Piouffre |first=Gérard |year=2009 |title=Le Titanic ne répond plus |publisher=Larousse |language=fr |isbn=978-2-263-02799-4 |page=52}}</ref>
*[[1935]] &ndash; The [[Long March]], a mammoth retreat undertaken by the [[People's Liberation Army|armed forces]] of the [[Chinese Communist Party]] a year prior, ends.
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: Thousands of civilians in [[Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia|German-occupied Serbia]] are murdered in the [[Kragujevac massacre]].
*[[1944]] &ndash; World War II: The Soviet [[Red Army]] and [[Yugoslav Partisans]] [[Belgrade Offensive|liberate Belgrade]].
*  1944   &ndash; [[Liquefied natural gas]] leaks from storage tanks in Cleveland and then [[Cleveland East Ohio Gas explosion|explodes]], leveling 30 blocks and killing 130 people.
*  1944   &ndash; American general [[Douglas MacArthur]] fulfills his promise to return to the Philippines when he comes ashore during the [[Battle of Leyte]].
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Cold War]]: The [[House Un-American Activities Committee]] begins its investigation into Communist infiltration of the [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood film industry]], resulting in [[Hollywood blacklist|a blacklist]] that prevents some from working in the industry for years.
*[[1948]] &ndash; A [[KLM]] [[Lockheed L-049 Constellation]] [[1948 KLM Constellation air disaster|crashes]] on approach to [[Glasgow Prestwick Airport]], killing 40.<ref name="lyons">{{cite web |author=Lyons |first=Gordon |title=Constellation PH-TEN |url=http://www.aircrashsites-scotland.co.uk/constellation_mauchline.htm |access-date=31 May 2009 |publisher=Air Crash Sites Scotland}}</ref>
*[[1951]] &ndash; The "[[Johnny Bright incident]]" occurs during a football game between the [[Drake Bulldogs football|Drake Bulldogs]] and [[Oklahoma State Cowboys football|Oklahoma A&M Aggies]].
*[[1952]] &ndash; The Governor of Kenya [[Evelyn Baring, 1st Baron Howick of Glendale|Evelyn Baring]] declares a state of emergency and begins arresting hundreds of suspected leaders of the [[Mau Mau Uprising]].
*[[1961]] &ndash; The [[Soviet Navy]] performs the first armed test of a [[submarine-launched ballistic missile]], launching an [[R-13 (missile)|R-13]] from a [[Golf-class submarine]].
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[China]] launches simultaneous offensives in [[Ladakh]] and across the [[McMahon Line]], igniting the [[Sino-Indian War]].
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Watergate scandal]]: "[[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 Solicitor General [[Robert Bork]].
*  1973   &ndash; The [[Sydney Opera House]] is opened by [[Elizabeth II]] after 14 years of construction.
*[[1976]] &ndash; The [[Luling–Destrehan Ferry]] [[MV George Prince ferry disaster|MV ''George Prince'' is struck]] by the Norwegian freighter [[SS Frosta|SS ''Frosta'']] while crossing the [[Mississippi River]] in [[St. Charles Parish, Louisiana]]. Seventy-eight passengers and crew die, and only 18 people aboard the ferry survive.
*[[1977]] &ndash; A plane carrying the rock band [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]] [[Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash|crashes]] in woodland in [[Mississippi]], United States. Six people, including three band members, are killed.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR7806.pdf |title=Aircraft Accident Report – L & J Company, Convair 248, N55VM, Gillsburg, Mississippi, October 20, 1977 |date=June 19, 1978 |publisher=U.S. National Transportation Safety Board}}</ref>
*[[1981]] &ndash; Two police officers and a [[Brink's]] armored car guard are killed during an [[Brink's robbery (1981)|armed robbery]] carried out by members of the [[Black Liberation Army]] and [[Weather Underground]] in [[Nanuet, New York]]. 
*[[1982]] &ndash; During the UEFA Cup match between [[FC Spartak Moscow]] and [[HFC Haarlem]], 66 people are crushed to death in the [[Luzhniki disaster]].
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Aeroflot Flight 6502]] crashes while landing at Kuibyshev Airport (now [[Kurumoch International Airport|Kuromoch International Airport]]) in Kuibyshev (now present-day [[Samara]], [[Russia]]), killing 70 people.<ref name="ASN">{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev Tu-134A CCCP-65766 Kuybyshev Airport (KUF)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19861020-1|access-date=2020-09-23|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*[[1991]] &ndash; A 6.8 [[Moment magnitude scale|M<sub>w</sub>]] earthquake [[1991 Uttarkashi earthquake|strikes]] the [[Uttarkashi district|Uttarkashi]] region of India, killing more than 1,000 people.
*  1991   &ndash; A massive [[firestorm]] breaks out [[Oakland firestorm of 1991|in the hills of Oakland and Berkeley, California]] killing 25 people and destroying more than 3,000 homes, apartments and condominiums.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abc7news.com/oakland-hills-fire-east-bay-1991-department/11141174/|title=Oakland Hills Fire 30 years later: Survivors' stories captured in new ABC7 documentary 'Firestorm'|date=20 October 2021|access-date=20 October 2021|work=[[KGO-TV ABC San Francisco]]}}</ref>
*  [[1995]] &ndash; [[Space Shuttle Columbia|Space Shuttle ''Columbia'']] launches on [[STS-73]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Mission Archives |url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-73.html |access-date=16 August 2010 |website=NASA}}</ref>
*[[2002]] &ndash; ''[[Top Gear (2002 TV series)|Top Gear]]'', the revived popular British TV motoring magazine, premieres on [[BBC]].<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5367516.stm|title=BBC News article on ''Top Gear's'' history|date=21 September 2006}}</ref>
*[[2003]] &ndash; The [[Sloan Great Wall]], once the [[List of largest cosmic structures|largest cosmic structures known to humanity]], is discovered by students at [[Princeton University]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Gott III|first1=J. Richard|last2=Jurić|first2=Mario|last3=Schlegel|first3=David|last4=Hoyle|first4=Fiona|last5=Vogeley|first5=Michael|last6=Tegmark|first6=Max|last7=Bahcall|first7=Neta|last8=Brinkmann|first8=Jon|date=2005-05-10|title=A Map of the Universe|journal=The Astrophysical Journal|volume=624|issue=2|pages=463–484|doi=10.1086/428890|arxiv=astro-ph/0310571 |bibcode=2005ApJ...624..463G |s2cid=9654355 |issn=0004-637X}}</ref>
*[[2005]] &ndash; The general conference of the [[United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization]] (UNESCO) passes the [[Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions]].<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Beukelaer |editor1-first=Christiaan |editor2-last=Pyykkönen |editor2-first=Miikka |editor3-last=Singh |editor3-first=J. P. |title=Globalization, culture and development : the UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity |date=2015 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |location=Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire |isbn=978-1-137-39763-8|page=1|chapter=Introduction: UNESCO's "Diversity Convention" – Ten Years on|author1-first=Christiaan |author1-last=De Beukelaer |author2-first= Miikka |author2-last=Pyykkönen}}</ref>
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Libyan Crisis (2011–present)|Libyan Crisis]]: Rebel forces capture Libyan dictator [[Muammar Gaddafi]] and his son [[Mutassim Gaddafi|Mutassim]] in his hometown of Sirte and [[Death of Muammar Gaddafi|kill him]] shortly thereafter, ending the [[first Libyan civil war]].
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[Syrian civil war]]: The [[Syrian Democratic Forces]] (SDF) declare victory in the [[Raqqa campaign (2016–2017)|Raqqa campaign]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/us-backed-syrian-force-declares-victory-isis-capital/story?id=50605976|title=US-backed Syrian forces declare victory over ISIS in its former 'capital,' Raqqa|author1=Luis Martinez|author2=Morgan Winsor|date=20 October 2017|access-date=20 October 2017|publisher=ABC News|location=United States}}</ref>
*[[2022]] &ndash; [[Liz Truss]] steps down as [[British prime minister|British Prime Minister]] and leader of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] amid the country's political crisis, serving for the least time of any British Prime Minister [49 days].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-10-20 |title=Liz Truss resigns: PM's exit kicks off another Tory leadership race |language=en-GB |publisher=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-63332037 |access-date=2022-10-24}}</ref>

==Births==
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===Pre-1600===
*[[AD 888|888]] &ndash; [[Zhu Youzhen]], emperor of [[Later Liang (Five Dynasties)|Later Liang]] (d. 923)
*[[1475]] &ndash; [[Giovanni di Bernardo Rucellai]], Italian poet and playwright (d. 1525)
*[[1496]] &ndash; [[Claude, Duke of Guise]] (d. 1550)<ref>{{cite EB1911|wstitle= Guise, House of |volume= 12 | pages = 699&ndash;702 [699, 2nd para. ]|quote= Claude of Lorraine, count and afterwards 1st duke of Guise (1496–1550), was born October 20, 1496}}</ref>
*[[1554]] &ndash; [[Bálint Balassi]], Hungarian writer and noble (d. 1594)<ref>{{cite book|author=Albert Tezla|title=Hungarian Authors; a Bibliographical Handbook|url=https://archive.org/details/hungarianauthors0000tezl|url-access=registration|year=1970|publisher=Harvard University Press|isbn=978-0-674-42650-4|pages=[https://archive.org/details/hungarianauthors0000tezl/page/68 68]–}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1612]] &ndash; [[Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Burlington]], Anglo-Irish nobleman, Lord High Treasurer of Ireland, Cavalier (d. 1698)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Nicholas Canny|author2=Nicholas P. Canny|title=The Upstart Earl: A Study of the Social and Mental World of Richard Boyle, First Earl of Cork, 1566–1643|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5fQ8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA78|date= 1982|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-24416-9|page=78}}</ref>
*[[1616]] &ndash; [[Thomas Bartholin]], Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (d. 1680)<ref>{{cite book|author1=John Lemprière|author2=Eleazar Lord|title=Lempriere's Universal Biography: Containing a Critical and Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Labours of Eminent Persons, in All Ages and Countries. Together with Selections of Foreign Biography from Watkin's Dictionary, Recently Published, and about Eight Hundred Original Articles of American Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=06kDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA177|year=1825|publisher=R. Lockwood|page=177}}</ref>
*[[1620]] &ndash; [[Aelbert Cuyp]], Dutch painter (d. 1691)
*[[1632]] &ndash; [[Edward Hungerford (spendthrift)|Edward Hungerford]], English politician (d. 1711)<ref>{{cite book|author=Fayette Phelps Leach|title=Thomas Hungerford of Hartford and New London, Conn: And Some of His Descendants with Their English Ancestors. Supplement|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aFZmAAAAMAAJ|year=1932}}</ref>
*[[1660]] &ndash; [[Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven]], English politician, [[Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster]] (d. 1723)<ref>{{cite book|author=Sylvanus Urban|title=The Gentleman's Magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TMEUAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA767|year=1864|page=767}}</ref>
*[[1677]] &ndash; [[Stanisław Leszczyński]], King of Poland (d. 1766)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Stanley S. Sokol|author2=Sharon F. Mrotek Kissane|author3=Alfred L. Abramowicz|title=The Polish Biographical Dictionary: Profiles of Nearly 900 Poles who Have Made Lasting Contributions to World Civilization|url=https://archive.org/details/polishbiographic00soko|url-access=registration|year=1992|publisher=Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers|isbn=978-0-86516-245-7|pages=[https://archive.org/details/polishbiographic00soko/page/229 229]–}}</ref>
*[[1679]] &ndash; [[Samuel von Cocceji]], Prussian jurist and statesman (d. 1755)<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Bloomsbury Dictionary of Eighteenth-Century German Philosophers |year=2016 |isbn=9781474255981 |editor-last=Klemme |editor-first=Heiner F. |pages=138–139 |chapter=Cocceji, Samuel von |publisher=Bloomsbury |editor-last2=Kuehn |editor-first2=Manfred |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YH6fCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA138}}</ref>
*[[1711]] &ndash; [[Timothy Ruggles]], American lawyer, jurist, and politician, (d. 1795)<ref>{{cite book|author=Henry Stoddard Ruggles|title=General Timothy Ruggles, 1711–1795|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b3sjAQAAMAAJ|year=1897|publisher=Priv. print.}}</ref>
*[[1718]] &ndash; [[Catherine Gordon, Duchess of Gordon]], Scottish aristocrat (d. 1779)<ref>George Naylor, The Register's of Thorrington (n.n.: n.n., 1888). Hereinafter cited as Registers of Thorrington.</ref> 
*[[1719]] &ndash; [[Gottfried Achenwall]], German historian, economist, and jurist (d. 1772)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Norman L. Johnson|author2=Samuel Kotz|title=Leading Personalities in Statistical Sciences: From the Seventeenth Century to the Present|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AzZZ-uW6WuEC&pg=PA5|date=2011|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-1-118-15072-6|page=5}}</ref>
*[[1740]] &ndash; [[Isabelle de Charrière]], Dutch author and poet (d. 1805)
*[[1759]] &ndash; [[Chauncey Goodrich]], American lawyer and politician, 8th [[Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut]] (d. 1815)
*[[1780]] &ndash; [[Pauline Bonaparte]], French sister of [[Napoleon]] (d. 1825)
*[[1784]] &ndash; [[Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston]], English academic and politician, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (d. 1865)
*[[1785]] &ndash; [[George Ormerod]], English historian and author (d. 1873)
*[[1790]] &ndash; [[Patrick Matthew]]. Scottish farmer and biologist (d. 1874)
*[[1801]] &ndash; [[Melchior Berri]], Swiss architect and educator, designed the [[Natural History Museum of Basel]] (d. 1854)
*[[1808]] &ndash; [[Karl Andree]], German geographer and journalist (d. 1875)
*[[1819]] &ndash; [[Báb]], Iranian religious leader, founded [[Bábism]] (d. 1850)
*[[1822]] &ndash; [[Thomas Hughes]], English lawyer and judge (d. 1896)
*[[1832]] &ndash; [[Constantin Lipsius]], German architect and theorist (d. 1894)
*[[1847]] &ndash; [[Frits Thaulow]], Norwegian painter (d. 1906)
*[[1854]] &ndash; [[Arthur Rimbaud]], French soldier and poet (d. 1891)
*[[1858]] &ndash; [[John Burns]], English union leader and politician, [[President of the Board of Trade]] (d. 1943)
*[[1859]] &ndash; [[John Dewey]], American psychologist and philosopher (d. 1952)
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[James F. Hinkle]], American banker and politician, 6th [[Governor of New Mexico]] (d. 1951)
*[[1873]] &ndash; [[Nellie McClung]], Canadian author and suffragist (d. 1951)<ref>{{cite book |last=Gray |first=Charlotte |title=Extraordinary Canadians: Nellie McClung |publisher=[[Penguin Group]] |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-143-18367-9 |location=Toronto |author-link=Charlotte Gray (author) |url=https://archive.org/details/nelliemcclung0000gray |url-access=registration |oclc=213400806 |pages=9–10}}</ref>
*  1873   &ndash; [[Jussi Merinen]], Finnish politician (d. 1918)<ref>{{cite web |title=Person: Merinen, Juho Rikard |url=https://sotasurmat.narc.fi/en/victims/page/p_15762/table |website=[[War Victims of Finland 1914–1922]] |publisher=[[National Archives of Finland]] |access-date=23 July 2023 |location=Helsinki, Finland}}</ref>
*[[1874]] &ndash; [[Charles Ives]], American composer (d. 1954)
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt]], American businessman (d. 1915)<ref>{{cite news|title=Vanderbilt Left His Wife at Home...|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1915/05/08/archives/vanderbilt-left-his-wife-at-home-wealthiest-youth-in-america.html|access-date=27 April 2017|work=The New York Times|date=8 May 1915}}</ref>
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[Margaret Dumont]], American actress (d. 1965)
*  1882   &ndash; [[Bela Lugosi]], Hungarian-American actor (d. 1956)
*[[1883]] &ndash; [[Karl Probst]], American engineer (d. 1963)<ref>{{cite news |title=The Incredible Jeep |first=Ronald |last=Bailey |date=July 14, 2009 |work=HistoryNet |url=http://www.historynet.com/the-incredible-jeep.htm}}</ref>
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[Prince Yasuhiko Asaka]] of Japan (d. 1981)
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[Johann Gruber]], Austrian priest and saint (d. 1944)
*[[1890]] &ndash; [[Aleksander Maaker]], Estonian [[bagpipe]] player (d. 1968)
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[Samuel Flagg Bemis]], American historian and author (d. 1973)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Heinz Dietrich Fischer|author2=Erika J. Fischer|title=American History Awards, 1917–1991: From Colonial Settlements to the Civil Rights Movement|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BIdEedwsbcEC&pg=PA45|year=1994|publisher=Walter de Gruyter|isbn=978-3-598-30177-3|page=45}}</ref>
*  1891   &ndash; [[James Chadwick]], English physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1974)<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-current-affairs/story/james-chadwick-the-quiet-genius-who-discovered-the-neutron-2620115-2024-10-20|title=James Chadwick, the quiet genius who discovered the neutron|last=Chakrabarty|first=Roshni|date=20 October 2024|magazine=India Today|access-date=22 October 2024}}</ref>
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Charley Chase]], American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1940)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Brian Anthony|author2=Andy Edmonds|title=Smile When the Raindrops Fall: The Story of Charley Chase|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z_7T2JWhJdUC&pg=PA4|date= 1997|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-1-4617-3418-5|page=4}}</ref>
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Olive Thomas]], American model and actress (d. 1920)
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Rex Ingram (actor)|Rex Ingram]], American actor (d. 1969)
*  1895   &ndash; [[Morrie Ryskind]], American writer/director (d. 1985)
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[Yi Un]], South Korean general (d. 1970)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Ismail al-Azhari]], Sudanese politician, 3rd [[President of Sudan]] (d. 1969)
*  1900   &ndash; [[Wayne Morse]], American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (d. 1974)

===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; [[Frank Churchill]], American film composer (d. 1942)
*  1901   &ndash; [[Adelaide Hall]], American-English singer, actress, and dancer (d. 1993)
*[[1904]] &ndash; [[Tommy Douglas]], Scottish-Canadian minister and politician, 7th [[Premier of Saskatchewan]] (d. 1986)
*  1904   &ndash; [[Enolia McMillan]], American educator and activist (d. 2006)
*  1904   &ndash; [[Anna Neagle]], English actress, singer, and producer (d. 1986)
*[[1907]] &ndash; [[Arlene Francis]], American actress and television personality (d. 2001)
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Stuart Hamblen]], American singer-songwriter, actor, and radio show host (d. 1989)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Encyclopedia of Country Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XsiL49XFbnkC&pg=PT923|date=2004|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-984044-1|page=923}}</ref> 
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[Carla Laemmle]], American actress and photographer (d. 2014)
*  1909   &ndash; [[Yasushi Sugiyama]], Japanese painter (d. 1993)
*[[1910]] &ndash; [[Chen Liting]], Chinese director and playwright (d. 2013)
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[Ruhi Su]], Turkish singer-songwriter (d. 1985)
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[Grandpa Jones]], American singer-songwriter and banjo player (d. 1998)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Oct. 20: Snoop Dogg, Viggo Mortensen |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/10/20/Famous-birthdays-for-Oct-20-Snoop-Dogg-Viggo-Mortensen/2751665937620/ |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=18 October 2023 |date=20 October 2022}}</ref>
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[Fayard Nicholas]], American actor, dancer, and choreographer (d. 2006)
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[Stéphane Hessel]], German-French activist and diplomat (d. 2013)
*  1917   &ndash; [[Ants Kaljurand]], Estonian anti-communist, freedom fighter and [[forest brother]] (d. 1951)<ref>[http://metsavennad.esm.ee/hirmusants.htm Hirmus Ants] – Metsavennad.esm.ee (in Estonian)</ref>
*  1917   &ndash; [[Jean-Pierre Melville]], French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1973)
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Martin Drewes]], German soldier and pilot (d. 2013)
*  1918   &ndash; [[Robert Lochner]], American-German soldier and journalist (d. 2003)
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Tracy Hall]], American chemist and academic (d. 2008)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Nick Cardy]], American illustrator (d. 2013)
*  1920   &ndash; [[Fanny de Sivers]], Estonian-French linguist and academic (d. 2011)
*  1920   &ndash; [[Janet Jagan]], 6th President of Guyana (d. 2009)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fraser |first1=Peter |title=Obituary: Janet Jagan |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/mar/30/janet-jagan-guyana-america-marxist |access-date=9 March 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=29 March 2009 |language=en}}</ref>
*  1920   &ndash; [[Siddhartha Shankar Ray]], Indian lawyer and politician, [[Chief Minister of West Bengal]] (d. 2010)
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Manny Ayulo]], American race car driver (d. 1955)
*  1921   &ndash; [[Hans Warren]], Dutch poet and author (d. 2001)
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[John Anderson (actor)|John Anderson]], American actor (d. 1992)
*  1922   &ndash; [[Franco Ventriglia]], American opera singer (d. 2012)
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Robert Craft]], American conductor and musicologist (d. 2015)
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Robert Peters (playwright)|Robert Peters]], American poet, playwright, and critic (d. 2014)
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Art Buchwald]], American soldier and journalist (d. 2007)<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1925   &ndash; [[Tom Dowd]], American record producer and engineer (d. 2002)
*  1925   &ndash; [[Roger Hanin]], Algerian-French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2015)
*  1925   &ndash; [[András Bíró]], Hungarian journalist and human rights activist (d. 2024)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://hvg.hu/itthon/20240618_elhunyt-biro-andras |title=Elhunyt Bíró András újságíró, emberi jogi aktivista |date=18 June 2024 |publisher=hvg.hu |access-date=18 June 2024 }}</ref> 
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu]], English lieutenant and politician, founded the [[National Motor Museum, Beaulieu|National Motor Museum]] (d. 2015)
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Joyce Brothers]], American psychologist, author, and actress (d. 2013)
*  1927   &ndash; [[Gunturu Seshendra Sarma]], Indian poet and critic (d. 2007)
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Michael O'Donnell (physician)|Michael O'Donnell]], English physician, author, and journalist (d. 2019)
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Richard Caliguiri]], American lawyer and politician, 54th [[Mayor of Pittsburgh]] (d. 1988)
*  1931   &ndash; [[Mickey Mantle]], American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 1995)<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1931   &ndash; [[Ken Morrison]], English businessman (d. 2017)
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Rosey Brown]], American football player and coach (d. 2004)
*  1932   &ndash; [[William Christopher]], American actor and singer (d. 2016)<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1932   &ndash; [[Rokurō Naya]], Japanese voice actor (d. 2014)
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Barrie Chase]], American actress and dancer
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Bill Chase]], American trumpet player (d. 1974)
*  1934 &ndash; [[Eddie Harris]], American saxophonist (d. 1996)
*  1934 – [[Timothy West]], English actor (d. 2024)<ref>{{Cite news |last=King |first=Natasha |date=November 13, 2024 |title=Timothy West, Who Portrayed Kings and Prime Ministers, Dies at 90 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/13/theater/timothy-west-dead.html |access-date=November 13, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Jerry Orbach]], American actor and singer (d. 2004)<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Cancio Garcia]], Filipino lawyer and jurist (d. 2013)
*  1937   &ndash; [[Wanda Jackson]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP"/>
*  1937   &ndash; [[Juan Marichal]], Dominican baseball player and sportscaster<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1937   &ndash; [[Emma Tennant]], English author (d. 2017)
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Emidio Greco]], Italian director and screenwriter (d. 2012)
*  1938   &ndash; [[Dolores Hart]], American actress and nun<ref name="AP"/>
*  1938   &ndash; [[Iain Macmillan]], Scottish photographer and educator (d. 2006)
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Patrick Hughes (artist)|Patrick Hughes]], English painter, illustrator, and photographer
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Jean-Pierre Dikongué Pipa]], Cameroonian filmmaker
*  1940   &ndash; [[Kathy Kirby]], English singer (d. 2011)
*  1940   &ndash; [[Robert Pinsky]], American poet and critic<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Anneke Wills]], English actress<ref>{{cite book|last1=Scott|first1=Cavan|last2=Wright|first2=Mark|title=Doctor Who Whology: The Official Miscellany|location=London|publisher=BBC Books|date=2013|isbn=9781849906197|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Okr1_6pV6cQC|page=120}}</ref>
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Earl Hindman]], American actor (d. 2003)
*  1942   &ndash; [[Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard]], German biologist and geneticist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate
*  1942   &ndash; [[Bart Zoet]], Dutch cyclist (d. 1992)
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Dunja Vejzović]], Croatian soprano and actress
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Nalin de Silva]], Sri Lankan physicist and philosopher (d. 2024)
*  1944   &ndash; [[David Mancuso]], American party planner, created [[The Loft (New York City)|The Loft]] (d. 2016)
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Ric Lee]], English drummer
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Diana Gittins]], American-English sociologist, author, and academic
*  1946   &ndash; [[Lewis Grizzard]], American comedian and author (d. 1994)<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1946   &ndash; [[Elfriede Jelinek]], Austrian author and playwright, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate
*  1946   &ndash; [[Richard Loncraine]], English director and screenwriter
*  1946   &ndash; [[Lucien Van Impe]], Belgian cyclist
*  1946   &ndash; [[Chris Woodhead]], English civil servant and academic (d. 2015)
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Peter Combe]], Australian entertainer
*  1948   &ndash; [[Sandra Dickinson]], American-English actress and composer
*  1948   &ndash; [[Piet Hein Donner]], Dutch jurist and politician, [[Ministry of Security and Justice (Netherlands)|Dutch Minister of Justice]]
*  1948   &ndash; [[Melih Gökçek]], Turkish journalist and politician, [[List of mayors of Ankara|Mayor of Ankara]]
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Valeriy Borzov]], Ukrainian-Russian sprinter
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Tom Petty]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2017)<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1950   &ndash; [[William Russ]], American actor and director<ref name="AP"/>
*  1950   &ndash; [[Chris Cannon]], American politician (d. 2024)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/deseretnews/name/christopher-cannon-obituary?id=55117256 | title=Christopher Cannon Obituary (1950–2024) |location =Provo, UT |newspaper= Deseret News | via=[[Legacy.com]] }}</ref><ref name="Richardson">{{cite web |last=Richardson |first=Mark |date=10 September 2009 |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13431-abbey-road/ |title=The Beatles: Abbey Road |publisher=[[Pitchfork Media]]|access-date=25 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502231141/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13431-abbey-road/|archive-date=2 May 2014}}</ref>
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Al Greenwood]], American keyboard player
*  1951   &ndash; [[Patrick Hall (politician)|Patrick Hall]], English lawyer and politician
*  1951   &ndash; [[Ken Ham]], Australian-American evangelist
*  1951   &ndash; [[Leif Pagrotsky]], Swedish businessman and politician
*  1951   &ndash; [[Claudio Ranieri]], Italian footballer and manager
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Melanie Mayron]], American actress and director<ref name="AP"/>
*  1952   &ndash; [[Derek Ridgers]], English photographer and art director
*  1952   &ndash; [[Wilma Salgado]], Ecuadorian politician and economist
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Keith Hernandez]], American baseball player and sportscaster
*  1953   &ndash; [[Richard McWilliam]], American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded the [[Upper Deck Company]] (d. 2013)
*  1953   &ndash; [[Bill Nunn]], American actor (d. 2016)
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Steve Orich]], American composer and conductor
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Thomas Newman]], American composer and conductor
*  1955   &ndash; [[David Profumo]], English author and academic
*  1955   &ndash; [[Aaron Pryor]], American boxer (d. 2016)<ref>Gigney, George (2016) "[http://www.boxingnewsonline.net/aaron-pryor-dies-at-61/ Aaron Pryor dies at 60]", boxingnewsonline.net, October 9, 2016. Retrieved October 9, 2016</ref><ref>[http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2016/10/09/former-boxing-champion-aaron-pryor-dies/91823876/ Former boxing champion Aaron Pryor dies<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
*  1955   &ndash; [[Sheldon Whitehouse]], American politician<ref>{{cite web |title=About Sheldon |url=https://www.whitehouse.senate.gov/about/biography |website=Sheldon Whitehouse |access-date=21 January 2020}}</ref>
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Danny Boyle]], English director, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP"/>
*  1956   &ndash; [[Martin Taylor (guitarist)|Martin Taylor]], English guitarist
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Jane Bonham-Carter, Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury]], English politician
*  1957   &ndash; [[Chris Cowdrey]], English cricketer and sportscaster
*  1957   &ndash; [[Hilda Solis]], American academic and politician, 25th [[United States Secretary of Labor]]
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Valerie Faris]], American director and producer
*  1958   &ndash; [[Lynn Flewelling]], American author and academic
*  1958   &ndash; [[Scott Hall]], American wrestler (d. 2022)
*  1958   &ndash; [[Mark King (musician)|Mark King]], English singer-songwriter and bass player 
*  1958   &ndash; [[Dave Krieg]], American football player
*  1958   &ndash; [[Viggo Mortensen]], American-Danish actor and producer<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for October 20, 2022 includes celebrities William Zabka, Viggo Mortensen |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/10/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-october-20-2022-includes-celebrities-william-zabka-viggo-mortensen.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |agency=Associated Press |access-date=18 October 2023 |date=20 October 2022}}</ref>
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Mark Little (Australian actor)|Mark Little]], Australian comedian, actor, and screenwriter
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Konstantin Aseev]], Russian chess player and trainer (d. 2004)
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Audun Kleive]], Norwegian drummer and composer
*  1961   &ndash; [[Kate Mosse]], English author and playwright
*  1961   &ndash; [[Ian Rush]], Welsh footballer and manager
*  1961   &ndash; [[Les Stroud]], Canadian director, producer, and harmonica player
*  1961   &ndash; [[Michie Tomizawa]], Japanese voice actress and singer
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[David M. Evans]], American director and screenwriter
*  1962   &ndash; [[Dave Wong]], Hong Kong-Taiwanese singer-songwriter and actor
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Julie Payette]], Canadian engineer, astronaut,<ref name="UPI"/> and 29th [[Governor General of Canada]]
*  1963   &ndash; [[Nikos Tsiantakis]], Greek footballer
*  1963   &ndash; [[Stan Valckx]], Dutch footballer and manager
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Kamala Harris]], American politician and lawyer, 49th [[Vice President of the United States]]<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1964   &ndash; [[Tomoko Yamaguchi]], Japanese actress and singer
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Norman Blake (Scottish musician)|Norman Blake]], Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
*  1965   &ndash; [[Jonathan I. Schwartz]], American businessman
*  1965   &ndash; [[Mikhail Shtalenkov]], Russian ice hockey player
*  1965   &ndash; [[William Zabka]], American actor and producer<ref name="AP"/>
*  1966   &ndash; [[Allan Donald]], South African cricketer and coach
*  1966   &ndash; [[Patrick Volkerding]], American computer scientist and engineer, founded [[Slackware]]
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Elizabeth Carling]], English actress and singer
*  1967   &ndash; [[Kerrod Walters]], Australian rugby league player
*  1967   &ndash; [[Kevin Walters]], Australian rugby league player and coach
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Susan Tully]], English actress, director, and producer
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Laurie Daley]], Australian rugby league player and coach
*  1969   &ndash; [[Juan González (baseball)|Juan González]], Puerto Rican baseball player
*  1969   &ndash; [[Labros Papakostas]], Greek high jumper
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Sander Boschker]], Dutch footballer
*  1970   &ndash; [[Neil Heywood]], English-Chinese businessman (d. 2011)
*  1970   &ndash; [[Aapo Ilves]], Estonian poet and illustrator
*  1970   &ndash; [[Michelle Malkin]], American blogger and author<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1970   &ndash; [[Taj McWilliams-Franklin]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Taj McWilliams-Franklin |url=https://www.wnba.com/player/100412/taj-mcwilliams-franklin |publisher=[[WNBA]] |access-date=18 October 2023}}</ref>
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Kenneth Choi]], American actor<ref name="AP"/>
*  1971   &ndash; [[Snoop Dogg]], American rapper, producer, and actor<ref name="AP"/>
*  1971   &ndash; [[Eddie Jones (basketball)|Eddie Jones]], American basketball player
*  1971   &ndash; [[Kamiel Maase]], Dutch runner
*  1971   &ndash; [[Dannii Minogue]], Australian singer-songwriter and actress<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Pie Geelen]], Dutch swimmer
*  1972   &ndash; [[Will Greenwood]], English rugby player and sportscaster
*  1972   &ndash; [[Brian Schatz]], American academic and politician, 11th [[Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii]]
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Ed Hale]], American singer-songwriter, writer and socio-political activist 
*  1974   &ndash; [[Limmy]], Scottish comedian and writer
*  1974   &ndash; [[Bashar Rahal]], Emirati-American actor and producer
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Nikolaos Bacharidis]], Greek footballer
*  1976   &ndash; [[Dan Fogler]], American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP"/>
*  1976   &ndash; [[Nicola Legrottaglie]], Italian footballer and manager
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Matt Jansen]], English footballer and manager
*  1977   &ndash; [[Leila Josefowicz]], Canadian-American violinist
*  1977   &ndash; [[Erko Saviauk]], Estonian footballer
*  1977   &ndash; [[Sam Witwer]], American actor and musician<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Virender Sehwag]], Indian cricketer
*  1978   &ndash; [[Paul Wilson (musician)|Paul Wilson]], Scottish bass player and songwriter 
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Vasyl Baranov]], Ukrainian footballer
*  1979   &ndash; [[Paul Ifill]], English footballer
*  1979   &ndash; [[John Krasinski]], American actor, director, and producer<ref name="AP"/>
*  1979   &ndash; [[Paul O'Connell]], Irish rugby player
*  1979   &ndash; [[Paul Terek]], American decathlete
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Chad Robinson]], Australian rugby league player (d. 2016)
*  1980   &ndash; [[José Veras]], Dominican baseball player
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Dimitris Papadopoulos (footballer)|Dimitris Papadopoulos]], Greek footballer
*  1981   &ndash; [[Francisco Javier Rodríguez]], Mexican footballer
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Kristian Bach Bak]], Danish footballer
*  1982   &ndash; [[Becky Brewerton]], Welsh golfer
*  1982   &ndash; [[Katie Featherston]], American actress<ref name="AP"/>
*  1982   &ndash; [[Lawrence Roberts (basketball)|Lawrence Roberts]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Lawrence Roberts |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/101160/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=18 October 2023}}</ref>
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Flavio Cipolla]], Italian tennis player
*  1983   &ndash; [[Luis Saritama]], Ecuadorian footballer
*  1983   &ndash; [[Alona Tal]], Israeli actress<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1983   &ndash; [[Michel Vorm]], Dutch footballer
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Mitch Lucker]], American singer-songwriter (d. 2012)
*  1984   &ndash; [[Florent Sinama Pongolle]], French footballer
*  1984   &ndash; [[Andrew Trimble]], Irish rugby player
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Jennifer Freeman]], American actress<ref name="AP"/>
*  1985   &ndash; [[Dominic McGuire]], American basketball player
*  1985   &ndash; [[Alphonso Smith]], American football player
*  1985   &ndash; [[James Sutton (racing driver)|James Sutton]], English race car driver
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Wanlop Saechio]], Thai footballer
*  1986   &ndash; [[Elyse Taylor]], Australian model<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/models/elyse_taylor/ |title=Elyse Taylor |website=The FMD – FashionModelDirectory.com}}</ref>
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Raphael Hackl]], German rugby player
*  1987   &ndash; [[Marie Sophie Hingst]], German historian and blogger who falsely claimed to be descended from [[Holocaust survivor]]s<ref name="rosh">{{cite web|url=https://www.lea-rosh.de/todesanzeige-von-sophie-hingst/|title=Todesanzeige von Sophie Hingst|trans-title=Obituary of Sophie Hingst|work=Lea Rosh Kommunikation & Medien|last=Rosh|first=Lea|date=31 July 2019|access-date=10 June 2023|language=de}}</ref>
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[ASAP Ferg]], American rapper<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1988   &ndash; [[Candice Swanepoel]], South African supermodel and philanthropist
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Jamie Collins (American football)|Jamie Collins]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jamie Collins Sr. |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/15830/jamie-collins-sr |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=18 October 2023}}</ref>
*  1989   &ndash; [[Jess Glynne]], English singer-songwriter
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Sam Mataora]], Cook Islands rugby league player
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Rodney Hood]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Rodney Hood |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/203918/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=18 October 2023}}</ref>
*  1992   &ndash; [[Ksenia Semyonova]], Russian gymnast
*  1992   &ndash; [[Kyle Wiltjer]], Canadian-American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Kyle Wiltjer |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1627787/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=18 October 2023}}</ref>
*  1992   &ndash; [[Ferhat Yazgan]], Turkish footballer
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Humberto Carrillo]], Mexican wrestler<ref>{{cite web |title=Humberto Carrillo |url=https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/26241736/wwe-profile-humberto-carrillo |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=18 October 2023 |date=12 March 2019}}</ref>
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Anthony Sinisuka Ginting]], Indonesian badminton player
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Andrey Rublev]], Russian tennis player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andrey-rublev/re44/overview|title=ATP Tour: Andrey Rublev|publisher=[[ATP Tour]]|access-date=16 October 2022}}</ref>
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Jordan Ridley]], Australian rules footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Senior List |url=http://www.essendonfc.com.au/player-profile/jordan-ridley |website=Essendon Football Club |access-date=4 October 2018}}</ref>
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Chuu]], South Korean singer and television personality<ref>{{cite web |title=Profile |url=https://loonatheworld.jp/profile/ |website=Loona Japan |access-date=5 August 2021 | language=ja}}</ref>
*  1999   &ndash; [[YoungBoy Never Broke Again]], American rapper<ref>{{cite web |title=YoungBoy Never Broke Again  |url=https://music.apple.com/us/artist/youngboy-never-broke-again/1168822104 |website=Apple Music |access-date=October 18, 2024}}</ref>
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Kenneth Walker III (running back)|Kenneth Walker III]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Kenneth Walker III Stats, Height, Weight, Position |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/W/WalkKe00.htm |website=Pro-Football-Reference |access-date=October 18, 2024}}</ref>
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Paige Bueckers]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Ryan |first=Matt |title=UConn's Paige Bueckers shares sweet Jana El Alfy ... |url=https://www.si.com/onsi/athlete-lifestyle/news/uconn-s-paige-bueckers-shares-sweet-jana-el-alfy-birthday-message-with-candid-photos |access-date=October 18, 2024 |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |date=September 20, 2024}}</ref>
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==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[460]] &ndash; [[Aelia Eudocia]], Byzantine wife of [[Theodosius II]] (b. 401)
* [[967]] &ndash; [[Li Yixing]], Chinese governor
*[[1122]] &ndash; [[Ralph d'Escures]], [[archbishop of Canterbury]]
*[[1139]] &ndash; [[Henry X, Duke of Bavaria]] (b. 1108)
*[[1187]] &ndash; [[Pope Urban III]]
*[[1327]] &ndash; [[Teresa d'Entença]], Countess of Urgell (b. 1300)
*[[1401]] &ndash; [[Klaus Störtebeker]], German pirate
*[[1423]] &ndash; [[Henry Bowet]], Archbishop of York
*[[1438]] &ndash; [[Jacopo della Quercia]], Sienese sculptor (b. c. 1374)
*[[1439]] &ndash; [[Ambrose the Camaldulian]], Italian theologian
*[[1524]] &ndash; [[Thomas Linacre]], English physician and scholar (b. 1460)
*[[1538]] &ndash; [[Francesco Maria I della Rovere, Duke of Urbino]], condottiero (b. 1490)
*[[1570]] &ndash; [[João de Barros]], Portuguese historian and author (b. 1496)

===1601–1900===
*[[1602]] &ndash; [[Walter Leveson]], Elizabethan member of parliament, Shropshire landowner (b. 1550)
*[[1640]] &ndash; [[John Ball (Puritan)|John Ball]], English clergyman and theologian (b. 1585)
*[[1652]] &ndash; [[Antonio Coello]], Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1611)
*[[1713]] &ndash; [[Archibald Pitcairne]], Scottish physician and academic (b. 1652)
*[[1740]] &ndash; [[Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor]] (b. 1685)
*[[1865]] &ndash; [[Champ Ferguson]], American [[Guerrilla warfare in the American Civil War|guerrilla]] leader (b. 1821)
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[Michael William Balfe]], Irish violinist and composer (b. 1808)
*[[1871]] &ndash; [[Karl Christian Ulmann]], Latvian-German theologian and academic (b. 1793)
*[[1880]] &ndash; [[Lydia Maria Child]], American journalist, author, and activist (b. 1802)<ref>{{cite web |title=Lydia Maria Child {{!}} American author |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lydia-Maria-Child |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=13 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1883]] &ndash; [[George Chichester, 3rd Marquess of Donegall]] (b. 1797)
*[[1890]] &ndash; [[Richard Francis Burton]], English-Italian geographer and explorer (b. 1821) 
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[James Anthony Froude]], English historian, novelist, biographer and editor (b. 1818)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Naim Frashëri]], Albanian poet and translator (b. 1846)

===1901–present===
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Vaiben Louis Solomon]], Australian politician, 21st [[Premier of South Australia]] (b. 1853)
*[[1910]] &ndash; [[David B. Hill]], American lawyer and politician, 29th [[Governor of New York]] (b. 1843)
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Eugene V. Debs]], American union leader and politician (b. 1855)
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Jack Peddie]], Scottish footballer (b. 1876)
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Arthur Henderson]], Scottish-English politician, [[Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs|Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs]], [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1863)
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Anne Sullivan]], American educator (b. 1866)<ref>{{cite book|first1=Peg A. |last1=Lamphier |first2=Rosanne |last2=Welch |title=Women in American History: A Social, Political, and Cultural Encyclopedia and Document Collection |location=Santa Barbara, California |publisher=ABC-CLIO |year=2017 |page=360 |isbn=978-1-61069-602-9}}</ref>
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Gunnar Asplund]], Swedish architect and academic, co-designed [[Skogskyrkogården]] (b. 1885)
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Ken Farnes]], English cricketer and soldier (b. 1911)
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Henry L. Stimson]], American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 46th [[United States Secretary of State]] (b. 1867)
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Werner Baumbach]], German colonel and pilot (b. 1916)
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Lawrence Dale Bell]], American industrialist and founder of Bell Aircraft Corporation (b. 1894)
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Michalis Dorizas]], Greek-American javelin thrower and football player (b. 1890)
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Herbert Hoover]], American engineer and politician, 31st [[President of the United States]] (b. 1874)
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Shigeru Yoshida]], Japanese politician and diplomat, 32nd [[Prime Minister of Japan]] (b. 1878)
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Bud Flanagan]], English actor and screenwriter (b. 1896)
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Harlow Shapley]], American astronomer and academic (b. 1885)
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Steve Gaines]], American guitarist (b. 1949)
*  1977   &ndash; [[Ronnie Van Zant]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1948)
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Gunnar Nilsson]], Swedish race car driver (b. 1948)
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Yves Thériault]], Canadian author (b. 1915)
*  1983   &ndash; [[Merle Travis]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1917)
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Carl Ferdinand Cori]], Czech-American biochemist and pharmacologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1896)
*  1984   &ndash; [[Paul Dirac]], English-American physicist and mathematician, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1902)
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Andrey Kolmogorov]], Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1903)
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Sheila Scott]], English pilot and author (b. 1922)
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Anthony Quayle]], English actor and director (b. 1913)
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Joel McCrea]], American actor (b. 1905)
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Werner Torkanowsky]], German-American conductor (b. 1926)
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Yasushi Sugiyama]], Japanese painter (b. 1909)
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Burt Lancaster]], American actor (b. 1913)
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Christopher Stone (actor)|Christopher Stone]], American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1942)
*  1995   &ndash; [[John Tonkin]], Australian politician, 20th [[Premier of Western Australia]] (b. 1902)
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Calvin Griffith]], Canadian-American businessman (b. 1911)
*  1999   &ndash; [[Jack Lynch]], Irish footballer, lawyer, and politician, 5th [[Taoiseach|Taoiseach of Ireland]] (b. 1917)
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Ted Ammon]], American financier and banker (b. 1949)
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Jack Elam]], American actor (b. 1918)
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Anthony Hecht]], American poet and educator (b. 1923)
*  2004   &ndash; [[Chuck Hiller]], American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1934)
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Shirley Horn]], American singer and pianist (b. 1934)
*  2005   &ndash; [[Eva Švankmajerová]], Czech painter and poet (b. 1940)
*  2005   &ndash; [[André van der Louw]], Dutch lawyer and politician, 16th [[Mayor of Rotterdam]] (b. 1933)
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Arnold Viiding]], Estonian shot putter and discus thrower (b. 1911)
*  2006   &ndash; [[Jane Wyatt]], American actress (b. 1910)
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Max McGee]], American football player and sportscaster (b. 1932)
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Gene Hickerson]], American football player (b. 1935)
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[W. Cary Edwards]], American politician (b. 1944)
*  2010   &ndash; [[Bob Guccione]], American publisher, founded ''[[Penthouse (magazine)|Penthouse magazine]]'' (b. 1930)
*  2010   &ndash; [[Eva Ibbotson]], Austrian-English author (b. 1925)
*  2010   &ndash; [[Max Kohnstamm]], Dutch historian and diplomat (b. 1914)
*  2010   &ndash; [[Farooq Leghari]], Pakistani politician, 8th [[President of Pakistan]] (b. 1940)
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Muammar Gaddafi]], Libyan colonel and politician, [[Prime Minister of Libya]] (b. 1942)
*  2011   &ndash; [[Mutassim Gaddafi]], Libyan colonel (b. 1974)
*  2011   &ndash; [[Abu-Bakr Yunis Jabr]], Libyan politician (b. 1942)
*  2011   &ndash; [[Iztok Puc]], Croatian-Slovenian handball player (b. 1966)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Iztok Puk |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/31973 |website=olympedia.org |access-date=28 March 2024 }}</ref>
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Przemysław Gintrowski]], Polish poet and composer (b. 1951)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Paul Kurtz]], American philosopher and academic (b. 1925)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Dave May]], American baseball player (b. 1943)
*  2012   &ndash; [[John McConnell (peace activist)|John McConnell]], American activist, created [[Earth Day]] (b. 1915)
*  2012   &ndash; [[E. Donnall Thomas]], American physician and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1920)<ref>{{cite web |title=The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1990 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1990/thomas/facts/ |website=NobelPrize.org |access-date=15 August 2022}}</ref>
*  2012   &ndash; [[Raymond Watson]], American businessman (b. 1926)
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Jovanka Broz]], Croatian-Serbian colonel (b. 1924)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Don James (American football)|Don James]], American football player and coach (b. 1932)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Lawrence Klein]], American economist and academic, [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1920)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Joginder Singh (rally driver)|Joginder Singh]], Kenyan race car driver (b. 1932)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Larri Thomas]], American actress and dancer (b. 1932)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Sid Yudain]], American journalist, founded ''[[Roll Call]]'' (b. 1923)
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[René Burri]], Swiss photographer and journalist (b. 1933)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Oscar de la Renta]], Dominican-American fashion designer (b. 1932)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Christophe de Margerie]], French businessman (b. 1951)
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Makis Dendrinos]], Greek basketball player and coach (b. 1950) 
*  2015   &ndash; [[Arno Gruen]], German-Swiss psychologist and psychoanalyst (b. 1923)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Kazimierz Łaski]], Polish-Austrian economist and academic (b. 1921)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Michael Meacher]], English academic and politician, [[Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions]] (b. 1939)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Ian Steel]], Scottish cyclist and manager (b. 1928)
*[[2016]] &ndash; [[Robert E. Kramek]], former United States Coast Guard admiral (b. 1939)
*  2016   &ndash; [[Michael Massee]], American actor (b. 1952)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Barnes|first=Mike|date=2016-10-26|title=Michael Massee, Actor Involved in Fatal Accident During Filming of 'The Crow,' Dies at 64|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/michael-massee-dead-crow-actor-who-accidentally-shot-brandon-lee-was-61-941538/|access-date=2021-07-20|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Slotnik|first=Daniel E.|date=2016-10-28|title=Michael Massee, 64, Screen Villain Haunted by the Accidental Death of Brandon Lee, Dies|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/28/movies/michael-massee-dies.html|access-date=2021-07-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808000730/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/28/movies/michael-massee-dies.html?_r=0|archive-date=2017-08-08|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*  2016   &ndash; [[Junko Tabei]], Japanese mountaineer (b. 1939)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Tabei-Junko|title=Junko Tabei {{!}} Japanese mountaineer|last=Bauer|first=Patricia|website=Encyclopædia Britannica|language=en|access-date=2020-04-01}}</ref>
*[[2018]] &ndash; [[Wim Kok]], Dutch prime minister (b. 1938)
*[[2020]] &ndash; [[James Randi]], Canadian-American stage magician and author (b. 1928)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Valentine |first1=Paul W. |title=James Randi, magician and stage artist devoted to debunking the paranormal, dies at 92 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/james-randi-magician-and-stage-artist-devoted-to-debunking-the-paranormal-dies-at-92/2020/10/21/b6e1da3e-13ee-11eb-bc10-40b25382f1be_story.html |access-date=October 22, 2020 |newspaper=The Washington Post|date=October 21, 2020}}</ref>
*[[2022]] &ndash; [[Lucy Simon]], American composer and songwriter (b. 1940)<ref>{{cite web|title=Carly Simon Loses Both Sisters to Cancer: Broadway Composer Lucy Simon And Opera Singer Joanna Simon Die One Day Apart |url=https://variety.com/2022/music/news/lucy-simon-joanna-simon-dead-carly-simon-loses-sisters-to-cancer-1235411081/ |last=Panaligan |first=EJ |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=October 21, 2022 |access-date=October 21, 2022}}</ref>
*[[2024]] &ndash; [[Barbara Dane]], American folk, blues and jazz singer (b. 1927)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Voynovskaya |first=Nastia |date=2024-10-21 |title=Barbara Dane, Singer and Champion of Revolutionary Causes, Dies at 97 {{!}} KQED |url=https://www.kqed.org/arts/13966880/barbara-dane-musician-revolutionary-causes-dies-at-97 |access-date=2024-10-23 |website=kqed.org |language=en}}</ref>
*2024 &ndash; [[Fethullah Gülen]], Turkish preacher and theologian (b. 1941)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hubbard |first=Ben |date=October 21, 2024 |title=Fethullah Gulen, Turkish Cleric and Erdogan Rival, Dies at 83 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/21/world/europe/fethullah-gulen-dead.html |access-date=October 22, 2024 |work=The New York Times}}</ref>
*2024 &ndash; [[Walter Jacob]], American Reform rabbi (b. 1930)<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 21, 2024 |title=Rabbi Walter Jacob |url=https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/rabbi-walter-jacob/ |access-date=November 9, 2024 |work=[[Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle]]}}</ref>
*2024 – [[Janusz Olejniczak]], Polish classical pianist and actor (b. 1952)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-21 |title=Janusz Olejniczak, who played the piano parts in Oscar-winning movie 'The Pianist,' dies at 72 |url=https://apnews.com/article/poland-pianist-olejniczak-chopin-obit-1b4dcad0063026bd7bf4a367ac865330 |access-date=2024-11-16 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref>
*2024 – [[Paul White, Baron Hanningfield]], British life peer (b. 1940)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Former Essex council leader Lord Hanningfield dies |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn5z519nyrvo |access-date=2024-10-22 |publisher=BBC |language=en-GB}}</ref>

==Holidays and observances==
*Christian [[Calendar of saints|feast days]]:
**[[Acca of Hexham]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cooper |first1=J. C. |title=Dictionary of Christianity |date=2013 |location=Abingdon, Oxon |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781315074047 |page=2}}</ref>
**[[Aderald]]
**[[Artemius]]
**[[Caprasius of Agen]]
**[[Hedwig of Silesia|Hedwig]] (in Canada, moved from Oct. 16)
**[[Irene of Tomar]]
**[[Magdalene of Nagasaki]]
**[[Margaret Marie Alacoque]] (in Canada, moved from Oct. 16)
**[[Paul of the Cross]] (in USA, moved from Oct. 19)<ref>{{cite web |title=United States Conference of Catholic Bishops|url=https://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/liturgical-year-and-calendar/proper-calendar/ |website=usccb.org |access-date=21 October 2023 |language=en |date=23 September 2015}}</ref>
**[[Maria Bertilla Boscardin]]
**[[Mater Admirabilis]]
**[[October 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
*[[Arbor Day#Czech Republic|Arbor Day]] ([[Czech Republic]]) 
*[[Heroes' Day (Kenya)]] 
*[[Revolution Day (Guatemala)]], one of the two [[Días Patrios (Guatemala)|Patriotic Day]]s ([[Guatemala]])
*[[Vietnamese Women's Day]] ([[Vietnam]])
*[[World Osteoporosis Day]] 
*[[World Statistics Day]]<ref>{{cite web |title=International Days |url=https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/ |publisher=United Nations |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=en |date=6 January 2015}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/20 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}}
* {{NYT On this day|month=10|day=20}}
* {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/october/20 |title=Historical Events on October 20 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}}

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