On This Day
Friday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
October 20 1967
Born on This Day
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Adelaide Hall🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican-born jazz singer and actor (1901–1993) · 1901–1993
Days lived
33,621
Ademola Lookme
association football player · b. 1997
Adolfo Winternitz🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian painter and sculptor (1906-1993) · 1906–1993
Days lived
31,652
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Agnimitra Paul🇮🇳
Fashion designer · b. 1973
Akif Pirinçci🇹🇷
writer · b. 1959
Days alive
2,922
Alona Tal🇮🇱
Israeli actress and singer · b. 1983
Andrew Trimble🇬🇧
Irish rugby union player · b. 1984
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Bela Lugosi🇭🇺
deceasedactor · 1882–1956
Days lived
26,963
Brian Schatz🇺🇸
American educator and politician (born 1972) · b. 1972
Cal Lee🇺🇸
American football player and coach · b. 1946
Days alive
7,670
Daizen Maeda
association football player · b. 1997
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Dannii Minogue🇦🇺
Australian singer and actress · b. 1971
Dave Krieg🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1958
Days alive
3,287
Dragiša Binić
Serbian association football player · b. 1961
Days alive
2,191
Elfriede Jelinek🇦🇹
Austrian playwright and novelist · b. 1946
Days alive
7,670
Ernst Hannawald🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1959
Days alive
2,922
Franz Reznicek🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian architect · 1903–1999
Days lived
34,772
Georg Pahl🇩🇪
deceasedGerman photojournalist and photographer (1900-1963) · 1900–1963
Days lived
22,850
Heinz Lehmann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman chess player (1921-1995) · 1921–1995
Days lived
26,894
Hubert Gessner🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian architect (1871–1943) · 1871–1943
Days lived
26,033
Jacques Breuer🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian actor and film director (1956–2024) · 1956–2024
Days lived
24,792
John Krasinski🇺🇸
Screenwriter · b. 1979
Jonathan I. Schwartz🇺🇸
American businessman · b. 1965
Days alive
730
Jorge Carlos Fonseca
politician · b. 1950
Days alive
6,209
Jože Javoršek
deceasedwriter · 1920–1990
Days lived
25,519
József Révay🇭🇺
deceasedathlete · 1902–1945
Days lived
15,522
Leo Palin🇫🇮
Finnish tennis player · b. 1956
Days alive
4,017
Li Peng🇨🇳
deceasedpolitician · 1928–2019
Days lived
33,147
Luis Encarnación🇩🇴
film director · b. 1963
Days alive
1,461
Marianne Wischmann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1921-2009) · 1921–2009
Days lived
32,159
Mariusz Cendrowski🇵🇱
Polish sportsperson · b. 1977
Maximilian Harden🇩🇪
deceasedjournalist · 1861–1927
Days lived
24,115
Michel Vorm
football player · b. 1983
Mickey Mantle🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1931–1995
Days lived
23,308
Nadine Kleinert🇩🇪
German shot putter · b. 1975
Nicolo Corradini🇮🇹
athlete · b. 1964
Days alive
1,095
Oskar Pastior🇩🇪
deceasedGerman poet (1927–2006) · 1927–2006
Days lived
28,839
Otto Julius Zobel🇺🇸
deceasedscientist · 1887–1970
Days lived
30,023
Peter Boon
Dutch baseball player · b. 1967
Days alive
0
Robert Maras🇩🇪
basketball player · b. 1978
Rosey Brown🇺🇸
deceasedPlayer of American football (1932-2004) · 1932–2004
Days lived
26,165
Sam Witwer🇺🇸
musician · b. 1977
Serghei Gheorghiev
football player · b. 1991
Snoop Dogg🇺🇸
Rapper · b. 1971
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Sophie Bradley-Auckland🇬🇧
football player · b. 1989
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Stefan Raab🇩🇪
entrepreneur · b. 1966
Days alive
365
Theresia Walser🇩🇪
German playwright and author · b. 1967
Days alive
0
Vedika Pinto🇮🇳
Actor · b. 1998
Werner Maihofer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman legal scholar and politician (1918–2009) · 1918–2009
Days lived
33,224
Will Greenwood🇬🇧
English rugby union footballer · b. 1972
Wolfgang Krewe🇩🇪
actor · b. 1966
Days alive
365
Died on This Day
Anders Nygren🇸🇪
deceasedSwedish bishop (1890–1978) · 1890–1978
Days lived
32,115
Arthur Köpcke🇩🇪
deceasedartist · 1928–1977
Days lived
17,860
Arthur Robison🇩🇪
deceasedcinema director (1883–1935) · 1883–1935
Days lived
19,109
Buck Ewing🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1859–1906
Days lived
17,169
Burt Lancaster
deceasedOscar Winners · 1913–1994
Days lived
29,572
Carl Ferdinand Cori🇺🇸
deceasedCzech Nobel prize laureate and scientist (1896–1984) · 1896–1984
Days lived
32,095
Colette Audry🇫🇷
deceasedFrench novelist, screenwriter, and critic (1906-1990) · 1906–1990
Days lived
30,787
Donald Mackay🇨🇦
deceasedCanadian environmental chemist (1936–2023) · 1936–2023
Days lived
31,766
Fritz Hartjenstein
deceasedmilitary person · 1905–1954
Days lived
18,006
Gerhard Jahn🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1927-1998) · 1927–1998
Days lived
25,973
Hal Goldsmith🇺🇸
deceasedMajor League Baseball pitcher (1898–1985) · 1898–1985
Days lived
31,839
Herbert Hoover🇺🇸
deceasedpresident of the United States from 1929 to 1933 · 1874–1964
Days lived
32,943
Irene Galitzine🇮🇹
deceasedRussian-Georgian fashion designer (1916-2006) · 1916–2006
Days lived
32,962
José Batlle y Ordóñez🇺🇾
deceasedpolitician · 1856–1929
Days lived
26,814
Makis Dendrinos🇬🇷
deceasedbasketball player · 1950–2015
Days lived
23,887
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Muammar Gaddafi
deceasedpolitician · 1942–2011
Days lived
25,337
Paul Dirac🇬🇧
deceasedscientist · 1902–1984
Days lived
30,024
Sergei Bondarchuk🇷🇺
deceasedSoviet and Russian film director, screenwriter, and actor (1920–1994) · 1920–1994
Days lived
27,053
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Shirley Horn🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican singer (1934–2005) · 1934–2005
Days lived
26,105
Shlomo Carlebach🇺🇸
deceasedJewish musician (1925–1994) · 1925–1994
Days lived
25,481
Ted "Kid" Lewis🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish boxer (1893–1970) · 1894–1970
Days lived
27,754
Who Was Alive
Notable people alive on this date, sorted by most days lived (top 20).
Sándor Farkas
Catholic priest, born 1853 · b. 1853
Days alive
41,929
Annette Kolb🇫🇷
deceasedGerman writer (1870-1967) · 1870–1967
Days lived
35,731
Gertrude W. Hoffmann🇩🇪
deceasedcharacter actress (1871-1968) · 1871–1968
Days lived
35,335
Camille Huysmans🇧🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1871–1968
Days lived
35,338
Bertrand Russell🇬🇧
deceasedYouTube personality · 1872–1970
Days lived
35,688
Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1873–1969
Days lived
34,997
Charles Foulkes🇬🇧
deceasedBritish general and field hockey player (1875–1969) · 1875–1969
Days lived
34,427
Henry Hallett Dale🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish pharmacologist, Nobel laureate · 1875–1968
Days lived
34,012
Gertrud von Le Fort🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1876–1971
Days lived
34,718
Natalie Clifford Barney🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican writer who hosted a literary salon at her home in Paris (1876-1972) · 1876–1972
Days lived
34,791
Edward Roberts
deceasedBritish priest · 1877–1968
Days lived
33,236
Rudolph Dirks🇺🇸
deceasedartist · 1877–1968
Days lived
33,290
Lillian Moller Gilbreth🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican psychologist and industrial engineer (1878–1972) · 1878–1972
Days lived
34,190
E. M. Forster🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish novelist (1879-1970) · 1879–1970
Days lived
33,394
Margarete Bieber🇺🇸
deceasedGerman-American art historian (1879–1978) · 1879–1978
Days lived
36,003
Adolf Strauss🇩🇪
deceasedGerman Wehrmacht general (1879–1973) · 1879–1973
Days lived
34,163
Kenneth Edgeworth🇮🇪
deceasedIrish astronomer, economist and engineer (1880-1972) · 1880–1972
Days lived
33,829
Arthur Mallwitz🇩🇪
deceasedathlete · 1880–1968
Days lived
32,115
Helen Keller🇺🇸
deceasedYouTube personality · 1880–1968
Days lived
32,115
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Emma P. Carr🇺🇸
deceasedscientist · 1880–1972
Days lived
33,404
Animals Alive
Notable animals alive on this date.
Harriet🇦🇺
deceasedGalápagos tortoise · 1830–2006
Days lived
64,138
Jonathan🇸🇭
Seychelles giant tortoise · b. 1832
Days alive
49,600
Lonesome George🇪🇨
deceasedPinta Island tortoise · 1910–2012
Days lived
37,430
Lin Wang🇹🇼
deceasedAsian elephant · 1917–2003
Days lived
31,467
Sergeant Reckless🇺🇸
deceasedMongolian mare · 1948–1968
Days lived
7,438
Ham🇺🇸
deceasedChimpanzee · 1957–1983
Days lived
9,333
Shamu🇺🇸
deceasedOrca · 1962–1971
Days lived
3,521
Washoe🇺🇸
deceasedChimpanzee · 1965–2007
Days lived
15,399
Companies That Existed
Brands and companies already founded by this date.
Hermes🇫🇷
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,773
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,470
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,043
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,485
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,451
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,085
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,529
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,181
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
652,980
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,494
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,512
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,181
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,533
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,076
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
10,986
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
8,963
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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