On This Day
Saturday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
October 20 1990
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
Days alive
6,209
Akif Pirinçci🇹🇷
writer · b. 1959
Days alive
11,323
Alona Tal🇮🇱
Israeli actress and singer · b. 1983
Days alive
2,557
Andrew Trimble🇬🇧
Irish rugby union player · b. 1984
Days alive
2,191
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Bela Lugosi🇭🇺
deceasedactor · 1882–1956
Days lived
26,963
Brian Schatz🇺🇸
American educator and politician (born 1972) · b. 1972
Days alive
6,574
Cal Lee🇺🇸
American football player and coach · b. 1946
Days alive
16,071
Daizen Maeda
association football player · b. 1997
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Dannii Minogue🇦🇺
Australian singer and actress · b. 1971
Days alive
6,940
Dave Krieg🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1958
Days alive
11,688
Dragiša Binić
Serbian association football player · b. 1961
Days alive
10,592
Elfriede Jelinek🇦🇹
Austrian playwright and novelist · b. 1946
Days alive
16,071
Ernst Hannawald🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1959
Days alive
11,323
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
Days alive
4,018
Jonathan I. Schwartz🇺🇸
American businessman · b. 1965
Days alive
9,131
Jorge Carlos Fonseca
politician · b. 1950
Days alive
14,610
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
12,418
Li Peng🇨🇳
deceasedpolitician · 1928–2019
Days lived
33,147
Luis Encarnación🇩🇴
film director · b. 1963
Days alive
9,862
Marianne Wischmann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1921-2009) · 1921–2009
Days lived
32,159
Mariusz Cendrowski🇵🇱
Polish sportsperson · b. 1977
Days alive
4,748
Maximilian Harden🇩🇪
deceasedjournalist · 1861–1927
Days lived
24,115
Michel Vorm
football player · b. 1983
Days alive
2,557
Mickey Mantle🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1931–1995
Days lived
23,308
Nadine Kleinert🇩🇪
German shot putter · b. 1975
Days alive
5,479
Nicolo Corradini🇮🇹
athlete · b. 1964
Days alive
9,496
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
8,401
Robert Maras🇩🇪
basketball player · b. 1978
Days alive
4,383
Rosey Brown🇺🇸
deceasedPlayer of American football (1932-2004) · 1932–2004
Days lived
26,165
Sam Witwer🇺🇸
musician · b. 1977
Days alive
4,748
Serghei Gheorghiev
football player · b. 1991
Snoop Dogg🇺🇸
Rapper · b. 1971
Days alive
6,940
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Sophie Bradley-Auckland🇬🇧
football player · b. 1989
Days alive
365
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Stefan Raab🇩🇪
entrepreneur · b. 1966
Days alive
8,766
Theresia Walser🇩🇪
German playwright and author · b. 1967
Days alive
8,401
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
Days alive
6,574
Wolfgang Krewe🇩🇪
actor · b. 1966
Days alive
8,766
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
50,330
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
39,008
José Miguel Barandiarán🇪🇸
deceasedBasque anthropologist, etnologist and archaeologist (1889–1991) · 1889–1991
Days lived
37,244
Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
36,356
Walter Schenk🇩🇪
deceasedGerman military personnel · 1891–2000
Days lived
39,634
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Hal Roach🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican filmmaker (1892–1992) · 1892–1992
Days lived
36,817
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
36,019
Lang Jingshan
deceasedartist · 1892–1995
Days lived
37,506
Zośka Vieras🇱🇹
deceasedBelarusian writer and poet (1892-1991) · 1892–1991
Days lived
36,166
Lillian Gish🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actress (1893–1993) · 1893–1993
Days lived
36,295
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Martha Graham🇺🇸
deceasedBallet dancer · 1894–1991
Days lived
35,388
Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia🇮🇹
deceasedItalian film director (1894–1998) · 1894–1998
Days lived
37,799
Hermann Florstedt
deceasedmilitary person · 1895–2000
Days lived
38,302
Adolf Pokorny🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian-born dermatologist and doctor; defendant in the Doctors' Trial at Nuremberg (1895-?) · 1895–2000
Days lived
38,144
Silas Simmons🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player (1895–2006) · 1895–2006
Days lived
40,557
Heinrich Eberbach🇩🇪
deceasedGerman general (1895–1992) · 1895–1992
Days lived
35,295
Sylvia de Arruda Botelho Bittencourt🇧🇷
deceasedBrazilian journalist · 1896–1995
Days lived
36,188
Friedrich Hund🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1896–1997
Days lived
36,945
Lilia Skala🇺🇸
deceasedAustrian-American actress (1896-1994) · 1896–1994
Days lived
35,813
Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian architect (1897–2000) · 1897–2000
Days lived
37,614
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
58,001
Lonesome George🇪🇨
deceasedPinta Island tortoise · 1910–2012
Days lived
37,430
Lin Wang🇹🇼
deceasedAsian elephant · 1917–2003
Days lived
31,467
Washoe🇺🇸
deceasedChimpanzee · 1965–2007
Days lived
15,399
Koko🇺🇸
deceasedWestern lowland gorilla · 1971–2018
Days lived
17,152
Alex🇺🇸
deceasedAfrican grey parrot · 1976–2007
Days lived
11,433
Keiko🇮🇸
deceasedOrca · 1977–2003
Days lived
9,841
Companies That Existed
Brands and companies already founded by this date.
Hermes🇫🇷
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
56,174
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
55,871
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
55,444
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
45,886
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
44,852
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
44,486
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
41,930
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
40,582
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
661,381
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
140,895
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
64,913
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
45,582
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
23,934
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
21,477
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
19,387
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
17,364
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
18,824
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
12,246
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
6,784
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
5,601
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
4,896
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
4,209
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
4,166
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
3,945