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What are the important events that happened on October 20? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
October 20: Facts & Myths About This Day
October 20 is the 293rd day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 72 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 7, 2019 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,571,529,600 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectaenneacontatrigon’ day.
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Libra is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Opal is the modern birthstone for this month. Jasper is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 97 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 2,494 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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October 20 Historical Events
- 1941 –World War II: Thousands of civilians in Kragujevac in German-occupied Serbia are killed in the Kragujevac massacre.
- 1944 –General Douglas MacArthur fulfills his promise to return to the Philippines when he commands an Allied assault on the islands, reclaiming them from the Japanese during the Second World War.
- 1944 –The Soviet Army and Yugoslav Partisans liberate Belgrade, the capital of Yugoslavia
- 1982 –During the UEFA Cup match between FC Spartak Moscow and HFC Haarlem, 66 people are crushed to death in the Luzhniki disaster.
- 1991 –A 6.8 Mw earthquake strikes the Uttarkashi region of India, killing more than 1,000 people.
Who were born on October 20?
- 1894 –Olive Thomas, American actress (d. 1920)
- 1962 –David M. Evans, American screenwriter and film director
- 1968 –Susan Tully, English actress (Eastenders)
- 1970 –Chavo Guerrero, Jr., American professional wrestler
- 1992 –Ksenia Semenova, Russian gymnast
Who died on October 20?
- 1570 –João de Barros, Portuguese historian (b. 1496)
- 1967 –Yoshida Shigeru, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1878)
- 1993 –Sugiyama Yasushi, Japanese painter (b. 1909)
- 2003 –Miodrag Petrović, Serbian actor (b. 1924)
- 2011 –Muammar Gaddafi, Ruler of Libya (b. 1942)
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