Today in History
20 October
242 births · 113 deaths · 38 events recorded
Featured Birthday · Born 1877
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
American businessman and sportsman (1877–1915)
Notable Births
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Paige Bueckers
b. 2001
American basketball player (born 2001)
Kenneth Walker III
b. 2000
American football player (born 2000)
Chuu
b. 1999
South Korean singer (born 1999)
YoungBoy Never Broke Again
b. 1999
American rapper (born 1999)
Ademola Lookman
b. 1997
Nigerian-English footballer (born 1997)
Candice Swanepoel
b. 1988
South African model (born 1988)
Virender Sehwag
b. 1978
Retired Indian cricketer (born 1978)
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
b. 1877
American businessman and sportsman (1877–1915)
Notable Deaths
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Fethullah Gülen
d. 2024
Turkish scholar, theologian and dissident (1941–2024)
Barbara Dane
d. 2024
American folk, blues and jazz singer (1927–2024)
Walter Jacob
d. 2024
American Reform rabbi (1930–2024)
Lawrence Klein
d. 2013
American economist (1920–2013)
Ted Ammon
d. 2001
American lawyer
Ronnie Van Zant
d. 1977
American singer (1948–1977)
Michalis Dorizas
d. 1957
Greek athlete (1886–1957)
Arthur Henderson
d. 1935
British iron moulder, Labour politician and Nobel laureate
On This Day in History
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2022
Liz Truss steps down as British Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party amid the country's political crisis, serving for the least time of any British Prime Minister (49 days).
Liz Truss
2017
Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) declare victory in the Raqqa campaign.
Syrian civil war
2011
Libyan Crisis: Rebel forces capture Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi and his son Mutassim in his hometown of Sirte and kill them shortly thereafter, ending the first Libyan civil war.
Libyan crisis
2005
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.
UNESCO
2003
The Sloan Great Wall, once the largest cosmic structures known to humanity, is discovered by students at Princeton University.
Sloan Great Wall
2002
Top Gear, the revived popular British TV motoring magazine, premieres on BBC.
Top Gear (2002 TV series)
1995
Space Shuttle Columbia launches on STS-73.
Space Shuttle Columbia
1991
A 6.8 Mw earthquake strikes the Uttarkashi region of India, killing more than 1,000 people.
Moment magnitude scale