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What Happened on October 20th This Day in History

Year	Name
2022	Liz Truss steps down as British Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party amid the country's political crisis, serving for 45 days before resigning, serving for the least time of any British Prime Minister
2017	Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) declare victory in the Raqqa campaign.
2011	Libyan Crisis: Rebel forces capture Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi and his son Mutassim in his hometown of Sirte and kill him shortly thereafter, ending the first Libyan civil war.
2003	The Sloan Great Wall, once the largest cosmic structure known to humanity, is discovered by students at Princeton University.
1991	A 6.8 Mw earthquake strikes the Uttarkashi region of India, killing more than 1,000 people.
1991	A massive firestorm breaks out in the hills of Oakland and Berkeley, California killing 25 people and destroying more than 3,000 homes, apartments and condominiums.
1986	Aeroflot Flight 6502 crashes while landing at Kuibyshev Airport (now Kuromoch International Airport) in Kuibyshev (now present-day Samara, Russia), killing 70 people.
1982	During the UEFA Cup match between FC Spartak Moscow and HFC Haarlem, 66 people are crushed to death in the Luzhniki disaster.
1981	Two police officers and a Brink's armored car guard are killed during an armed robbery carried out by members of the Black Liberation Army and Weather Underground in Nanuet, New York.
1977	A plane carrying the rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd crashes in woodland in Mississippi, United States. Six people, including three band members, are killed.
1976	The Luling–Destrehan Ferry MV George Prince is struck by the Norwegian freighter 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.
1973	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	The Sydney Opera House is opened by Elizabeth II after 14 years of construction.
1962	China launches simultaneous offensives in Ladakh and across the McMahon Line, igniting the Sino-Indian War.
1961	The Soviet Navy performs the first armed test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile, launching an R-13 from a Golf-class submarine.
1952	The Governor of Kenya Evelyn Baring declares a state of emergency and begins arresting hundreds of suspected leaders of the Mau Mau Uprising.
1951	The "Johnny Bright incident" occurs during a football game between the Drake Bulldogs and Oklahoma A&M Aggies.
1947	Cold War: The House Un-American Activities Committee begins its investigation into Communist infiltration of the Hollywood film industry, resulting in a blacklist that prevents some from working in the industry for years.
1944	World War II: The Soviet Red Army and Yugoslav Partisans liberate Belgrade.
1944	Liquefied natural gas leaks from storage tanks in Cleveland and then explodes, leveling 30 blocks and killing 130 people.
1944	American general Douglas MacArthur fulfills his promise to return to the Philippines when he comes ashore during the Battle of Leyte.
1941	World War II: Thousands of civilians in German-occupied Serbia are murdered in the Kragujevac massacre.
1935	The Long March, a mammoth retreat undertaken by the armed forces of the Chinese Communist Party a year prior, ends.
1904	Chile and Bolivia sign the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, delimiting the border between the two countries.
1883	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.
1827	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.
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 for most of its length.
1803	The United States Senate ratifies the Louisiana Purchase.
1781	The Patent of Toleration, providing limited freedom of worship, is approved in Austria.
1740	France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony refuse to honour the Pragmatic Sanction, and the War of the Austrian Succession begins.
1572	Eighty Years' War: Three thousand Spanish soldiers wade through fifteen miles of water in one night to effect the relief of Goes.
1568	The Spanish Duke of Alba defeats a Dutch rebel force under William the Silent.

Famous People Born on October 20

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Year	Name
1940	Kathy Kirby, English singer (d. 2011)
1858	John Burns, English union leader and politician, President of the Board of Trade (d. 1943)
1961	Audun Kleive, Norwegian drummer and composer
1943	Dunja Vejzović, Croatian soprano and actress
1924	Robert Peters, American poet, playwright, and critic (d. 2014)
1660	Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (d. 1723)
1955	David Profumo, English author and academic
1955	Sheldon Whitehouse, American politician
1951	Patrick Hall, English lawyer and politician
1908	Stuart Hamblen, American singer-songwriter, actor, and radio show host (d. 1989)

Famous People Deaths On October 20

Here is a list of some famous peope who died on October 20. For full list please click on the link above.

Date	Name
1972	Harlow Shapley, American astronomer and academic (b. 1885)
1989	Anthony Quayle, English actor and director (b. 1913)
1994	Burt Lancaster, American actor (b. 1913)
2015	Makis Dendrinos, Greek basketball player and coach (b. 1950)
2007	Max McGee, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1932)
1401	Klaus Störtebeker, German pirate
1988	Sheila Scott, English pilot and author (b. 1922)
2010	W. Cary Edwards, American politician (b. 1944)
1987	Andrey Kolmogorov, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1903)
1978	Gunnar Nilsson, Swedish race car driver (b. 1948)