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| October 20th, 2006 (October 20 2006) | Death | Jane Wyatt, American actress (born in 1910) | |
| October 20th, 1986 (October 20 1986) | Birth | Priyanka Sharma, Indian actress | |
| October 20th, 1976 (October 20 1976) | Event | The ferry George Prince is struck by a ship while crossing the Mississippi River between Destrehan and Luling, LA. Seventy-eight passengers and crew died; only 18 people aboard the ferry survived. | |
| October 20th, 1976 (October 20 1976) | Birth | Tom Wisniewski, American guitarist (MxPx) | |
| October 20th, 1966 (October 20 1966) | Birth | Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Al-Qaeda leader (died in 2006) | |
| October 20th, 1966 (October 20 1966) | Birth | Allan Donald, South African cricketer | |
| October 20th, 1966 (October 20 1966) | Birth | Stefan Raab, German entertainer | |
| October 20th, 1966 (October 20 1966) | Birth | Patrick J. Volkerding, Founder and maintainer of the Slackware Linux distribution | |
| October 20th, 1956 (October 20 1956) | Birth | Danny Boyle, English film director | |
| October 20th, 1946 (October 20 1946) | Birth | Lewis Grizzard, American writer and humorist (died in 1994) | |
| October 20th, 1946 (October 20 1946) | Birth | Elfriede Jelinek, Austrian writer, Nobel Prize laureate | |
| October 20th, 1946 (October 20 1946) | Birth | Lucien Van Impe, Belgian cyclist | |
| October 20th, 1936 (October 20 1936) | Death | Anne Sullivan, American teacher (born in 1866) | |
| October 20th, 1926 (October 20 1926) | Death | Eugene Debs, American labor leader and Socialist presidential candidate (born in 1855) | |
| October 20th, 1656 (October 20 1656) | Birth | Nicolas de Largilliere, French painter (died in 1746) | |
| October 20th, 1616 (October 20 1616) | Birth | Thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (died in 1680) | |
| October 20th, 1496 (October 20 1496) | Birth | Claude, Duke of Guise, French soldier (died in 1550) | |
