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| October 20th, 2007 (October 20 2007) | Death | Max McGee, American football player (born in 1932) | |
| October 20th, 2007 (October 20 2007) | Death | Paul Raven, British bass-player (Killing Joke, Ministry) (born in 1961) | |
| October 20th, 1987 (October 20 1987) | Death | Andrey Kolmogorov, Russian mathematician (born in 1903) | |
| October 20th, 1977 (October 20 1977) | Event | A plane carrying Lynyrd Skynyrd crashes in Mississippi, killing lead singer Ronnie Van Zant and guitarist Steve Gaines along with backup singer Cassie Gaines, the road manager, pilot, and co-pilot. | |
| October 20th, 1977 (October 20 1977) | Birth | Matt Jansen, English footballer | |
| October 20th, 1977 (October 20 1977) | Birth | Leila Josefowicz, Canadian classical violinist | |
| October 20th, 1967 (October 20 1967) | Event | A purported bigfoot is filmed by Patterson and Gimlin. | |
| October 20th, 1967 (October 20 1967) | Birth | Luigi Lo Cascio, Italian actor | |
| October 20th, 1967 (October 20 1967) | Birth | Luck Mervil, Quebecois actor and singer | |
| October 20th, 1967 (October 20 1967) | Birth | Marco Ngai, Hong Kong actor | |
| October 20th, 1967 (October 20 1967) | Death | Yoshida Shigeru, Prime Minister of Japan (born in 1878) | |
| October 20th, 1957 (October 20 1957) | Birth | Susanna Haavisto, Finnish actress and singer | |
| October 20th, 1947 (October 20 1947) | Event | The House Un-American Activities Committee begins its investigation into Communist infiltration of Hollywood, resulting in a blacklist that prevents some from working in the industry for years. | |
| October 20th, 1937 (October 20 1937) | Birth | Juan Marichal, Dominican baseball player | |
| October 20th, 1937 (October 20 1937) | Birth | Wanda Jackson, American rock and rockabilly singer | |
| October 20th, 1917 (October 20 1917) | Birth | Jean-Pierre Melville, French director (died in 1973) | |
| October 20th, 1907 (October 20 1907) | Birth | Arlene Francis, American television personality (died in 2001) | |
| October 20th, 1907 (October 20 1907) | Death | Said Pasha Kurd, Kurdish statesman (b.1834) | |
| October 20th, 1897 (October 20 1897) | Birth | Crown Prince Eun of Korea (died in 1970) | |
| October 20th, 1827 (October 20 1827) | Event | Battle of Navarinoa combined Turkish and Egyptian armada is destroyed by an allied British, French, and Russian naval force in the port of Navarino in Pylos, Greece. The most important result of this battle is the end of the Greek Liberation War and the affirmation of independence of modern Greece. | Roy Turk Quotes |
| October 20th, 1677 (October 20 1677) | Birth | Stanislaus I Leszczynski, King of Poland (died in 1766) | |
