20. October
of the 20. October is the 293. Day of the Gregorian calendar (the 294. in leap years), thus 72 days up to the year end remain.
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Maria Theresia
- 1740: Maria Theresia is crowned to the ore duchess by Austria and queen of Hungary and Böhmens. This is the trip for the Austrian succession war
- 1827: In the battle of Navarino Greece attains itsIndependence from the Osmani realm
- 1944: The Yugoslav capital Belgrade of partisan units and the Red Army conquers
- 1946: In the Soviet zone of occupation the last free elections of the federal parliament find instead of
- 1971: Willy Brandt receives the Nobel peace prize
- 1973: QueenElizabeth II. opens the opera house of Sydney
- 1977: Three members the American volume Lynyrd Skynyrd die with an aircraft crash, the other volume members survive heavyhurt
- 2004: The strongest earthquake in north Germans the area since beginning of the seismic measurements reaches in the morningbriefly before nine o'clock the value of 4,5 on the upward open judge scale. The Epizentrum lies into 4500 meters of depth in the area of new churches with Soltau
- 2004: Opening of the old part of town bridge in Görlitz/Zgorzelec
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Politics
- 1978: Double taxation agreement between Germany and New Zealand
- 1987: Aruba becomes associated member in the UNESCO
- 1993: Andorra becomes member in the UNESCO
- 1996: Air traffic agreement between Germany and Zambia
- 1999: Indonesia. Abdurrahman Wahid becomesselected to the president
- 2001: Serbia and Montenegro become member in the IWF (international currency rear)
culture
- 1704: Premiere of the opera „Cleopatra “ of Johann Mattheson in Hamburg
- 1874: Premiere of the second version of the opera Two widows of Bedřich Smetana in Prague
- 1955: In Great Britain OF appears the King “the third part of Tolkiens „The lord OF the of ring “with „Return.
- 1974: Erstausstrahlung of the crime film series of Derrick in the Second Channel of German Television
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Sport
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technology
- 2005: OpenOffice.org 2,0 appears and replaces thereby past release Candidate.
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Born
- 1632: Christopher Wren, English building master
- 1639: Jean Racine, French dramatist
- 1677: Stanislaus I. Leszczynski, king of Poland and duke of Lorraine
- 1760: Alexandre Théodore Victor de Lameth, French soldier and politician
- 1784: Henry J. Palmerston, British politician
- 1801: Melchior Berri, Swiss architect from Basel
- 1802: Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg, German Protestant theologian (Alttestamentler)
- 1808: Karl Andree, was a German geographer and journalist
- 1819: SayyidAli Muhammad aluminium-Bab, Iranian religion founder (baby mash)
- 1832: Anton Romako, Austrian painter
- 1847: OSCAR Swahn, Swedish sport contactors and oldest olympia winners of all times
- 1854: Arthur Rimbaud, French poet
- 1859: John Dewey, US-American philosopher
- 1861: Maximilian Harden, German journalist
- 1874: Charles Ives, US-American composer
- 1881: Josef Ferdinand small service, German politician (CSU)
- 1882: Margaret Dumont, US-American actress
- 1882: Felix Linnemann, 4. President of the DFB
- 1882: Bela Lugosi, Hungarian Filmschauspieler
- 1886: Leopold Stocker, Austrian publisher
- 1887: Vic Gonsalves, Netherlands football player
- 1891: James Chadwick, British physicist
- 1893: Jomo Kenyatta, Kenyan politician
- 1895: Morrie Ryskind, US AmericanAuthor
- 1897: Peter Bamm, German writer
- 1904: Mario of Galli, catholic theologian
- 1908: Stuart Hamblen, US-American Country singer
- 1911: Grete Schickedanz, German Unternehmerin
- 1913: Johann short, rector of the Erzbischöflichen of seminar Hollabrunn
- 1913: Grandpa Jones, US-American Country musician
- 1917: Jean Pierre Melville, French film director
- 1918: Werner Maihofer, German politician
- 1923: Otfried Preussler, German writer
- 1927: Werner Kreindl, Austrian actor
- 1928: Oskar Pastior,German writer
- 1928: Zhu Rongji, Chinese politician and head of the government
- 1930: Manfred Abelein, German politician
- 1937: Wanda Jackson, US-American singer
- 1939: Ray Jones, British musician
- 1939: Jay Siegal, US-American singer
- 1942: Christiane nut-flax-volume-hard, German biologies (Medizinnobelpreis 1995)
- 1943: Carlo von Tiedemann, German actor and TV-moderator
- 1945: Ric Lee, British musician (Ten Years after)
- 1946: Elfriede Jelinek, Austrian authoress (Literaturnobelpreis 2004)
- 1946: LucienVan Impe, Belgian wheel running driver
- 1947: Antonín Kroča, Czech painter
- 1949: Larry Gonsky, US-American musician
- 1950: Roy Gordon Zabludowsky, South African musician
- 1951: Alan Greenwood, US-American musician (Foreigner)
- 1953: Tom Petty,US-American musician, singer and Songschreiber
- 1954: O. P. Zier, Austrian writer
- 1957: Anouar Brahem, Tunisian musician and composer
- 1958: Viggo Mortensen, US-American actor
- 1958: Mark of King, British musician (level 42)
- 1958: Ivo Pogorelich, Serbian pianist
- 1959: Morten Andreas Meyer, Norwegian politician
- 1960: Lepa Brena, Yugoslav singer
- 1961: John never DTE, Canadian musician and singer
- 1961: Audun Kleive, Norwegian Jzzmusiker
- 1966: John ofDüffel, German writer
- 1966: Stefan Raab, German Showmaster, Comedystar, entertainer and producer
- 1971: Snoop Dogg, US-more American RWSby and actors
- 1971: Dannii Minogue, Australian singer
- 1975: Nadine small ore, German light athlete and olympia medal winner
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died
- 1139: Heinrich X., duke of Bavaria (1126-1138) and Saxonia (1137-1139) was
- 1187: Urban III., Pope
- 1274: Engelbert II. of falcon castle, 56. Archbishop of Cologne
- 1401: Klaus Störtebeker, pirateand leaders of the Vitalienbrüder and Likedeeler
- 1439: Ambrosius Camaldulensis, Italian theologian and medal general of the Kamaldulenser
- 1652: Antonio Coello, Spanish writer
- 1740: Karl VI., Emperors of the holy Roman realm and king of Hungary
- 1864: Carl Christian Rafn, Danish antiquity researcher
- 1870: Michael Balfe, Irish composer
- 1872: Friedrich Welwitsch, Africa researcher and Botaniker
- 1896: François Félix Tisserand, French astronomer
- 1898: Johannes Seluner, Swiss Findling
- 1915: Josef Ruederer, German writer
- 1924: Alexander Alexejewitsch fermenting ski, Russian dancer, Choreograph
- 1929: José Batlle y Ordóñez, journalist and president of Uruguay
- 1931: Emánuel Moór, Hungarian composer
- 1935: Arthur Henderson, British politician
- 1939: Otto Siffling, German football player
- 1941: Bruno Cassirer, German publisher, Galerist and horse breeder
- 1941: Hanuš Bonn, Czech poet, literary critic and translator
- 1942: Friedrich Münzer, classical Philologe
- 1944: Adolf realm wine, German paedagogue, economistand culture politicians
- 1959: Werner Krauss, Austrian actor
- 1964: Harsh ore C. Hoover, 31. President of the United States of America
- 1969: Fritz stone-hope, was an Prime Minister of the country North Rhine-Westphalia
- 1972: Harlow Shapley, US-American astronomer
- 1977: Cassie Gaines, US-American musician
- 1977: Ronald Wayne Van Zant, US-amerikanischer singer
- 1977: Steve Gaines, US-American musician
- 1983: Merle Travis, US-American musician
- 1984: Buddy Johnson, US-American musician
- 1984: Carl FerdinandCori, American biochemist
- 1984: Paul A. M. Dirac, British physicist, Nobelpreisträger
- 1986: Fritz timber forests, Austrian writer
- 1987: Andrei Kolmogorow, Russian mathematician
- 1990: Joel McCrea, US-American actor
- 1992: Alexander Camaro,German painter
- 1994: Serhij Bondartschuk, Russian actor and director
- 1998: Gerhard Jahn, German politician (SPD)
- 1998: Franz Tumler, Austrian writer
- 2004: Stroke ore Wipplinger, Austrian lobbyist
- 2005: Jean Michel Folon, Belgian artist,Commercial artist and Illustrator
- 2005: Shirley horn, US-American Jazzpianistin and singer
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celebration and anniversaries
- anniversary of the holy Wendelin (catholic)
- anniversary of blessed Jakob core (catholic)
see also: Historical anniversaries, time scale
