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Historical events & facts — October 20
What happened on October 20?
On October 20, 2011, Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi was captured and killed by rebel forces in Sirte, his hometown, ending forty-two years of authoritarian rule. His death came during the Libyan Civil War, backed by a NATO intervention, and marked the end of the conflict, though not of instability in the country.
On October 20, 1944, a civic-military insurrection in Guatemala overthrew dictator Jorge Ubico, beginning the October Revolution, a ten-year period of democracy and social reform known as the "springtime decade". The process was cut short in 1954 by a CIA-organised coup at the behest of the United Fruit Company.
On October 20, 1944, American General Douglas MacArthur waded ashore on the Philippine island of Leyte, fulfilling his promise "I shall return", made when he left the Philippines in 1942. The Battle of Leyte Gulf, which lasted several days, was the largest naval battle in history and marked the beginning of the liberation of the Philippines from Japanese rule.
Notable birthdays — October 20
Famous people born on October 20
Jussi Merinen
Juho Rikard Merinen was a Finnish trade unionist, politician and member of the Parliament of Finland, the national legislature of Finland. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he represented Turku Province North between May 1907 and July 1908. He was executed by the White Guard during the Finnish Civil War.
Enolia McMillan
Enolia Pettigen McMillan was an American educator, civil rights activist, and community leader. She was the first female national president of the NAACP.
Janet Jagan
Janet Rosenberg Jagan was an American-born Guyanese politician who served as the 6th President of Guyana from 1997 to 1999. She was the first female president of Guyana, and the first American-born woman to serve as a head of state. She previously served as the first female Prime Minister of Guyana from 17 March 1997 to 19 December 1997.
Gunturu Seshendra Sarma
Gunturu Seshendra Sarma B.A. B.L., also known as Yuga Kavi, was a Telugu poet, critic and litterateur. He is well known for his works Naa Desam, Naa Prajalu and Kaala Rekha. He authored over fifty works which have been translated into English, Kannada, Urdu, Bengali, Hindi, Nepali and Greek.
Juan Marichal
Juan Antonio Marichal Sánchez, nicknamed "the Dominican Dandy", is a Dominican former right-handed pitcher who played 16 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1960 to 1975, mostly with the San Francisco Giants.
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