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What happened in history on this day: October 20?
On October 20 in ...
- 1957 - CBS premieres The 20th Century 30-minute weekly documentary TV show, hosted by Walter Cronkite.
- 1957 - NBC begins airing The Dinah Shore Show expanded to 60 minutes.
- 1957 - NBC begins airing the Omnibus 60-minute educational TV show.
- 1995 - PBS airs final MacNeil-Lehrer Newshour TV show as Robert MacNeil co-hosts for the last time.
Births on October 20
- 1887 - Birth of Addison Richards in Zanesville, Ohio, USA; actor (Colonel - Pentagon).
- 1907 - Birth of Arlene Francis in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; actress and broadcaster (25 Broadway shows, host of NBC-TV's Home show, panelist on What's My Line 1950-75).
- 1908 - Birth of Arlene Francis Boston Massachusetts, radio/TV hostess (What's My Line?).
- 1911 - Birth of Will Rogers Junior in New York, USA; actor (Down to Earth).
- 1913 - Birth of Barney Phillips in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; actor (Dragnet radio and TV shows, Twelve O'Clock High, Dan August, Jabberjaw, Betty White Show, Felony Squad).
- 1913 - Birth of Louis Marshal AKA Grandpa Jones in Kentucky, USA; musician (Grand Ole Opry), actor (Hee Haw TV show).
- 1917 - Birth of Jean-Pierre Melville in Paris, France; director (Un Flic).
- 1918 - Birth of Anton Diffring in Koblenz, Germany; actor (Assignment Vienna).
- 1922 - Birth of John Anderson in Clayton, Illinois, USA; actor (Virgil - Legend of Wyatt Earp, Gunsmoke).
- 1923 - Birth of Herschel Bernardi in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Arnie TV show, Peter Gunn TV show, The Jetsons TV show, Hail to the Chief TV show, The Front TV show, voice of Charlie the Tuna on Starkist Tuna commercials).
- 1930 - Birth of "Grandpa" Louis M Jones in Niagra, Kentucky, USA; country singer/banjoist (Hee Haw).
- 1932 - Birth of William Christopher in Evanstown, Illinois, USA; actor (Father Mulcahy - M*A*S*H).
- 1934 - Birth of Martin Landau; actor (Mission Impossible, Space 1999, Tucker).
- 1934 - Birth of Timothy West in Yorkshire, England; actor (Masada).
- 1935 - Birth of Jerry Orbach in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Promises! Promises!, Dirty Dancing, Law and Order).
- 1942 - Birth of Earl Hindman in Bisbee, Arizona, USA; actor (Wilson - Home Improvement).
- 1950 - Birth of Finola Hughes in London, England; actress (Anna Devane - General Hospital).
- 1952 - Birth of Melanie Mayron in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Thirty Something, Car Wash, Missing).
- 1958 - Birth of Eric Scott in Hollywood, California, USA; actor (Ben - The Waltons).
- 1967 - Birth of Susan Tulley; British actress (Michelle - EastEnders).
- 1979 - Birth of John Krasinski; American actor (The Office).
- 1985 - Birth of Jennifer Nicole Freeman; actress (My Wife and Kids).
Deaths on October 20
- 1980 - Death of Lady Isobel Barnett, British television personality (suicide following her conviction for shoplifting) (born 1918).
- 1994 - Death of Burt Lancaster of a heart attack at age 80 after a heart attack; American actor (On Wings of Eagles, Marco Polo, Verdi, Moses the Lawgiver).
- 2006 - Death of Jane Wyatt at age 96 in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Father Knows Best TV show).
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