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On This Day in History
What happened on your birthday? On today? Pick any of the 366 days and read its events,
births and deaths — drawn from Wikipedia's records and linked to their sources.
Today — October 20
- 2024 — Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka were sworn in as president and vice president of Indonesia, becoming the oldest and the youngest person to assume respective offices. Read more
- 2022 — Protests broke out across Chad after President Mahamat Déby (pictured) declared his intentions to extend his rule by another two years. Read more
- 2011 — First Libyan Civil War: Muammar Gaddafi, the deposed Libyan leader, was captured by rebel forces during the Battle of Sirte, and was killed shortly thereafter. Read more
- 1991 — An earthquake struck the Indian state of Uttarakhand, killing at least 768 people and destroying thousands of homes. Read more
- 1986 — Aeroflot Flight 6502 crashed on approach to Kurumoch Airport in Samara, Russia (then Kuybyshev in the Soviet Union), killing 70 people on board. Read more
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