NEWS: On October 20th

Saturday, October 20, 1900:

• Itō Hirobumi becomes Prime Minister of Japan for the fourth and final time, taking over from Yamagata Aritomo. Ito, who had been Japan's first Prime Minister from 1885 to 1888, serves until May 10, 1901.
• Wayne Morse is born in Madison, Wisconsin. He became a United States Senator from Oregon from 1945 to 1969. He was one of the first in the U.S. Congress to oppose the Vietnam War. He died at age 73 on July 22, 1974, in Portland, Oregon.
• Baltimore weather: High temp. 57 F; Low temp. 36 F; Precip.: None.

Sunday, October 20, 1901:

• Leonora Piper, who had attained international fame as a medium who could communicate with the dead through séance rituals, announces her retirement from the field in a two-and-a-half page article in the New York Herald under the headline "I Am No Telephone to the Spirit World." "I must truthfully say," she wrote to disappointed believers, "that I do not believe that spirits of the dead have spoken through me." (Despite her confession, however, she quickly recants. People continue to approach her and she conducts séances for most of her remaining years, dying at age 92 on July 3, 1950, in Brookline, MA.)
• The English language play Diarmuid and Grania, based on an Irish legend, and co-written by George Moore and W. B. Yeats, and with music by Edward Elgar, is performed for the first time. It is the first part of the double bill at the Gaiety Theatre in London, England, and its Irish characters are portrayed by the English actors of producer Frank Benson's English Shakespearean Company. (The Gaiety Theatre closed in 1939 and was demolished in 1956.)
• Adelaide Hall is born in Brooklyn, New York, NY.  She becomes a jazz singer and entertainer. She died in 1993.
• Baltimore weather: High temp. 60 F; Low temp. 48 F; Precip.: None.

Monday, October 20, 1902:

• Baltimore weather: High temp. 74 F; Low temp. 56 F; Precip.: None.

Tuesday, October 20, 1903:

• The resolution of the Alaska boundary dispute between Canada and the United States is issued by an international tribunal, taking effect despite the Canadian delegates' refusal to sign it. (Anti-British feeling sweeps through Canada due to the country's perceived betrayal by the British delegate to the tribunal, Lord Alverstone, Lord Chief Justice of England, who voted in favor of the U.S. claim. This event may have contributed to Canadians' increasing desire for autonomy from the United Kingdom as the 20th century progressed.)
• Alida Bolten is born in Amsterdam, Netherlands. She was a Dutch Olympic swimmer. She died in 1984.
• Irineo Leguisamo is born in Arerunguá, Salto Department, Uruguay. He as a Uruguayan jockey. He died in 1985.
• John Davis Lodge is born in Washington, D.C. He was an American actor, politician and diplomat, 79th Governor of Connecticut. He died in 1985.
• James Adams VC, Irish Anglican chaplain, dies. He was born in 1839.
• Thomas Vincent Welch dies of typhoid fever. He was American politician, born in 1850.
• Baltimore weather: Hggh temp. 75 F; Low temp. 45 F; Precip.: None.

Thursday, October 20, 1904:

• Thomas Clement "Tommy" Douglas is born. He became a Canadian politician who served as seventh premier of Saskatchewan from 1944 to 1961 and Leader of the New Democratic Party from 1961 to 1971. A Baptist minister, he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in 1935 as a member of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF). He left federal politics to become Leader of the Saskatchewan Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and then the seventh Premier of Saskatchewan. His cabinet was the first democratic socialist government in North America and it introduced the continent's first single-payer, universal health care program. He died on February 24, 1986.
• Baltimore weather: High temp. 61 F; Low temp. 53 F; Precip.: None.

Friday, October 20, 1905:

• Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 69 F; Low temp. 48 F; Precip.: 0.24 inch.

Saturday, October 20, 1906:

• Baltimore weather: Rain (heavy at times); High temp. 67 F; Low temp. 59 F; Precip.: 1.43 inches.

Sunday, October 20, 1907:

• Arlene Francis is born Arline Francis Kazanjian in Boston, MA. She becomes an actress, radio and television talk show host, and game show panelist. She's known for her long-running role as a panelist on the television game show "What's My Line?", on which she regularly appeared for 25 years, from 1950 to 1975, on both the network and syndicated versions of the show. She also appeared on Match Game, Password, To Tell the Truth, and other game shows. She died at age 93 on May 31, 2001, in San Francisco, CA.
• Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 54 F; Low temp. 39 F; Precip.: 0.06 inch.

Tuesday, October 20, 1908:

• Baltimore weather: High temp. 60 F; Low temp. 46 F; Precip.: None.

Wednesday, October 20, 1909:

• Carla Laemmle is born Rebekah Isabel Laemmie in Chicago, Illinois. She was an actress and dancer, and the niece of Universal Pictures studio founder Carl Laemmle. As an actress/dancer, she is known primarily for her roles in "The Phantom of the Opera" and "Dracula." She died at age 104 on June 12, 2014 in Los Angeles, CA.
• The entire town of Shipton, Kansas, is sold at public auction. William Irwin had owned the site and Fred Warnow is the high bidder at $2,620. Located in Saline County, Kansas, Shipton had been a farming community until 1895, when the post office and the railroad station were closed, and the citizens moved closer to nearby Salina.
• Baltimore weather: High temp. 53 F; Low temp. 37 F; Precip.: None.

Thursday, October 20, 1910:

• RMS Olympic, the largest ocean liner up to this time, is launched at Belfast, United KIngdom. (It would is put into service by the White Star Line in 1911, and carries passengers until 1935.)
• David B. Hill dies at age 67. He was a former U.S. Senator and Governor of New York State.
• General Thomas T. Eckert dies at age 85. He was Chairman of the Western Union Telegraph Company.
• Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 72 F; Low temp. 65 F; Precip.: 0.33 inch.

Friday, October 20, 1911:

• Twelve iron miners are killed at Hibernia, New Jersey, when blasting at the Wharton Steel Company mine cracks a retaining wall, drowning 12 of 60 miners in a 1,400-foot-deep pit.
• Terauchi Masatake, the Japanese Governor-General of Korea, issues the "Regulations for Private Schools."
• Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 65 F; Low temp. 58 F; Precip.: 0.03 inch.

Sunday, October 20, 1912:

• The United Kingdom recognizes Italian sovereignty over Tripoli and Cyrenaica.
• Turkey's Vardar Army engages in its first major battles against the Balkan League invaders. The Serbian Timok Infantry overcomes the Turks at Egri Palanga, and the Bulgarian Second Infantry forces a retreat of the Ottoman 16th Infantry at Kocana, Macedonia. At Bilac, the Ottoman 19th Infantry is able to resist the invading Serbian Morava Infantry.
• William Kolehmainen, a brother of Olympic distance runner Hannes Kolehmainen who had abandoned his amateur status, sets a world record in the marathon as a professional athlete, running the 26 mile, 385 yard distance in 2 hours, 29 minutes, and 39.2 seconds for the fastest marathon (up to this point). The previous mark of 2:32:21 had been held by Hans Holmer. The official (amateur) record at the time was 2:40:32.2, held by Thure Johansson of Sweden.
• Vũ Trọng Phụng is born in in Mỹ Hào, French Indochina. He became a Vietnamese writer and author of "Dumb Luck." He was a popular Vietnamese author and journalist, who is considered to be one of the most influential figures of 20th century Vietnamese literature. (Today, several of his works are taught in Vietnamese schools.) He died at the age of 26 of tuberculosis on October 13, 1939.
• Baltimore weather: High temp. 64 F; Low temp. 49 F; Precip.: None.

Monday, October 20, 1913:

• Grandpa Jones is born Louis Marshall Jones in Niagara, Kentucky. He becomes a banjo player and "old time" country and gospel music singer. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. He died at age 84 on February 19, 1998, in Nashville, TN.
• Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 70 F; Low temp. 44 F; Precip.: 0.31 inch.

Tuesday, October 20, 1914:

In the Battle of La Bassée, two fresh army divisions reinforce German defenses, forcing advancing British forces to dig in. This decision narrowly forestalls a German counter-offensive which was to commence that same day.

In the Battle of Armentières, German cavalry are reorganized on the river Lys to pin down the forces in front of them while infantry attack the flank and rear of the opposing forces at Ennetières, France. After initial setbacks, German troops break through and capture the town as well as Prémesques farther north. German artillery begin to bombard Armentières and force many Allied troops to withdraw.

In the First Battle of Edea, British and French colonial troops begin their assault on German forces stationed at Edéa in German Cameroon.

The British ocean liner HMS Princess Irene is launched by William Denny and Brothers in Dumbarton, Scotland, for the Canadian Pacific Railway, but is recommissioned by the Royal Navy as a minelayer.

The British cargo ship Glitra is stopped in the North Sea off the coast of Norway by German submarine SM U-17 where she is searched under prize rules and her crew allowed to take to the lifeboats before she is scuttled.

The Coat of arms of London County Council in England are registered by the College of Arms.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Crato is established in Crato, Ceará, Brazil.

Fayard Nicholas is born in Mobile, Alabama. He was an American choreographer, dancer, actor, and singer who partnered with brother Harold to form the Nicholas Brothers tap dance duo during the Harlem Renaissance. He died at age 91 on January 24, 2006 in Los Angeles, California.

James C. Floyd is born in Manchester, England. He's a British-Canadian aerospace engineer and was the chief design engineer for aircraft manufacturer Avro Canada.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 73 F; Low temp. 52 F; Precip.: None.

Wednesday, October 20, 1915:

Women in the British Commonwealth are officially permitted to act as bus and tram conductors for the duration of World War I, although many had been employed in Glasgow and other cities since April 1915.

General elections are held in South Africa with Louis Botha of the South African Party winning the majority but with fewer seats in the House of Assembly of South Africa than in the previous election.

In the Battle of Krivolak, French forces reach the town of Krivolak on the Vardar river in Vardar Macedonia, while the British position defenses at a mountain pass near Kosturino and Doiran Lake.

The Ottoman formally quell Armenian resistance in Urfa, Turkey.

The Swedish Army establishes the Swedish Infantry Officers' College in Karlsborg, Sweden.

Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 71 F; Low temp. 63 F; Precip.: 0.44 inch.

Friday, October 20, 1916:

A "perfect storm" hits Lake Erie, sinking four large ships (including the James B. Colgate) and killing 49 people. (It is later referred to as "Black Friday".)

An on-board explosion sinks Russian battleship Imperatritsa Mariya while anchored at Sevastopol, killing 228 crew members.

In the Battle of Verdun, France launches a massive counteroffensive to recapture Fort Douaumont from the Germans using two massive railway guns.

In the Battle of the Ancre Heights, British forces repel a further German attack on Schwaben Redoubt in France using aerial reconnaissance to spot targets.

William Melville Martin becomes the second Premier of Saskatchewan, replacing Walter Scott.

The organ version of Comes Autumn Time by American composer Leo Sowerby is performed by Eric DeLamarter for the first time at Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago, Illinois. (Based on public reception, DeLamarter convinces Sowerby to create an orchestral version that debuts the following January.)

Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 78 F; Low temp. 60 F; Precip.: 0.01 inch.

Saturday, October 20, 1917:

• Baltimore weather: High temp. 51 F; Low temp. 40 F; Precip.: None.

Sunday, October 20, 1918:

• Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 60 F; Low temp. 52 F; Precip.: 0.17 inch.

Monday, October 20, 1919:

• Baltimore weather: High temp. 61 F; Low temp. 47 F; Precip.: None.

Wednesday, October 20, 1920:

• Baltimore weather: High temp. 77 F; Low temp. 58 F; Precip.: None.

Thursday, October 20, 1921:

• Baltimore weather: Cloudy with rain; breezy in the afternoon (20 mph); High temp. 63°F; Low temp. 51°F; Precip.: 0.12 inch.
  
• Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 63°F; Low temp. 51°F; Precip.: 0.12 inch.
  

Friday, October 20, 1922:

• Baltimore weather: High temp. 57°F; Low temp. 44°F; Precip.: None.
  

Saturday, October 20, 1923:

• Baltimore weather: High temp. 66°F; Low temp. 52°F; Precip.: None.
  

Monday, October 20, 1924:

• Baltimore weather: High temp. 69°F; Low temp. 46°F; Precip.: None.
  

Tuesday, October 20, 1925:

• Art Buchwald is born Arthur Buchwald in New York, NY. He became a humorist best known for his column in The Washington Post. At the height of his popularity, it was published nationwide as a syndicated column in more than 500 newspapers. His column focused on political satire and commentary. He died at age 81 on January 17, 2007, in Washington, D.C.
• Tom Dowd is born Thomas John Dowd in Manhattan, New York, NY. He was a recording engineer and producer for Atlantic Records from Atlantic's founding in 1947 until the year of his death: 2002. He is credited with innovating the multitrack recording method, and was among the first to record music in stereo. Dowd worked on a veritable "who's who" of recordings that encompassed blues, jazz, pop, rock, and soul records. He died at age 77 on October 27, 2002, in Aventura, Florida.
• William Johnson, 19 years old, of Cumberland, Md., confesses to Lieut. William Forrest, of the Western police district [of Baltimore] that he was the bandit who earlier in the day had smashed the show window of Harry Ridgely's jewelry store in Ellicott City and stolen $500 worth of watches and rings, the police said. Johnson is said to have related that he left Cumberland Monday night [October 19th] on a freight train, which stopped at Ellicott City, and that several hours later he threw a brick into the window of the store and reached in for the few watches and rings which were on display. He walked to Baltimore and met Edward Adelsberger, 32 years old, of Woodbury, in a saloon. Adelsberger promised to help him dispose of the stolen goods, according to the story. They were entering a pawn shop in the Wastern district when Lieutenant Forrest and Patrolman Louis Klingenberger arrested them. Both men were delivered to Julius Wosch, chief of police of Ellicott City.
• Baltimore weather: High temp. 51 F; Low temp. 40 F; Precip.: None.
  

Wednesday, October 20, 1926:

• Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 55°F; Low temp. 43°F; Precip.: 0.48 inch.
  

Thursday, October 20, 1927:

• Joyce Brothers is born Joyce Diane Bauer in Brooklyn, New York, NY. She became a psychologist, television personality, advice columnist, and writer. She first became famous in 1955 for winning the top prize on the game show "The $64,000 Question." She died at age 85 on May 13, 2013, in Fort Lee, New Jersey.
• The Stamps Quartet, consisting of Odis Echols, Roy Wheeler, Palmer Wheeler, and Dwight Brock, first record the gospel music bestseller "Give the World a Smile." (The upbeat song inspires its own genre of gospel music.)
• Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 63 F; Low temp. 50 F; Precip.: 0.01 inch.

Saturday, October 20, 1928:

• Inventor Thomas Edison is awarded the U.S. Congressional Gold Medal.
• Chiang Kai-shek, leader of the Republic of China, invites Henry Ford and four other Americans to become honorary economic advisors to China.
• Li Peng is born in Shanghai, China. He becomes the 4th Premier of the People's Republic of China, in office from March 1988 to March 1998. He died at age 90 on July 22, 2019, in Beijing, China.
• Baltimore weather: High temp. 66 F; Low temp. 51 F; Precip.: None.

Sunday, October 20, 1929:

In Berlin, Germany, two people are reported killed in street fighting that erupts when Der Stahlhelm ("The Steel Helmet," a German World War I veterans' organization) clashes with police as they demonstrate in favor of the anti-Young Plan referendum and push toward the presidential mansion despite a police ban on street parades. Police also repel a Stahlhelm attempt to storm a Jewish synagogue.

Baltimore weather: High temp. 72 F, Low temp. 47 F; Precip.: None.

Monday, October 20, 1930:

• Baltimore weather: High temp. 53°F; Low temp. 39°F; Precip.: None.
  

Tuesday, October 20, 1931:

• Mahatma Gandhi visits Chatham House in London, England, and gives a talk on 'The Future of India.'
• Frankie Frisch of the St. Louis Cardinals is named the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of baseball's National League. This is the first year that the Baseball Writers' Association of America gives out the award, since the leagues themselves stopped naming MVPs after 1929.
• Mickey Mantle is born in Spavinaw, Oklahoma. He becomes a Major League Baseball player, playing his entire big-league career with the New York Yankees (1951 to 1968) as a center fielder, right fielder, and first baseman. He hits 536 home runs in his Major League career. Mickey died at age 63 on August 13, 1995, in Dallas, Texas.
• Baltimore weather: High temp. 76 F; Low temp. 46 F; Precip. None,

Thursday, October 20, 1932:

• Baltimore weather: High temp. 73°F; Low temp. 58°F; Precip.: None.
  

Friday, October 20, 1933:

• Baltimore weather: High temp. 74°F; Low temp. 50°F; Precip.: None.
  

Saturday, October 20, 1934:

• Baltimore weather: High temp. 64°F; Low temp. 38°F; Precip.: None.
  

Sunday, October 20, 1935:

• Baltimore weather: High temp. 81 F; Low temp. 55 F; Precip.: None.

Tuesday, October 20, 1936:

• Anne Sullivan Macy, the teacher of deaf-and-blind Helen Keller, dies at age 70 in Forest Hills, New York. She was born on April 14, 1866, in Feeding Hills, Agawam, MA.
• Baltimore weather: High temp. 80 F; Low temp. 53 F; Precip: None.

Wednesday, October 20, 1937:

• Wanda Jackson is born in Maud, Oklahoma. She is a singer and songwriter. She was among the first women to have a career in rock and roll, recording a series of 1950s singles that helped give her the title "The Queen of Rockabilly". She is also a country music artist and is considered among the genre's first female stars. Among her songs is "Right Or Wrong," a hit in 1961 that she wrote and sang, and has been covered by numerous other artists.
• Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 68 F, Low temp. 51 F; Precip: 0.33 inch.

Thursday, October 20, 1938:

• Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 80°F; Low temp. 54°F; Precip.: 0.58 inch.
  

Friday, October 20, 1939:

• Baltimore weather: High temp. 80°F; Low temp. 56°F; Precip.: None.
  

Sunday, October 20, 1940:

• Baltimore weather: Snow (0.2"); High temp. 44°F; Low temp. 32°F; Precip.: 0.02 inch (liquid). No snow on the ground.
  

Monday, October 20, 1941:

• Baltimore weather: High temp. 67°F; Low temp. 58°F; Precip.: None.
  

Tuesday, October 20, 1942:

• Baltimore weather: High temp. 74°F; Low temp. 50°F; Precip.: None.
  

Wednesday, October 20, 1943:

• Baltimore weather: High temp. 63°F; Low temp. 44°F; Precip.: None.
  

Friday, October 20, 1944:

• U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur delivers his famous “I Have Returned” speech upon landing on Leyte Island in the Philippines. It is one of the most iconic phrases of World War II, coupled with one of the most famous photographs, that captured the moment he waded ashore.
• Baltimore weather: Rain (heavy at times); High temp. 53°F, Low temp. 48°F; Precip.: 1.83 inches.

Saturday, October 20, 1945:

• Mongolians vote to become independent from China.
• Baltimore weather: Partly cloudy; breezy from mid-morning through afternoon; High temp. 72°F, Low temp. 54°F; Precip.: None.
  

Sunday, October 20, 1946:

• In pro football, Frank Seno returns a kickoff 105 yards for a touchdown for the Chicago Cardinals against the New York Giants. It's the longest kickoff return for a touchdown, up to this point.
• Baltimore weather: Cloudy to mostly cloudy with rain; breezy in the afternoon and early evening; High temp. 52°F, Low temp. 46°F; Precip.: 0.23 inch.
  

Monday, October 20, 1947:

• The U.S. House Un-American Activities Committee begins investigating alleged Communist activities involving Hollywood entertainers. (The House then pressures the Hollywood establishment to create a blacklist of those not cleared by the committee to ensure they did not obtain work, but most continue to write using pseudonyms.)
• Baltimore weather: Partly cloudy; breezy until evening; High temp. 79°F, Low temp. 63°F; Precip.: None.
  

Wednesday, October 20, 1948:

• Baltimore weather: Partly to mostly cloudy; breezy/windy much of the day (22 mph near midday); High temp. 55°F, Low temp. 43°F; Precip.: None.
  

Thursday, October 20, 1949:

• Baltimore weather: Clear to partly cloudy; High temp. 74°F, Low temp. 56°F; Precip.: None.

Friday, October 20, 1950:

• Tom Petty is born Thomas Earl Petty in Gainesville, Florida. He was a singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and actor. He was the lead vocalist and guitarist of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, formed in 1976. He previously led the band Mudcrutch, and was also a member of the late 1980s supergroup the Traveling Wilburys. He died at age 66 on October 2, 2017, in Santa Monica, California.
• William Russ is born in Portsmouth, Virginia. He becomes an actor and television director. He played Alan Matthews on the sitcom "Boy Meets World" and appeared in the television series "Wiseguy," the soap operas "Another World" and "The Young and the Restless" and the feature films "The Right Stuff," "Pastime" and "American History X."
• Baltimore weather at Friendship (now BWI) Airport: Cloudy with a light rain shower, then clear; breezy in the afternoon to early evening; High temp. 74°F, Low temp. 54°F; Precip.: Trace.
  

Saturday, October 20, 1951:

• Baltimore weather at Friendship (now BWI) Airport: Cloudy most of the day with a light rain shower, then clear to partly cloudy; breezy in the early morning; High temp. 59°F, Low temp. 44°F; Precip.: Trace.
  

Monday, October 20, 1952:

• The U.S. Subversive Activities Control Board recommends that the American Communist Party be registered with the U.S. government and be forced to show its membership roster and financial records under the Internal Security Act of 1950.
• Melanie Mayron is born in Philadelphia, PA. She becomes an actress and director of film and television. Mayron is best known for portraying the role of photographer Melissa Steadman on the ABC drama "thirtysomething" for which she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 1989.
• Baltimore weather at Friendship (now BWI) Airport: Mostly cloudy with snow flurries, then clear, then mostly cloudy, then clear; breezy/windy from early morning to mid-evening (26 mph at 11:00 am and 3:00 pm); High temp. 49°F, Low temp. 31°F; Precip.: Trace (liquid); no snow on the ground.
  

Tuesday, October 20, 1953:

• Keith Herandez is born in San Francisco, CA. He becomes a Major League Baseball first baseman and plays the majority of his career with the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Mets. Hernandez is a five-time All-Star who shared the 1979 National League Most Valuable Player ward and won two World Series titles, one each with the Cardinals and Mets.
• Baltimore weather at Friendship (now BWI) Airport: Clear, then cloudy, then clear; High temp. 81°F, Low temp. 49°F; Precip.: None.

Wednesday, October 20, 1954:

• Baltimore weather at Friendship (now BWI) Airport: Mostly cloudy, then clear, then becoming cloudy; a light rain shower late in the evening; breezy at times; High temp. 54°F, Low temp. 38°F; Precip.: 0.04 inch.

Thursday, October 20, 1955:

• Baltimore weather: Clear; a few clouds at 1:00 and 2:00 pm; High temp. 65°F, Low temp. 45°F; Precip.: None.

Saturday, October 20, 1956:

• Danny Boyle is born in Radcliffe, United Kingdom. He becomes a film director, co-directing "Slumdog Millionaire" (2008). He also is known for his work on films including Shallow Grave, Trainspotting and its sequel T2 Trainspotting, The Beach, 28 Days Later, Sunshine, 127 Hours, Steve Jobs, and Yesterday.
• On a day with clear-blue skies, construction workers compact some of the cables and place temporary bands along them on the Mackinac Bridge in Michigan. This is the last day of construction on the bridge for this year. (Construction of the bridge began on May 7, 1954, and it was opened to traffic on November 1, 1957. The bridge spans the Straits of Mackinac to connect the Upper Peninsula with the Lower Peninsula of Michigan.)
• Baltimore weather at Friendship (now BWI) Airport: Clear, then partly cloudy, then cloudy; High temp. 62°F, low temp. 43°F. Precip.: None.

Sunday, October 20, 1957:

• Baltimore weather at Friendship (now BWI) Airport: Cloudy, then becoming clear; breezy/windy all day (23 mph at 10:00 am, 1:00 and 2:00 pm); High temp. 64°F, Low temp. 41°F, Precip.: None.

Monday, October 20, 1958:

• Viggo Peter Mortensen Jr. is born in Watertown, New York. As Viggo Mortenson, he becomes an actor, author, musician, photographer, poet, and painter. He has appeared in many TV shows and films, including the "Lord of the Rings" film trilogy (released in 2001, 2002, and 2003) as Aragorn. He has written dozens of books on subjects such as photography and painting as well as his own poetry.
• Baltimore weather: Mostly cloudy, then clear, then partly cloudy, then clear; breezy/windy (23 mph at 11:00 pm); High temp. 65°F, Low temp. 43°F, Precip.: None.

Tuesday, October 20, 1959:

• Baltimore weather at Friendship (now BWI) Airport: Clear; breezy/windy from late morning to evening (21 mph at 2:00 pm); High temp. 70°F; Low temp. 38°F; Precip.: None.

Thursday, October 20, 1960:

• The first fully mechanized U.S. post office opens. It is in Providence, Rhode Island.
• Ralph Houk replaces Casey Stengel as manager of the New York Yankees. Casey Stengel had been the Yankees' manager since 1949. Earlier, he managed the Brooklyn Dodgers (1934-1936) and Boston Braves (1938-1943). After managing the Yankees, Stengel went on to manage the New York Mets (1962-1965).
• Baltimore weather at Friendship (now BWI) Airport: Rain in the morning, then cloudy, then clearing; windy/breezy from late morning onward (25 mph at 4:00 pm); High temp. 67°F; Low temp. 41°F; Precip.: 0.94 inch.

Friday, October 20, 1961:

• Baltimore weather at Friendship (now BWI) Airport: Clear, then cloudy with light rain, then partly cloudy, then clear; breezy in late morning and afternoon; High temp. 73°F; Low temp. 50°F; Precip.: Trace.

Saturday, October 20, 1962:

• Baltimore weather at Friendship (now BWI) Airport: Clear most of the day; partly cloudy late in the evening; High temp. 73°F, Low temp. 38°F; Precip.: None.

Sunday, October 20, 1963:

• Baltimore weather at Friendship (now BWI) Airport: Clear, then mostly cloudy, then clear; High temp. 74°F, Low temp. 50°F; Precip.: None.

Tuesday, October 20, 1964:

• Herbert Hoover dies at age 90 in New York, NY. He was the 31st president of the United States, serving form March 4, 1929, to March 4, 1933. Earlier, he had been U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Director of the United States Food Administration, and Chair of the Commission for Relief in Belgium. He was born Herbert Clark Hoover on August 10, 1974, in West Branch, Iowa.
• Kamala Harris is born Kamala Devi Harris in Oakland, California. She becomes District Attorney of San Francisco, CA, then Attorney General of California, then a U.S. Senator, and then becomes Vice President of the United States on January 20, 2021.
  
• Baltimore weather at Friendship (now BWI) Airport: Cloudy, then mostly cloudy; High temp. 53°F, Low temp. 41°F; Precip.: None.

Wednesday, October 20, 1965:

• Baltimore weather at Friendship (now BWI) Airport: Clear; a few clouds at 11:00 am; High temp. 73°F, Low temp. 44°F; Precip.: None.

Thursday, October 20, 1966:

• Baltimore weather at Friendship (now BWI) Airport: Cloudy, then gradually becoming clear; breezy/windy until evening (24 mph at 1:00 pm); High temp. 58°F, Low temp. 37°F; Precip.: None.

Friday, October 20, 1967:

• More than 10,000 protesters take to the streets of Oakland, California, on the fifth day of demonstrations in protest against American involvement in the Vietnam War.
• In Meridian, Mississippi, a jury convicts seven men of violating the civil rights of slain civil rights workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner. The seven men get prison terms of 3 to 10 years.
• Baltimore weather at Friendship (now BWI) Airport: Clear most of the day, then partly cloudy in late evening; High temp. 61°F, Low temp. 32°F; Precip.: None.

Sunday, October 20, 1968:

• Hurricane Gladys moves on a path just east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, and produces heavy rainfall in parts of South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia, with a maximum of 13.80 inches in Marion, South Carolina.
• Hurricane Gladys, moving parallel to the mid-Atlantic coast, causes tides up to 4 feet above normal along much of the mid-Atlantic coast, and street flooding in Ocean City, Maryland.
• Jacqueline Kennedy marries Aristotle Onassis on Onassis' private island in Greece. Jacqueline had been married to John F. Kennedy, who had been U.S. President from January 20, 1961 until he was assassinated on November 22, 1963. Aristotle is a Greek shipping magnate.
• Sunny Hostin is born Asuncion Cummings in New York, NY. She beomes a lawyer, journalist, and TV host. Co-host of ABC TV's "The View" and Senior Legal Correspondent and Analyst for ABC News; also the host and executive producer of Investigation Discovery's true crime series "Truth About Murder with Sunny Hostin."
• Baltimore weather at Friendship (now BWI) Airport: Mostly cloudy, becoming clear; breezy/windy in the afternoon (21 mph at 5:00 pm); High temp. 72°F, Low temp. 54°F; Precip.: None.

Monday, October 20, 1969:

• The high temperature in Baltimore reaches 87 degrees F, the highest temperature ever recorded for Baltimore on any October 20th (up to this point) since recordkeeping began in 1871.
• Baltimore weather at Friendship (now BWI) Airport: Clear, then becoming cloudy; breezy in the afternoon and evening; High temp. 87°F, Low temp. 49°F; Precip.: None.

Tuesday, October 20, 1970:

• Baltimore weather at Friendship (now BWI) Airport: Mostly cloudy, then cloudy; High temp. 63°F, Low temp. 50°F; Precip.: None.

Wednesday, October 20, 1971:

• Kenneth Choi is born in Chicago, Illinois. He becomes an actor, best known for playing Henry Lin on the television series "Sons of Anarchy," Chester Ming in Martin Scorsese's "The Wolf of Wall Street," and Judge Lance Ito in "The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story."
• Snoop Dogg is born Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. in Long Beach, California. He becomes a rapper, songwriter, media personality, actor, and businessman. His fame dates to 1992 when he was featured on Dr. Dre's debut solo single, "Deep Cover," and then on Dre's debut solo album, The Chronic.
• Jimi Westbrook is born in Sumiton, Alabama. He becomes a country-music singer as a member of the group Little Big Town. Known for Forever My Girl (2018) and Conan (2010).
• Baltimore weather at Friendship (now BWI) Airport: Cloudy; breezy from mid-morning to mid-evening; High temp. 64°F, Low temp. 57°F; Precip.: None.

Friday, October 20, 1972:

• The low temperature in Baltimore reaches 28 degrees F, the lowest temperature ever recorded for Baltimore on any October 20th (up to this point) since recordkeeping began in 1871.
• Baltimore weather at Friendship (now BWI) Airport: Clear; breezy in the morning; High temp. 48°F, Low temp. 28°F; Precip.: None.

Saturday, October 20, 1973:

• A series of events called the Saturday Night Massacre take place in Washington, D.C., in the evening during the Watergate scandal.  U.S. President Richard Nixon orders Attorney General Elliot Richardson to fire Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox; Richardson refuses and resigns effective immediately. Nixon then orders Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus to fire Cox; Ruckelshaus refuses, and also resigns. Nixon then orders the third-most-senior official at the Justice Department, Solicitor General Robert Bork, to fire Cox. Bork carries out the dismissal as Nixon asked. Bork stated later that he intended to resign afterward, but was persuaded by Richardson and Ruckelshaus to stay on for the good of the Justice Department.
• Saudi Arabia and the other Arab states agree to join the oil embargo. This Arab oil embargo lasts until March of 1974 but it has a profound impact on the U.S. and the world, plunging the U.S. into a deep recession in 1974 and early 1975.
• Sydney Opera House, one of the world's most distinctive buildings, opens on the banks of Sydney Harbor, Australia. The unusual design is by the Danish architect Jørn Utzon. (The work on Sydney Opera House had begun 15 years earlier.)
• Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Variable cloudiness, then clear, then partly cloudy, then clear; breezy in the afternoon; High temp. 74°F, Low temp. 43°F; Precip.: None.

Sunday, October 20, 1974:

• Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Partly cloudy to mostly cloudy, then clear; breezy in the afternoon; High temp. 49°F, Low temp. 30°F; Precip.: None.

Monday, October 20, 1975:

• Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Variable cloudiness; breezy/windy from late morning until evening (28 mph gust at 2:00 pm); High temp. 61°F, Low temp. 47°F; Precip.: None.

Wednesday, October 20, 1976:

• On the Mississippi River in Louisiana, 78 people are killed as the Norwegian tanker Frosta collides with the ferry George Prince. The Luling-Destrehan ferry George Prince is struck by the Norwegian tanker SS Frosta which had been traveling upriver. The collision occurs at mile post 120.8 above Head of Passes, less than three-quarters of a mile from the construction site of the Luling Bridge which would replace the ferry seven years later. The ferry had come from Destrehan, Louisiana on the East Bank, and was headed to Luling, Louisiana on the West Bank. Ninety-six passengers and crew were aboard the ferry when it was struck, and seventy-eight perished. This accident is the deadliest ferry disaster in United States history.
• Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Cloudy; rain (heavy at times) from late morning onward; breezy/windy in the late evening (25 mph gust at 10:00 pm); High temp. 60°F, Low temp. 51°F; Precip.: 1.64 inches.

Thursday, October 20, 1977:

• The crash of a chartered airplane kills three members of rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd along with three others. The crash occurs in a heavily-wooded swamp in Amite County, Mississippi, about five miles northeast of Gillsburg. The cause of the crash is fuel exhaustion through pilot error. Lynyrd Skynyrd's lead vocalist/founding member Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist and vocalist Steve Gaines, backing vocalist Cassie Gaines (Steve's older sister), assistant road manager Dean Kilpatrick, pilot Walter McCreary and co-pilot William Gray all die as a result of the crash while twenty others survive.
• Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Cloudy, then partly cloudy, then clear; breezy from late morning until evening; High temp. 64°F; Low temp. 44°F; Precip.: None.

Friday, October 20, 1978:

• Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Cloudy, then clear, then partly cloudy, then clear; breezy from late morning to mid-afternoon (22 mph gust at 11:00 am); High temp. 67°F, Low temp. 42°F; Precip.: None.

Saturday, October 20, 1979:

• John Krasinski is born in Boston, Massachusetts. He becomes an actor, director, producer, and screenwriter. He is perhaps best known for playing Jim Halpert in the U. S. version of the TV series "The Office" from 2005 to 2013 (a total of 201 episodes; he also directed 3 of them). He has appeared in, produced. directed, and/or written more than 3 dozen movies and numerous TV shows.
• In Salisbury, Md., Erma Donoway awoke this morning to find something other than chickens in her chicken house. There, with its nose smashed through one wall, was a bus. The vehicle had been stolen from the Trailways Bus Lines parking lot on Main street after 11 p.m. Friday, according to city police. It was driven about 2 miles before it crashed into the chicken house, killing 25 chicks and knocking the building off its foundation. Ms. Donoway. a tenant farmer who lives on a farm owned by Rufus Johnson, sleeps about 50 yards from the chicken house which she tends, but she told police she didn't know about the accident until she awoke yesterday morning. Authorities said the thief, who was still at large, apparently couldn't figure out how to get the bus in reverse. He drove forward through a 6-foot-high fence to get out of the parking lot at the bus station. And when he got to the farm, he was apparently unable to back the bus out of the chicken house after its front end rammed 5 feet into the building, officers said. State Police investigators said a Trailways employee apparently left the bus in the parking lot with the door unlocked and the keys still inside. Troopers estimated the bus did $1,500 worth of damage to the chicken house. They said the bus, a 1973 model that sold for $75,000, received about $5,000 damage.
• Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Partly cloudy to cloudy, then clear, then partly to mostly cloudy, then clear; High temp. 80°F, Low temp. 57°F; Precip.: None.

Monday, October 20, 1980:

• Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Partly to mostly cloudy, then clear, then partly to mostly cloudy; breezy from late morning until evening (21 mph gust at 1:00 pm); High temp. 62°F, Low temp. 43°F; Precip.: None.

Tuesday, October 20, 1981:

• The low temperature in Baltimore reaches 28 degrees F, a tie for the lowest temperature ever recorded for Baltimore on any October 20th (up to this point) since recordkeeping began in 1871. This low temperature ties the 28 degrees F that was recorded in Baltimore on October 20, 1972.
• Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Clear; breezy from late morning until evening; High temp. 60°F, Low temp. 28°F; Precip.: None.

Wednesday, October 20, 1982:

• Katie Featherston is born in Arlington, Texas. She becomes an actress known for playing the character Katie in the movie "Paranormal Activity" and its sequels.
• Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Variable cloudiness, then cloudy with rain showers; breezy in the afternoon; High temp. 73°F, Low temp. 47°F; Precip.: 0.03 inch.
  

Thursday, October 20, 1983:

• Maurice Bishop, the Prime Minister of Grenada, is shot dead by Grenadian armed forces at the Caribbean island's military headquarters.
• Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Cloudy; a light rain shower at midday; breezy at times in the afternoon; High temp. 55°F, Low temp. 49°F; Precip.: 0.11 inch.

Saturday, October 20, 1984:

• Monterey Bay Aquarium, one of the largest aquariums in the world, opens in Monterey Bay, California. Among its many firsts, the Aquarium is the only aquarium in the world able to keep a great white shark captive for more than 16 days.
• Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Cloudy with rain showers, then partly cloudy, then cloudy; High temp. 77°F, Low temp. 63°F; Precip.: 0.02 inch.
  

Sunday, October 20, 1985:

• Jennifer Nicole Freeman is born in Long Beach, California. She becomes an actress, often credited as Jennifer N. Freeman. She is best known for playing the role of Claire Kyle in the sitcom My Wife and Kids and her film roles in You Got Served, and Johnson Family Vacation.
• Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Cloudy; rain showers in mid-morning and in the evening; breezy in late morning; High temp. 71°F, Low temp. 50°F; Precip.: 0.22 inch.

Monday, October 20, 1986:

• Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Clear; breezy at times in midday; High temp. 66°F, Low temp. 33°F; Precip.: None.

Tuesday, October 20, 1987:

• An Air Force jet crashes into a Ramada Inn hotel near Indianapolis (Indiana) International Airport, killing ten people. The plane's jet engine flames out and the pilot is unable to restart it. The pilot ejects safely after attempting an emergency landing and before the plane crashes into the hotel.
• Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Variable cloudiness, then cloudy with a light rain shower; High temp. 68°F, Low temp. 47°F; Precip.: Trace.

Thursday, October 20, 1988:

• The British Government announces plans to change the law regarding a suspect's right to remain silent; a person's reason for remaining silent could be interpreted by a judge and jury for guilt or innocence.
• Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Clear, then partly to mostly cloudy, then clear; High temp. 61°F, Low temp. 36°F; Precip.: None.

Friday, October 20, 1989:

• Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Cloudy, then mostly to partly cloudy, then cloudy; rain in the morning; High temp. 58°F, Low temp. 42°F; Precip.: 0.81 inch.
  

Saturday, October 20, 1990:

• In Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 3 members of the rap group 2 Live Crew are acquitted by a jury of violating obscenity laws. (In an adults-only nightclub concert in nearby Hollywood, Florida, on June 11, 1990, they performed songs from their album "As Nasty As They Wanna Be," which Federal judge Jose Gonzalez in Florida had previously ruled violated community standards regarding obscenity.)
• Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Clear most of the day, then mostly cloudy, then clear; High temp. 62°F, Low temp. 36°F; Precip.: None.

Sunday, October 20, 1991:

• Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Partly cloudy, then clear, then partly cloudy, then clear, then mostly cloudy, then clear; High temp. 56°F, Low temp. 36°F; Precip.: None.

Tuesday, October 20, 1992:

• The low temperature in Baltimore reaches 28 degrees F, a tie for the lowest temperature ever recorded for Baltimore on any October 20th (up to this point) since recordkeeping began in 1871. This low temperature ties the 28 degrees F that was recorded in Baltimore on October 20, 1972, and again on October 20, 1981.
• Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Clear, becoming cloudy; High temp. 51°F; Low temp. 28°F; Precip.: None.

Wednesday, October 20, 1993:

• Baltimore weather: Cloudy, then partly to mostly cloudy, then cloudy, then mostly cloudy; rain in the afternoon; windy/breezy from late morning onward (36-mph gust at 3:00 pm); High temp. 61°F, Low temp. 59°F; Precip.: 0.09 inch.

Thursday, October 20, 1994:

• Burt Lancaster dies at age 80 in Century City, California. He was an actor and producer. Initially known for playing tough guys with a tender heart, he went on to achieve success with more complex and challenging roles over a 45-year career in film and, later, television. He was born Burton Stephen Lancaster on November 2, 1913, in Manhattan, New York, NY.
• Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Cloudy to mostly cloudy; a light rain shower in late morning; High temp. 75°F, Low temp. 59°F; Precip.: 0.02 inch.

Friday, October 20, 1995:

• Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Clear, becoming cloudy; a rain shower late in the evening; breezy at times in the afternoon and evening; High temp. 75°F, Low temp. 49°F; Precip.: 0.07 inch.
  

Sunday, October 20, 1996:

• Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Cloudy, then partly to mostly cloudy; light rain showers in the early morning and at midday; High temp. 53°F, Low temp. 45°F; Precip.: 0.07 inch.
• The Baltimore Ravens, playing in their first season, lose to the Denver Broncos 45-34 at Mile High Stadium in Denver, Colorado. The Ravens are 2-5 this season.

Monday, October 20, 1997:

• Catonsville weather: Partly cloudy, High temp. 68°F, Low temp. 37°F, Wind NW 10, Precip.: None.
• Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Clear, then partly cloudy, then clear; breezy at times in the afternoon; High temp. 70°F; Low temp. 39°F; Precip.: None.

Tuesday, October 20, 1998:

• Catonsville weather: Sunny and bright, High temp. 69°F, Low temp. 41°F, Wind Calm, Precip.: None
• Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Mostly cloudy, then clear, then partly cloudy, breezy/windy from late morning to late afternoon (26 mph gust at 11:54 pm); High temp. 69°F; Low temp. 43°F; Precip.: None.

Wednesday, October 20, 1999:

• Catonsville weather: Rain in the morning, then cloudy, High temp. 50 F, Low temp. 47 F, Precip.: 0.64 inch.
• Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Cloudy, then mostly cloudy, then cloudy; rain from early morning until mid-afternoon; High temp. 54°F; Low temp. 48°F; Precip.: 0.50 inch.
  

Friday, October 20, 2000:

• Elton John performs at Madison Square Garden in New York, NY. He tells the sellout crowd that he will retire by the end of 2001. He tells the crowd, "One more album and I'm done."
• Ali Mohamed, a forner U.S. Army sergeant and lieutenant in Osama bin Laden's terror army, enters a guilty plea in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, New York City, before Judge Leonard Sand. Mohamed admits to plotting to kill American soldiers and civilians in several countries including Kenya, Somalia and Saudi Arabia.
• Eleven Palestinians are killed in clashes in the West Bank,  the worst fighting there in two weeks. Israel calls a "time out."
• Catonsville weather: Clear, High temp. 70°F, Low temp. 36°F, Precip.: None.
• Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Clear; High temp. 72°F, Low temp. 39°F; Precip.: None.

Saturday, October 20, 2001:

• "The Concert for New York City: a celebration of the strength, resilience, and pride of New York and America" is held featuring performances by The Who, Paul McCartney, David Bowie, Billy Joel, Destiny's Child, Eric Clapton, Adam Sandler, Bon Jovi, Elton John and others.
• Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Cloudy, becoming clear; High temp. 73°F, Low temp. 39°F; Precip.: None.

Sunday, October 20, 2002:

• The Baltimore Ravens defeat the Jacksonville Jaguars in Baltimore, 17-10. The Ravens are 3-3-0 this season.
• U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Ivan Frederick pleads guilty to conspiracy, dereliction of duty, maltreatment of detainees, assault, and committing an indecent act for his actions in the Abu Ghraibl prisoner abuse scandal.  He is the third person to plead guilty in the scandal.
• U.S. war planes strike a building in Fallujah, Iraq. Local sources say the strike killed a family of six, including four children. The U.S. military, however, denies a family was killed and issues a statement saying that "intelligence sources indicate a known Zargawi propagandist is passing false reports to the media."
• In Samarra, Iraq, two car bombs kill at least eight civilians, including a child, and wound eleven US soldiers. In Baghdad, an adviser to the political party of Iraqi interim Prime Minister Ivad Allawi is killed in a drive-by shooting.
• CARE International, a health and water aid agency, announces that it is suspending operations in Iraq. Its local manager, Margaret Hassan, was abducted yesterday.
• Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri resigns and says he will leave the government, ending several weeks of conflict between Hariri and the Syrian-backed President, Emile Lahoud. Lahoud's term in office was extended last month, allegedly as a result of pressure from Syria; in response, the United Nations Security Council passed a resolution condemning foreign interference in Lebanon and demanding the withdrawal of foreign troops.
• Catonsville weather: Cloudy, then partly cloudy; High temp. 55°F, Low temp. 45°F; Precip.: None.
• Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Cloudy, High temperature: 58°F, Low temperature: 44°F, Precip.: None.

Monday, October 20, 2003:

• The United States posts a record budget deficit of $374.2 billion in the fiscal year ending September 30. The figure breaks the previous record of $290 billion, set in 1992. The number is actually better than the U.S. government's own forecast of $455 billion
• The publicist of Robert De Niro announces that the actor has prostate cancer.
• Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien indicates that during an informal meeting between him and Vladimir Putin, the Russian president indicated that he was tentatively in favor of signing the Kyoto Protocol. Russia's signature is absolutely necessary for the protocol to acquire the force of law.
• Early results in Swiss elections show larger-than-predicted gains for the right-wing Swiss People's Party.
• An Italian archaeologist claims to have found a carved two-faced head over 200,000 years old. The carving is possibly the work of Homo erectus.
• The Soyuz TMA-3 spacecraft docks with the International Space Station, bringing a new crew of three from Russia, the United States, and Spain.
• Catonsville weather: Partly cloudy; High temp. 62°F; Low temp. 33°F; Precip.: None.
• Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Clear, then partly cloudy, High temperature: 66°F, Low temperature: 40°F, Precip.: None.

Wednesday, October 20, 2004:

• US war planes strike a building in Fallujah, Iraq. Local sources say the strike killed a family of six, including four children. The U.S. military, however, denies a family was killed and issues a statement saying that "intelligence sources indicate a known Zarqawi propagandist is passing false reports to the media."
• In Samarra, Iraq, two car bombs kill at least eight civilians, including a child, and wound eleven US soldiers. In Baghdad, an adviser to the political party of Iraqi interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi is killed in a drive-by shooting.
• CARE International, a health and water aid agency, announces that it is suspending operations in Iraq. Its local manager, Margaret Hassan, was abducted the previous day.
• U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Ivan Frederick pleads guilty to conspiracy, dereliction of duty, maltreatment of detainees, assault, and committing an indecent act for his actions in the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal. He is the third person to plead guilty in the scandal.
• Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri resigns and says he will leave the government, ending several weeks of conflict between Hariri and the Syrian-backed President, Emile Lahoud. Lahoud's term in office was extended the previous month, allegedly as a result of pressure from Syria; in response, the United Nations Security Council passed a resolution condemning foreign interference in Lebanon and demanding the withdrawal of foreign troops.
• Ubuntu (a Linux distribution) releases its first version of the Linux operating system. called Warty Warthog (4.10). It is based on the Linux distribution Debian.
• The Boston Red Sox top the New York Yankees 10-3 at Yankee Stdium in the 2004 American League Championship Series and win the series after being down 3 games to none, winning four straight games in the greatest comeback in MLB playoffs history (up to this point). The Red Sox continue on to face the St. Louis Cardinals in the World Series.
• Catonsville weather: Cloudy; High temp. 54°F; Low temp. 49°F; Precip.: 0.05 inch.
  
• Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Cloudy, then a late-evening rain shower, High temperature 53°F, Low temperature 51°F, Precip.: 0.13 inch.

Thursday, October 20, 2005:

• One ticket sold in Oregon matches all the numbers in the Powerball Lottery which is worth $340 million.
• Four U.S. soldiers are killed in two insurgent attacks north of Baghdad, Iraq.
• In Afghanistan, several U.S. soldiers are caught setting fire to dead Taliban fighters, in defiance of Muslim beliefs and practices, in scenes broadcast on Afghan TV.
• In a bid to stay in step with its largest trading partner, the United States, Ontario announces it will become the first Canadian province to extend Daylight Saving Time.
• Saddam Hussein pleads "not guilty" at the opening of the al-Dujail trial. During the proceeding, Hussein argues that the judge was not appointed by him, and he did not acknowledge the court. A tribunal of five Iraqi judges headed by Rizgar Mohammed Amin will decide his sentence including if he is liable for the death penalty.
• A defense lawyer for one of Saddam Hussein's co-defendants is kidnapped.
• In the United Kingdom, David Cameron and David Davis go through to a runoff vote of Conservative Party members after a second round of voting among Tory Members of Parliament in the party's leadership election. Liam Fox is eliminated.
• Two weeks after the Kashmir earthquake death toll reaches 79,000, the United Nations estimates that 500,000 people are cut off from relief aid. The UN appeals to the international community for more aid, warning that tens of thousands of people could die if aid does not reach them before the harsh winter.
• Catonsville weather: Cloudy; High temp. 57°F; Low temp. 49°F; Precip.: None.
• Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Cloudy with light rain shower, High temperature 61°F, Low temperature 53°F, Precip.: Trace.
  

Friday, October 20, 2006:

• Authorities charge a Wisconsin man with making a hoax threat against seven football stadiums. He said they would be targeted by terrorists with radiological dirty bombs during the weekend.
• OPEC agrees to reduce its output by 1.2 million barrels per day, its first cut for more than two years, to halt falling oil prices.
• European Union leaders gather in Lahti, Finland, for a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
• Ethiopia expels two European Union diplomats for allegedly trying to smuggle two fugitives into Kenya. The European Union criticises the expulsions as "totally unacceptable."
• The Indian conglomerate Tata Group agrees to buy Anglo-Dutch steel firm Corus in the largest-ever Indian takeover of a foreign company.
• The Government of Kazakhstan is building a security fence on its border with Uzbekistan to prevent terrorist attacks in the country.
• Solomon Islands police and members of the Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands (RAMSI) raid the office of Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare in Honiara.
• Newly convicted prisoners in the United Kingdom are to be held in police cells rather than prisons, as the nation's prison service faces chronic overcrowding in its jails.
• Clare Short, the former British cabinet minister, leaves the Labour Party to sit as an Independent Labour Member of Parliament.
• Catonsville weather: Morning rain, then clearing; windy in the afternoon and evening; High temp. 68 F; Low temp. 45 F; Precip.: 0.54 inch.
• Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Morning rain, then mostly cloudy and windy, High temperature 69°F, Low temperature 44°F, Precip.: 0.38 inch.

Saturday, October 20, 2007:

• Bobby Jindal of the Republican Party is elected as the next Governor of Louisiana and becomes the first Indian-American governor in the history of the United States. With 53% of the vote, he defeats five Democrats, a Libertarian and five independents without requiring a runoff.
• Hundreds of thousands of left-wing Italians march in Rome, putting increased pressure on the Prime Minister of Italy, Romano Prodi.
• French trains resume service after a two-day strike against President Nicolas Sarkozy's proposed welfare reform.
• Author J.K. Rowling reveals that the character Dumbledore in her Harry Potter books is homosexual.
• Thousands of people flee a fresh outbreak of fighting in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
• At least seven people die in a bomb blast in the town of Dera Bugti in the Balochistan province of Pakistan.
• Mikhail Gorbachev founds a new political party in Russia, called Union of Social-Democrats.
• Karachi, Pakistan police release a photograph of the suicide bomber who killed at least 130 people in the 2007 Karachi bombings.
• Riots erupt in the immigrant quarter of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, for the sixth night in succession after the death of a Moroccan man the previous weekend.
• Iraqi President Jalal Talabani criticizes Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for his support of a possible Turkish attack against Kurdistan Workers Party fighters in the Iraqi Kurdistan.
• Saeed Jalili replaces Ali Larijani as Iran's nuclear negotiator.
• Myanmar's State Peace and Development Council lifts the curfew it imposed in Yangon and Mandalay on September 26, 2007.
• South Africa defeats England to win the 2007 Rugby World Cup.
• Catonsville weather: Clear, becoming partly cloudy, then clear; High temp. 72 F; Low temp. 49 F; Precip.: None.
• Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Clear to partly cloudy, High temperature 74°F, Low temperature 50°F, Precip.: None.

Monday, October 20, 2008:

• U.S. stock indexes rise about 4-1/2 percent.
• The Sri Lankan military reports that they have breached a key defensive line near the Tamil Tiger headquarters in northern Sri Lanka, in the Sri Lankan Civil War.
• Former President of Botswana, Festus Mogae is awarded the $5 million Mo Ibrahim Foundation Prize for Achievement in African Leadership for 2008.
• Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Clear, then partly cloudy, High temperature 65°F, Low temperature 32°F, Precip.: None.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009:

• The U.S. Supreme Court agrees to decide whether federal courts have the power to order prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay to be released into the country.
• Richard Herman resigns as the Chancellor of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign as a result of an admissions scandal.
• Sun Microsystems announces plans to lay off up to 3,000 workers as it prepares for a merger with Oracle Corp.
• The U. S. observes the National Day on Writing, sponsored by the National Council of Teachers of English.
• Jay-Z and Alicia Keys release the song "Empire State of Mind", about New York, making it one of the greatest hits and a symbol of the city.
• Afghanistan's election commission orders a run-off election for November 7 in the Afghan presidential election.
• Detectives arrest a man in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in connection with the Massereene Barracks shooting in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, in March 2009.
• Nearly 100,000 Italian women sign a petition after Silvio Berlusconi says a female politician is "more beautiful than intelligent" on live television.
• A court in Yemen sentences 10 Shi'ite Houthi rebels to death and jails five others over clashes which killed hundreds of people last year.
• Nine North Koreans who entered the Danish embassy in Hanoi, Vietnam, last month leave for South Korea.
• In a set of canon laws, the Vatican welcomes groups of Anglicans as "personal ordinariates" into the Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI announces.
• The entire government of Kyrgyzstan resigns as President Kurmanbek Bakiyev announces a new reform campaign.
• At least four students are killed and many injured in bomb explosions at an Islamic university in Islamabad, Pakistan.
• China pledges to rescue the crew aboard the Chinese ship De Xin Hai after it is hijacked by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean. The pirates threaten to kill the crew if there is any attempt to rescue them.
• Rare film footage of the abuse of suspected witches causes controversy in India.
• Niger is suspended by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) after its President Tandja Mamadou goes ahead with a parliamentary election it had asked to be postponed over boycotts.
• Iran buries its dead members of the Revolutionary Guard, killed in a suicide attack two days ago. Thousands of people attend the funerals.
• The Yankees defeat the Angels at Anaheim, 10-1, in Game 4 of the Amercian League Championship Series.  The Yankees lead the series 3 games to 1.
• Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Partly cloudy to cloudy, High temperature 70°F, Low temperature 34°F, Precip.: None.

Wednesday, October 20, 2010:

• The Obama administartion notifies the U.S. Congress of plans for a $60billion-dollar weapons deal with Saudi Arabia in a move to threaten Iran.
• In the United Kingdom, Chancellor George Osborne outlines a Comprehensive Spending Review which will see the biggest spending cuts in decades, totalling £81bn, with welfare, local givernment and police  particularly affected.
• The Government of France sends in security forces to lift blockades in three oil depots at Donges, La Rochelle and Le Mans.
• China denies reports that it has banned export of rare-earth minerals to the United States and Europe following similar measures against Japan.
• At least 1,000 Tibetan students protest in China against a new language policy which they say erodes their culture.
• South Korea arrests an alleged North Korean agent on suspicion of plotting to kill high-profile defector Hwang Jang-yop who died of a heart attack earlier in October 2010.
• Somali gunnmen release a British security consultant for Save the Children after six days in captivity.
• All four Ecuadorean miners trapped underground since a mine collapse are found dead.
• Danish and Swedish royals celebrate 200 years since establishment of the Swedish royal family.
• Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Cloudy with light rain shower, High temperature 58°F, Low temperature 45°F, Precip.: Trace.

Thursday, October 20, 2011:

• The American Jobs Act fails to garner the necessary sixty votes in the U.S. Senate to proceed.
• The government of Germany states that national GDP growth in 2012 will be significantly lower than initially predicted, due to the eurozone's ongoing economic crisis.
• A man is killed and at least 74 people are injured in major riots in the Greek capital Athens on the second day of a nationwide general strike, as Greeks protest in their thousands against new austerity measures intended to alleviate the country's ongoing debt crisis.
• Amid major riots and a genral strike, the Hellenic Parliament approves a highly controversial package of austerity measures aimed at resolving Greece's's ongoing debt crisis. The austerity measures include higher taxes and cuts to public sector wages.
• The Prime Minister of Thailand, Yngluck Shinawatra, admits that it is impossible to protect all of the capital Bangkok from ongoing nationwide flooding, describing the floods as a "national crisis".
• Deposed Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi is killed in a crossfire between Gaddafi loyalists and rebel fighters in his hometown of Sirte, Libya.
• The pro-Gaddafi stronghold of Sirte is captured by National Transitional Council (NTC) forces following a month-long siege.. The fall of Sirte marks the effective consolidation of NTC control across Libya, following the capture of the Gaddafi holdout of Bani Walid on October 17.
• In the wake of recent terrorist attacks in southern Turkey, up to 10,000 soldiers of the Turkish Army advance into northern Iraq, pursuing Kurdish separatist PKK militants.
• Basque separatist terrorist organisation ETA declares an end to its 43-year campaign of political violence, which has killed over 800 people since 1968.
• The diving support vessel DSV Koosha 1 capsizes off the coast of Iran, resulting in the deaths of six comercial divers from India who are trapped in the vessel's diving chamber when the boat sinks.
• Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Partly cloudy to mostly cloudy, windy, High temperature 69°F, Low temperature 51°F, Precip.: None.

Saturday, October 20, 2012:

• Hundreds of pilgrims are evacuated from the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in southern France following severe flooding in the area.
• The SV Estelle, a schooner attempting to breach the Israeli blockade of Gaza claiming to deliver humanitarian aid, is boarded by Israeli soldiers and diverted to the port of Ashdod by Israeli naval ships; Israel says no aid is found aboard. Passengers offer no resistance.
• Jewish-American linguist, philosopher and human rights campaigner Noam Chomsky visits Gaza for the first time and attends a seminar alongside Gazan thinkers and intellectuals
• Overnight clashes in southeastern Turkey leave 9 people dead, including 6 security officers and 3 suspected Kurdish militants.
• Suspected members of Boko Haram attack the northern Nigerian city of Potiskum, destroying several buildings and leaving at least 23 people dead.
• Tens of thousands of protesters march through London, Glasgow and Balfast in a series of demonstrations against UK government austerity measures.
• Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Clear, then increasing cloudiness, High temperature 66°F, Low temperature 48°F, Precip.: None.

Sunday, October 20, 2013:

• The Baltimore Ravens lose to the Pittsburgh Steelers at Pittsburgh, 19-16, on a 42-yard field goal by Shaun Suisham at the very end of the game. The Ravens are 3-4 this season.
• Toyota recalls 885,000 vehicles due to electrical problems that could prevent airbags from deploying.
• A state of emergency is declared in New South Wales, Australia, because of bushfires that have already claimed one life and destroyed hundreds of homes.
• Gunmen open fire on a Christian wedding in a Cairo suburb in Egypt, with at least three people killed and nine others injured.
• In Iraq, suicide bombers targeting police and local officials in Rawa, northwest of Baghdad, kill 15 people.
• 78 people are killed by cattle raiders in Jonglei state, Sudan.
• 30 people are killed by a suicide truck bomber in Hama, Syria.
• 37 people are killed in a suicide bombing in Baghdad, Iraq.
• Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Clear, High temperature 63°F, Low temperature 42°F, Precip.: None.

Monday, October 20, 2014:

• The remnants of Hurricane Gonzalo make landfall in the United Kingdom causing heavy rains and gale force winds.
• A collision between two buses on the Dhaka-Raishahi highway leaves at least 30 people dead in northwestern Bangladesh.
• The Chief Executive Officer of large French oil-and-gas company Total, Christophe de Margerie, dies in a plane crash in Moscow, Russia, together with three members of the flight crew.
  
• A huge explosion occurs in a rubber factory in the rebel held city of Donetsk in Ukraine with the Russian media claiming it was caused by a missile. The Government of Ukraine denies the charges.
• In Libya, pro-government forces launch an attack on Islamist militants resulting in 75 deaths in five days.
• In Iraq, at least 43 Shi'ites are killed in Baghdad and the holy city of Karbala in a wave of suicide and car bombings.
• Joko Widodo is sworn in as President of Indonesia.
• Two members ofPrime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe's cabinet resign over a scandal involving alleged misuse of political funds.
• Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Mostly cloudy with a light rain shower, High temperature 66°F, Low temperature 35°F, Precip.: Trace.

Tuesday, October 20, 2015:

• At least 70 homes have been destroyed by a raging wildfire (Hidden Pines Fire) in Bastrop County, central Texas. The Texas A&M Forest Service reports the blaze in Bastrop County is currently 80 percent contained.
• The United States Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Marine Corps General Joseph Dunford arrives in Iraq to discuss the ongoing battle against ISIS.
• U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, during a surprise visit to Jerusalem, calls for calm ahead of meetings with Israeliand Palestinian leaders in an effort to bring an end to the month-long wave of violence.
• Canada's prime-minister elect Justin Trudeau informs U.S. President Barack Obama that Canada will be withdrawing fighter jets from both Iraq and Syria, effectively ending Canada's military participation in the war on the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
• The Taliban kill 22 policemen and kidnap 19 others, including the district’s security chief, during clashes with Afghan troops who kill 12 of the insurgents in the battle in Faryab Province in northern Afghanistan.
• Taliban forces advance on Lashkar Gah, the capital of Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan, amid fierce fighting with government forces that threatens to cut off a major highway and has prompted many families to flee.
• Research from University of California, Los Angeles scientists indicates that life on Earth may have started 4.1 billion years ago – 300 million years earlier than previously thought.
• Research by the University of Central Florida indicates a common UV-filtering compound, oxybenzone, found in sunscreen lotion is killing coral, especially among reefs frequented by recreational divers and snorkelers.
• A storm that soon becomes extremely-strong Hurricane Patricia develops into a tropical depression in the Pacific Ocean off the west coast of Mexico. (On October 23, this storm, as Hurricane Patricia, becomes the tropical cyclone with the strongest winds in recorded history in the Western Hemishpere, with one-minute sustained wind speed measured at 215 miles per hour. Later on October 23, it weakens some and makes landfall near Cuixmala, Jalisco, with winds of 150 mph, the strongest winds of any landfalling hurricane ever recorded on the west coast of Mexico.)
• Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Partly cloudy, then clear, High temperature 71°F, Low temperature 37°F, Precip.: None.

Thursday, October 20, 2016:

• Following his October 5 arrest, U.S. federal prosecutors in Baltimore charge Harold T. Martin III, a former National Security Agency contractor, for violating the Espionage Act, specifically, with felony theft of government property. Prosecutors state that, over a 20-year time period, Martin stole at least 50 terabytes of data and "six full bankers boxes" of classified and other documents. The prosecutors state that Martin had an “arsenal” of weapons in his home.
• U.S. President Barack Obama defends his health care program by saying that millions of Americans “now know the financial security of health insurance” because of the Affordable Care Act.
• Typhoon Haima, the second tropical cyclone to hit the Philippines in less than a week, kills at least seven people and causes flooding, landslides, and power outages before heading out to sea.
• Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte says he plans to cut ties with his country's former colonial ruler, the United States, while strengthening ties with China.
• Turkish jets hit Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) militia with 26 airstrikes in three recently-captured-from-ISIL villages west of al-Bab and northeast of Aleppo. The Turkish General Staff says between 160 and 200 have been killed, while the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports 11 dead and dozens of people wounded.
• In Game 5 of the WNBA Finals, the Los Angeles Sparks defeat the defending champion Minnesota Lynx, 77-76, for their first title in 14 years. The Sparks win the finals, 3 games to 2.
• Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Cloudy to mostly cloudy, High temperature 81°F, Low temperature 65°F, Precip.: None.

Friday, October 20, 2017:

• The European Union heads of state prepare to start negotiations on a future UK-EU trade agreement in December, depending on progress with the financial "exit bill" negotiations by then.
• Two suicide bomber attacks, one on a Shia mosque in Kabul and one on a Sunni mosque in Ghor Province, kill approximately 60 people. Approximately 180 people have been killed in bombing attacks this week.
• The Syrian Democratic Forces announce the "total liberation" of Raqqa, previously the de facto capital of the Islamic State (ISIL/ISIS).
• Sixteen members of the Egyptian Police die in a clash with Islamic militants from the Hasm Movement. More than fifteen militants are killed.
• Police in Malawi arrest 140 people after nine people were lynched for suspected vampirism.
• Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Partly cloudy, High temperature 76°F, Low temperature 49°F, Precip.: None.

Saturday, October 20, 2018:

• U.S. President Donald Trump says that the United States will withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, a 1987 nuclear arms treaty with Russia.
• The Los Angeles Dodgers return to the World Series after a 5–1 victory against the Milwaukee Brewers in game 7 of the National League Championship Series.
• Four U.S. tourists are killed in Costa Rica in a rafting accident on a swollen river.
• Saudi Arabia announces that journalist Jamal Khashoggi had been killed in Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. There is immediate skepticism over the Saudi account that Khashggi had died during a "fistfight."
• More than 600,000 people gather at Parliament Square in London, England, as protesters from the People's Vote campaign call for a second Brexit referendum deal between the United Kingdom and the European Union.
• After a delay of three years, voters in Afghanistan head to the polls to elect members of the nation's parliament. The election is marred by violence and suicide attacks which leave over 170 dead or wounded nationwide. Because of technical issues in some constituencies, voting is extended through the next day, October 21.
• A spat in a market in Nigeria's northern Kaduna State results in 55 dead. After the brawl, 22 people were arrested.
• Unidentified armed men shoot and kill nine sugarcane farmers in Sagay, Philippines.
• Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Light rain in the morning and late evening, cloudy to mostly cloudy at other times. High temperature 68°F, low temperature 50°F., Precip.: 0.05 inch.

Sunday, October 20, 2019:

• The Ravens defeat the Seattle Seahawks at Seattle, 30-16. The Ravens are 5-2 this season.
• Three American soldiers with the 3rd Infantry Division are killed and three others are injured in a training accident at Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, Georgia.
• Tornadoes strike North Texas as part of an outbreak.
• U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper says American troops withdrawing from Syria will go to western Iraq, where the U.S. military will continue to conduct operations against the Islamic State to prevent its resurgence.
• Joko Widodo is officially inaugurated as president of Indoesnia for the second time and will serve until 2024.
• In Chile, because of protests, curfew is extended to Concepcion and Valparaiso Region, including Santiago. Nine million people are under a state of emergency, equal to 52 percent of the country's population.
• Three people are found dead in a supermarket that had been set on fire in San Bernardo, Chile.
• The government of Bangladesh announces it will begin moving thousands of Rohingya refugees from crowded camps to the flood-prone island of Thengar Char starting in early November. The government hopes to relocate 100,000 refugees by the end of the operation, which has been criticised by rights groups as an "inevitable" humanitarian crisis.
• Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Light to moderate rain for most of the day. High temperature 57°F, Low temperature 49°F. Precip.: 1.35 inches.

Tuesday, October 20, 2020:

• In Afghanistan, four bombs kill a total of 19 people and injure nine more, and two people are shot dead.
• Gunmen storm a jail in Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and free more than 1,300 inmates, also attacking the military camp that provides security to the prison. The town's mayor blames the Allied Democratic Forces, which he says used electrical equipment. Twenty inmates return and two are shot dead.
• Soldiers open fire against protesters for about an hour and a half during protests against police brutality in Lagos, Nigeria, killing about 20 people and wounding at least 50 others. It is reported that the soldiers had built a barricade and ambulances could not reach the protest area.
• The Canadian town of Asbestos, Quebec, votes to rename itself as Val-des-Sources. The name change, approved by a majority of the town's 7,000 residents, must now be approved by the provincial government. (The change to the new name is approved on December 17, 2020.)
• Two United States F-22 fighters intercept a pair of Russian Tu-95 bombers in international airspace near Alaska.
• A Thai court orders the suspension of an online TV station, critical of the Thailand government, named Voice TV, which has been accused of violating emergency measures aimed at ending three months of protests. Voice TV was also found to have breached the Computer Crime Act by uploading "false information".
• The French government orders the Grand Mosque of Pantin in the Paris suburb of Pantin to close for at least six months after an investigation found the mosque's Facebook page shared a video that incited hatred towards history teacher Samuel Paty, who was beheaded by a radical Islamist outside his school. Interior Minister Garald Darmanin says France was confronted by an "enemy within".
• The United States Department of Justice files an antitrust lawsuit against Google.
• NASA's OSIRIS-REx space probe successfully lands and collects samples from the asteroid Bennu. The samples will be returned to Earth in 2023.
• Game 1 of the 2020 World Series is played in Arlington, Texas, at Globe Life Field, between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Tampa Bay Rays. The ballpark is (obviously) not the home ballpark of either team, having been chosen as the site of the World Series by Major League Baseball because of the COVID-19 pandemic in which postseason games were played in regional "bubbles." The Dodgers defeat Tampa Bay, 8-3, to take a 1-0 lead in the Series. This will be the first World Series since 1944 to be played in only one ballpark. (In the 1944 World Series, the St. Louis Cardinals faced the St. Louis Browns, but both teams shared the same ballpark for their home games, Sportsman's Park.)
• Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Fog, then cloudy, High temp. 75°F, Low temperature 54°F, Precip.: None.

Wednesday, October 20, 2021:

• U.S. President Joe Biden visits Scranton, PA, where he was born and spent the first ten years of his life, and gives a speech that highlights his infrastructure proposal.
• U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris turns 57 years of age.
• Nikolas Jacob Cruz, accused of the 2018 mass shooting that killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, pleads guilty on all 34 charges.
• Two bombs attached to a military bus detonate as it passes under Jisr al-Rais bridge in Damascus, Syria, killing 14 people. Minutes later, military shellfire kills at least 10 civilians in Ariha, Idlib Governorate, Syria.
• Mount Aso in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, erupts, sending smoke more than 2 miles into the sky. The eruption begins around noon local time. Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno says that there are no reports of injuries but says he heard there were climbers on the mountain before the eruption and they are checking the situation.
• The death toll due to floods and landslides in western Nepal increases to 77. The government has pledged aid to the hardest-hit areas.
• Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta lifts Kenya's nationwide curfew that had been in place since March 2020 and allows places of worship to be filled two-thirds of their capacity as the number of COVID-19 cases declines.
• Senegal reports a daily total of zero COVID-19 cases for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic.
• Russian President Vladimir Putin approves the cabinet proposal for non-working days for employees from October 31 until November 7 amid persistent rise of COVID-19 cases and deaths, which hit a record 1,028 deaths in a single day.
• The Serbian government decides to introduce COVID-19 health passes for all indoor cafés and restaurants, which will be mandatory for entering these places beginning from October 23 at 10:00 p.m.
• President of Russia Vladimir Putin says he will not attend the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, "seriously weakening hopes of a breakthrough international deal" on climate change.
• In Game 5 of the American League Championship Series (ALCS), the Houston Astros defeat the Boston Red Sox 9-1 in Boston. The Astros lead the series 3 games to 2.
• In Game 4 of the National League Championship Series (NLCS), the Atlanta Braves defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers 9-2. The Braves lead the series 3 games to 1.
• Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Clear, then mostly cloudy, then clear; High temp. 78°F, Low temp. 52°F, Precip.: None.

Thursday, October 20, 2022:

• Liz Truss resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after just 44 days in office, making her the shortest-tenured U.K. prime minister in history.
• In Game 2 of the American League Championship Series (ALCS), the Houston Astros defeat the New York Yankees 3-2 in Houston. The Astros lead the series 2-0.
• U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris turns 58 years of age.
  
• Danny Boyle, English film director and producer, turns 66 years of age.
• Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Clear, then partly cloudy at 6:54 PM, then clear; breezy in the afternoon (24 mph gust at 2:54 PM); High temp. 62°F, Low temp. 35°F, Precip.: None.

Friday, October 20, 2023:

• In NLCS game 4, the Philadelphia Phillies lose to the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-5 in Arizona. The series is tied at 2 games each.
• In ALCS game 5, the Houston Astros defeat the Texas Rangers 5-4 in Arlington, Texas. Houston leads the series 3 games to 2.
• U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris turns 59 years of age.
  
• Danny Boyle, English film director and producer, turns 67 years of age.
  
• The Baltimore region receives light rain in the afternoon and evening, with embedded moderate and heavy rain in some areas.
• Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Mostly cloudy, becoming cloudy; periods of light rain beginning in late afternoon; fog and drizzle; briefly breezy in the afternoon (13 mph sustained wind and 20 mph gust at 3:54 PM; maximum wind gust 25 mph); High temp 73°F; Low temp 52°F; Precip: 0.12 inch.