A Thursday
Born on October 20, 1955?
Here's the world on that day. Add a name and a birthplace for the full time capsule: the weather, the sky above your town and what things cost.
📅 Weekday
Thursday
♎ Star sign
Libra
🐐 Chinese zodiac
Wood Goat
🌒 Moon
Waxing Crescent
🎂 Age today
71 years
Famous people born on October 20, 1955
No famous birthdays are recorded for this exact day.
Born the same week
Elisa Ferreira
October 17 · Portuguese politician
Rita Verdonk
October 18 · Dutch politician
Jean Kambanda
October 19 · Rwandan politician
Alfredo Borrero Vega
October 19 · Vicepresident of Ecuador
Alberto Iglesias
October 21 · Spanish composer
Graeme Revell
October 23 · New Zealand musician, composer (b. 1955)
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
October 20, 1955 was a Thursday. Someone born on October 20, 1955 is a Libra. Someone born on October 20, 1955 is 71 years old today and has lived about 25,949 days. People born in 1955 belong to the Baby Boomers.
Also born on October 20
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Christopher Wren
1632 · English architect

Arthur Rimbaud
1854 · French poet

John Dewey
1859 · American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer

Don Stephen Senanayake
1884 · Prime Minister of Sri Lanka

James Chadwick
1891 · English physicist , who discovered the neutron in

Jomo Kenyatta
1893 · first Prime Minister and President of self-governing Kenya
Gift ideas for someone born in 1955
AdPresents that go back to the year it all began.
- Decorations for turning 72
- “Born in 1955” gifts
- Wine from 1955
- Books about 1955
- A newspaper from 1955
- Coin set from 1955
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Questions about October 20, 1955
- What day of the week was October 20, 1955?
- October 20, 1955 was a Thursday.
- What star sign is someone born on October 20, 1955?
- Someone born on October 20, 1955 is a Libra.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for October 20, 1955?
- In the Chinese zodiac, October 20, 1955 falls in the year of the Wood Goat.
- How old is someone born on October 20, 1955?
- Someone born on October 20, 1955 is 71 years old today and has lived about 25,949 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1955?
- People born in 1955 belong to the Baby Boomers.
- What is the birthstone for October?
- The birthstone for October is opal.
- What was the moon phase on October 20, 1955?
- On October 20, 1955 the moon was a Waxing Crescent.
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