Replaying Monday, October 20, 2003

The October 20, 2003 was a Monday under the star sign of . It was the 292 day of the year. President of the United States was George W. Bush.

If you were born on this day, you are 22 years old. Your last birthday was on the Monday, October 20, 2025, 256 days ago. Your next birthday is on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, in 108 days. You have lived for 8,292 days, or about 199,027 hours, or about 11,941,630 minutes, or about 716,497,800 seconds.

Some people who share this birthday:

  • Kamala Harris (lawyer, politician, prosecutor, born October 20, 1964)
  • Snoop Dogg (actor, businessperson, film actor, film director, film producer, manufacturer, musician, rapper, record producer, screenwriter, singer, singer-songwriter, songwriter, television actor, television producer, voice actor, born October 20, 1971)
  • John Krasinski (actor, film actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, stage actor, television actor, television producer, voice actor, born October 20, 1979)
  • Viggo Mortensen (actor, composer, film actor, film director, film producer, jazz musician, manufacturer, musician, painter, photographer, poet, singer, television actor, writer, born October 20, 1958)
  • William Zabka (film actor, film producer, screenwriter, television actor, writer, born October 20, 1965)
  • Tom Petty (composer, guitarist, record producer, singer, singer-songwriter, born October 20, 1950)
  • Arthur Rimbaud (arms trader, explorer, military personnel, poet, world traveler, born October 20, 1854)
  • Claudio Ranieri (association football manager, association football player, born October 20, 1951)
  • Ma Long (table tennis player, born October 20, 1988)
  • Takayuki Yamada (actor, screenwriter, seiyū, singer, television actor, born October 20, 1983)
  • Danny Boyle (film director, film producer, screenwriter, television producer, born October 20, 1956)
  • John Dewey (aesthetician, pedagogue, philosopher, professor, psychologist, sociologist, teacher, trade unionist, writer, born October 20, 1859)
  • Stefano Pioli (association football manager, association football player, born October 20, 1965)
  • Michiko (aristocrat, children's writer, consort, poet, born October 20, 1934)
  • Jerry Orbach (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, voice actor, born October 20, 1935)
  • Andrey Rublev (tennis player, born October 20, 1997)
  • Mickey Mantle (baseball player, born October 20, 1931)
  • Bela Lugosi (actor, film actor, stage actor, trade unionist, born October 20, 1882)
  • Dannii Minogue (actor, disc jockey, dressmaker, fashion designer, film actor, model, presenter, singer, singer-songwriter, songwriter, born October 20, 1971)
  • Valeria Fabrizi (beauty pageant contestant, stage actor, television presenter, born October 20, 1936)
  • Navjot Singh Sidhu (cricketer, politician, born October 20, 1963)
  • Tomoko Yamaguchi (actor, seiyū, born October 20, 1964)
  • Scott Hall (professional wrestler, born October 20, 1958)
  • Virender Sehwag (cricketer, born October 20, 1978)
  • Ian Rush (association football manager, association football player, born October 20, 1961)
  • Vladimir Solovyov (YouTuber, entrepreneur, journalist, opinion journalist, pedagogue, propagandist, radio personality, television presenter, writer, born October 20, 1963)
  • Julie Payette (astronaut, engineer, politician, born October 20, 1963)
  • Stefan Raab (comedian, conductor, entertainer, entrepreneur, journalist, radio personality, record producer, singer-songwriter, television presenter, television producer, born October 20, 1966)
  • Candice Swanepoel (supermodel, born October 20, 1988)
  • Sonu Kakkar (singer, born October 20, 1979)
  • Nargis Fakhri (actor, film actor, model, born October 20, 1979)
  • Hunter King (actor, composer, film actor, guitarist, television actor, born October 20, 1993)
  • Rachel House (actor, film actor, theatrical director, voice actor, born October 20, 1971)
  • Dan Fogler (actor, comedian, film actor, film director, film producer, musician, screenwriter, singer, stage actor, television actor, voice actor, born October 20, 1976)
  • Kenneth Choi (actor, dub actor, television actor, voice actor, born October 20, 1971)
  • Sam Witwer (actor, film actor, musician, television actor, voice actor, born October 20, 1977)
  • Li Peng (politician, born October 20, 1928)
  • Mattia De Sciglio (association football player, born October 20, 1992)
  • Mara Venier (actor, television presenter, born October 20, 1950)
  • Dave Wong (actor, singer, songwriter, born October 20, 1962)
  • Chavo Guerrero, Jr. (professional wrestler, born October 20, 1970)
  • Alona Tal (actor, film actor, singer, television actor, born October 20, 1983)
  • Jomo Kenyatta (journalist, born October 20, 1893)
  • Dmitry Donskoy (statesperson, born October 12, 1350)
  • Earl Hindman (film actor, television actor, born October 20, 1942)
  • Thomas Newman (composer, film score composer, musician, born October 20, 1955)
  • Sunny Hostin (journalist, lawyer, television presenter, born October 20, 1968)
  • Jess Glynne (composer, singer, songwriter, born October 20, 1989)
  • Keith Hernandez (actor, baseball player, born October 20, 1953)
  • Saeid Marouf (volleyball player, born October 20, 1985)
  • William Christopher (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, born October 20, 1932)
  • Stanisław Leszczyński (art collector, born October 20, 1677)
  • Bill Nunn (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, born October 20, 1953)
  • Timothy West (actor, film actor, opera singer, stage actor, television actor, born October 20, 1934)
  • Jennifer Freeman (actor, film actor, television actor, born October 20, 1985)
  • Somaya Elkhashab (actor, singer, born October 20, 1966)
  • Fumito Kawai (tarento, born October 20, 1987)
  • Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (politician, born October 20, 1784)
  • Alberto Ammann (actor, born October 20, 1978)
  • Jean-Pierre Melville (actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, born October 20, 1917)
  • Susan Tully (actor, television director, television producer, born October 20, 1968)
  • Báb (Manifestation of God, merchant, preacher, religious servant, born October 20, 1819)
  • Niamh Cusack (actor, film actor, born October 20, 1959)
  • Richard Rishi (actor, born October 20, 1977)
  • Lepa Brena (actor, model, singer, born October 20, 1960)
  • Niall Matter (actor, film actor, television actor, born October 20, 1980)
  • Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (badminton player, born October 20, 1996)
  • Dennis Joseph (film director, screenwriter, born October 20, 1957)
  • Theodore Hall (physicist, born October 20, 1925)
  • Ango Sakaguchi (critic, novelist, screenwriter, writer, born October 20, 1906)
  • Elfriede Jelinek (author, librettist, literary critic, novelist, playwright, poet, screenwriter, translator, writer, born October 20, 1946)
  • Omar da Fonseca (association football player, sports journalist, born October 20, 1959)
  • Zhong Nanshan (physician, politician, pulmonologist, researcher, born October 20, 1936)
  • James Chadwicc (nuclear physicist, university teacher, born October 20, 1891)
  • Christopher Wren (anatomist, architect, astronomer, mathematician, physicist, politician, university teacher, urban planner, born October 20, 1632)
  • A$AP Ferg (rapper, record producer, singer, songwriter, born October 20, 1988)
  • Michelle Malkin (author, blogger, columnist, journalist, pundit, writer, born October 20, 1970)
  • Tommy Douglas (cleric, minister, politician, born October 20, 1904)
  • Yi Un (military personnel, born October 20, 1897)
  • Dolores Hart (film actor, nun, stage actor, television actor, born October 20, 1938)
  • Fit Finlay (professional wrestler, born October 20, 1958)
  • Pauline Bonaparte (politician, princess, born October 20, 1780)
  • Hana Hegerová (actor, film actor, singer, born October 20, 1931)
  • Balqees Ahmed Fathi (actor, singer, born October 20, 1988)
  • Mitch Lucker (composer, singer-songwriter, born October 20, 1984)
  • Limmy (actor, blogger, comedian, musician, online streamer, podcaster, screenwriter, stand-up comedian, writer, born October 20, 1974)
  • Ken Mogi (cognitive scientist, born October 20, 1962)
  • Mitchell Marsh (cricketer, born October 20, 1991)
  • Kiran Kumar (actor, television actor, born October 20, 1954)
  • Sheldon Whitehouse (director, judge, lawyer, politician, born October 20, 1955)
  • Eddie Jones (basketball player, born October 20, 1971)
  • Yasuhiko Asaka (military personnel, politician, born October 20, 1887)
  • Arlene Francis (autobiographer, film actor, game show host, radio personality, stage actor, television presenter, born October 20, 1907)
  • Rokurō Naya (actor, impresario, seiyū, born October 20, 1932)
  • Sandra Dickinson (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, voice actor, born October 20, 1948)
  • Anthony Taylor (association football referee, born October 20, 1978)
  • Jelly Roll Morton (bandleader, composer, conductor, jazz musician, pianist, born October 20, 1890)
  • Danielle Kang (golfer, born October 20, 1992)
  • Brian Schatz (chief executive officer, politician, teacher, born October 20, 1972)
  • Otfried Preußler (children's writer, military personnel, pedagogue, screenwriter, translator, writer, born October 20, 1923)
  • Maurice Gamelin (military personnel, born October 20, 1872)
  • Joyce Brothers (actor, columnist, journalist, psychologist, television presenter, born October 20, 1927)
  • Les Stroud (actor, film director, musician, born October 20, 1961)
  • Seo Shin-ae (actor, film actor, born October 20, 1998)
  • Wanda Jackson (guitarist, musician, singer, singer-songwriter, songwriter, yodeler, born October 20, 1937)
  • Katie Featherston (actor, film actor, television actor, born October 20, 1982)
  • Michie Tomizawa (actor, seiyū, singer, born October 20, 1961)
  • Hiromu Nonaka (politician, born October 20, 1925)
  • Rodney Hood (basketball player, born October 20, 1992)
  • Charles Ives (actuary, composer, musician, born October 20, 1874)
  • John Ratcliffe (lawyer, politician, university teacher, born October 20, 1965)
  • Daniel Prévost (comedian, film actor, screenwriter, stage actor, television actor, writer, born October 20, 1939)
  • Ivo Pogorelić (academic musician, pianist, born October 20, 1958)
  • John Anderson (film actor, film director, stage actor, television actor, born October 20, 1922)
  • Roger Hanin (actor, film actor, film director, politician, screenwriter, television actor, writer, born October 20, 1925)
  • Florent Sinama Pongolle (association football player, born October 20, 1984)
  • Branislav Nušić (civil servant, diplomat, journalist, novelist, playwright, poet lawyer, writer, born October 20, 1864)
  • Sattar Khan (politician, born October 20, 1868)
  • Mark King (composer, singer, songwriter, born October 20, 1958)
  • George Harris (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, born October 20, 1959)
  • V. S. Achuthanandan (politician, trade unionist, born October 20, 1923)
  • Kathy Kirby (singer, born October 20, 1938)
  • John Bell (actor, film actor, television actor, born October 20, 1997)
  • Luo Yixiu (writer, born October 20, 1889)
  • Michael Dunn (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, born October 20, 1934)
  • Jamie Collins (American football player, born October 20, 1989)
  • Tokona-X (master of ceremonies, born October 20, 1978)
  • Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile (consort, born October 13, 1162)
  • Alexander Fu (film actor, karateka, television actor, born October 20, 1954)
  • Sugita Genpaku (linguist, physician, translator, writer, born October 20, 1733)
  • David Caspe (screenwriter, showrunner, television producer, born October 20, 1978)
  • Dmitri Alenichev (association football manager, association football player, politician, statesperson, born October 20, 1972)
  • Stéphane Hessel (French Resistance fighter, diplomat, political activist, writer, born October 20, 1917)
  • Anna Neagle (actor, film actor, musician, singer, stage actor, born October 20, 1904)
  • Jorge Carlos Fonseca (diplomat, faculty member, politician, writer, born October 20, 1950)
  • Olive Thomas (actor, film actor, model, screenwriter, stage actor, born October 20, 1894)
  • Aaron Pryor (boxer, born October 20, 1955)
  • Horatio Spafford (composer, lawyer, poet, born October 20, 1828)
  • Risa Niigaki (actor, seiyū, singer, stage actor, born October 20, 1988)
  • Robert Costanzo (film actor, film producer, screenwriter, television actor, voice actor, born October 20, 1942)
  • Rebecca Chan (actor, born October 20, 1958)
  • Daniel Sickles (diplomat, lawyer, military officer, politician, born October 20, 1819)
  • Laurent Paganelli (association football player, journalist, born October 20, 1962)
  • Rodrigo Faro (actor, television actor, born October 20, 1973)
  • Ernst Hannawald (actor, film actor, television actor, writer, born October 20, 1959)
  • Douglas Coe (writer, born October 20, 1928)
  • William Russ (film actor, stage actor, television actor, born October 20, 1950)
  • Luigi Lo Cascio (actor, film actor, film director, born October 20, 1967)
  • Ken Ham (creationism, evangelist, born October 20, 1951)
  • Ben Wong (actor, film actor, television actor, born October 20, 1973)

20th of October 2003 News

News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on October 20, 2003

White House Letter; Trying to Bypass the Good-News Filter

Date: 20 October 2003

By Elisabeth Bumiller

Elisabeth Bumiller

Pres Bush bypasses White House press corps, granting interview to reporter for Hearst-Argyle Television to push cheery message about American occupation in Iraq; his claim that Americans are not getting truth, and that news travels through 'filter,' generates newspaper articles, report on ABC's Nightline and much comment; although White House reporters are angry about lack of access to Bush, his tactic is not new, only unique in that he so openly acknowledges what he is up to; photo (White House Letter) (M)

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Miscellany

Date: 21 October 2003

By Nat Ives

Nat Ives

Association of National Advertisers extends terms of chairman James D Speros and vice chairman James R Stengel for additional year each, to two years; will serve through October 2004; POP Radio, provider of advertiser-supported radio content to stores, acquires and absorbs SmartSource Radio network from News America Marketing, part of News Corp; Bensimon Byrne D'Arcy is being renamed Bensimon Byrne and will operate as autonomous unit of parent Publicis Groupe (S)

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Hope Glimmering as War Retreats From Congo

Date: 21 October 2003

By Marc Lacey

Marc Lacey

Congo is at fragile point of healing after calamitous war that nearly destroyed country; Congolese flag is now flying nationwide, and tentative steps have begun to merge rival armies into one; Pres Joseph Kabila, who succeeded father Laurent Kabila after his assassination in 2001, now has four vice presidents, two of whom once tried to oust him by force; peace deal requires them to meet at last once every two weeks; stories of political intrigue and backbiting fill local press, but none of bickering has led to gun battles; real test of peace will be posed by elections two to three years away, first multiparty elections in country since 1960; beyond capital of Kinshasa, many Congolese are still running for their lives; despite supposed cessation of hostilities, massacres continue in remote reaches of eastern Congo; United Nations peacekeepers, now numbering more than 10,000, always appear one step behind latest killings; but most of former belligerents have made rather seamless transition from war to something at least resembling peace; struggling Congolese people remain wary of latest crop of politicians; photo; map; chart describing main parties to peace accord signed in Apr (M)

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GOLDMAN SACHS TO BUY COGENTRIX FOR $115 MILLION

Date: 21 October 2003

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Goldman Sachs Group to pay $115 million for electricity producer Cogentrix Energy Inc (S)

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POZEN'S MIGRAINE TREATMENT FAILS TO GAIN APPROVAL

Date: 21 October 2003

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Pozen Inc, which is seeking federal approval for its first drug, says Food and Drug Administration has rejected company's migraine treatment because it does not treat some symptoms (S)

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3M'S QUARTERLY EARNINGS INCREASE 22 PERCENT

Date: 21 October 2003

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

3M Co says third-quarter earnings rose 22 percent, to $663 million from $545 million year ago; sales rose 11 percent, to $4.62 billion (S)

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ICAHN EXTENDS DEADLINE FOR HALLWOOD REALTY PARTNERS

Date: 21 October 2003

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Financier Carl Icahn's High River extends by one month offer of $104.5 million for two-thirds of Hallwood Realty Partners, which owns 114 commercial and office buildings (S)

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JUDGE CLEARS $500 MILLION BANKRUPTCY LOAN FOR MIRANT

Date: 21 October 2003

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Federal Bankruptcy Judge D Michael Lynn grants Mirant Corp $500 million loan to help finance its Chapter 11 reorganization; Mirant will borrow money from GE Capital Corp; Citigroup Inc and Credit Suisse Group objected to loan (S)

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A.& P. TO SELL EIGHT O'CLOCK COFFEE UNIT FOR $107 MILLION

Date: 21 October 2003

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co agrees to sell its Eight O'Clock coffee division for at least $107.5 million to Gryphon Investors (S)

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World Business Briefing | Europe: France: Software Acquisition

Date: 21 October 2003

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Cap Gemini Ernst & Young offers to buy French software maker Transiciel for about 244 million euros ($285 million) in new stock (S)

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