About the day » Friday October 20, 1944Calender converter

• Joann Marie Karwoski, Tacoma, Pierce Co., Washington, United States († 2010)
• Ferdinand Emile Zwaan, 's-Gravenhage († 2024)
• Hans van Engelenburg († 1973)
• Alberta Litke, Gary, Lake, Indiana, Verenigde Staten († 2000)
• Elisabeth Gerda Josephine Visser, Leiden († 1945)
• Gary John Mouw, Sheldon, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 2021)
• Carol Ann Cadovius († 2010)
• Margaretha Wilhelmina Maria Nieuweboer, Edam, Netherlands († 1999)
• Lee Kleidon († 2013)
• Johanna de Boer, Putten († 1945)

• Anna Elizabeth Mulder Bosgoed Mulder (75), Voorburg
• Anna Maria Cornelia Philomena van Boxtel (42), Goirle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Agatha Maria Theodorus Siersma (71), Eerbeek
• Albert Pinxterhuis (75), Beilen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Allegonda Beulen (14), Kaatsheuvel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• "Karl" Hieronymus Vincenz Maria von Auersperg (52), Nürnberg, Allemagne
• Anna Wilhelmina Mönch (43), Amsterdam
• Arie Cornelis Bodenstab (35), Freusha (I)
• Antonius Arie Spronsen van (79), Utrecht, Utr, Nederland
• Antonius Johannes Bernardus Corbeek (0), Oss

• 1942 » Bart Zoet, Dutch cyclist († 1992)
• 1942 » Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, German biologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1942 » Earl Hindman, American actor († 2003)
• 1943 » Dunja Vejzović, Croatian soprano and actress
• 1944 » David Mancuso, American party planner, created The Loft († 2016)
• 1944 » Nalin de Silva, Sri Lankan physicist and philosopher
• 1945 » Ric Lee, English drummer (Ten Years After)
• 1946 » Diana Gittins, American-English sociologist, author, and academic
• 1946 » Elfriede Jelinek, Austrian author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1946 » Lewis Grizzard, American comedian and author († 1994)

• 1926 » Eugene V. Debs, American union leader and politician (b. 1855)
• 1928 » Jack Peddie, Scottish footballer (b. 1876)
• 1935 » Arthur Henderson, Scottish-English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1863)
• 1936 » Anne Sullivan, American educator (b. 1866)
• 1940 » Gunnar Asplund, Swedish architect and academic, co-designed Skogskyrkogården (b. 1885)
• 1941 » Ken Farnes, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1911)
• 1950 » Henry L. Stimson, American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 46th United States Secretary of State (b. 1867)
• 1953 » Werner Baumbach, German colonel and pilot (b. 1916)
• 1956 » Lawrence Dale Bell, American industrialist and founder of Bell Aircraft Corporation (b. 1894)
• 1957 » Michalis Dorizas, Greek-American javelin thrower and football player (b. 1890)

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
• March 30 » Out of 795 Lancasters, Halifaxes and Mosquitos sent to attack Nuremberg, 95 bombers do not return, making it the largest RAF Bomber Command loss of the war.
• May 1 » World War II: Two hundred Communist prisoners are shot by the Germans at Kaisariani, Athens in reprisal for the killing of General Franz Krech by partisans at Molaoi.
• May 18 » Deportation of Crimean Tatars by the Soviet Union government.
• July 7 » World War II: Largest Banzai charge of the Pacific War at the Battle of Saipan.
• October 6 » World War II: Units of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps enter Czechoslovakia during the Battle of the Dukla Pass.
• November 4 » World War II: The 7th Macedonian Liberation Brigade liberates Bitola for the Allies.

The temperature on October 20, 1944 was between 5.4 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 7.3 mm of rain during 5.1 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.