October 20

Events

 * 1906 - The three-element electrical vacuum tube (now known as a ) is announced to a meeting of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by Dr

Births

 * 1819 –, Polish pianist (d. 1897)
 * 1874 –, American composer (d. 1954)
 * 1913 –, American banjo player and singer (d. 1998)
 * 1923 –, American conductor
 * 1925 –, American recording engineer (d. 2002)
 * 1934 –, American jazz saxophonist (d. 1996)
 * 1940 –, British singer
 * 1943 –, Croatian soprano
 * 1950 –, American musician
 * 1954 –, orchestrator
 * 1955 –, American composer
 * 1958 –, English musician and singer (Level 42)
 * 1958 –, Croatian pianist
 * 1961 –, Japanese voice actress
 * 1965 –, Scottish musician
 * 1965 –, French singer and songwriter
 * 1966 –, American drummer (Cinderella)
 * 1971 –, Australian singer
 * 1971 –, American rapper
 * 1976 –, American guitarist (MxPx)
 * 1977 –, Canadian classical violinist
 * 1980 –, English musician
 * 1983 –, musician
 * 1988 –, Japanese singer (Morning Musume)

Deaths

 * 1870 –, Irish composer (b. 1808)
 * 2005 –, American singer (b. 1934)
 * 2007 –, British bass-player (Killing Joke, Ministry) (b. 1961)