On this day: October 20

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October 20

Mahamat Déby​

• 1936 – British woman Mabel Freer was refused entry to Australia after failing a dictation test given in Italian, leading to a debate over Australia's immigration policy.
• 1944 – World War II: Fulfilling a promise he made two years previously, General Douglas MacArthur landed on Leyte to begin the recapture of the Philippines.
• 1986 – Soviet Aeroflot Flight 6502 crashed after overrunning the runway at Kuibyshev Airport, killing 70 people on board.
• 2022 – Protests broke out across Chad after President Mahamat Déby (pictured) declared his intentions to extend his rule by another two years.

• Sennacherib (d. 681 BC)
• Luo Yixiu (b. 1889)
• Hun Manet (b. 1977)
• Rui Pinto (b. 1988)

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• October 19
• October 20
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