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Learn with Dates 20 October – What happened today in history?
World Osteoporosis Day
observed annually on October 20th
To raising global awareness of the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis and metabolic bone disease
launched on October 20th 1996 by the United Kingdom’s National Osteoporosis Society
Sino-Indian War
20 October 1962 – 21 November 1962
President – Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Prime Minister – Jawaharlal Nehru
Defense Minister – V. K. Krishna Menon
Casualties – 1,383 killed
Muammar Gaddafi
Died – 20 October 2011
known as ‘Colonel Gaddafi’
ruler of Libya since 1949 – 2011(42 years)
James Chadwick
Born – 20 October 1891
Died – 24 July 1974
Known for Discovery of the neutron
Awarded the 1935 Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of the neutron in 1932
Virender Sehwag
Born – 20 October 1978
former Indian cricketer
first One Day International in 1999
first Indian to be honoured as the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World for his performance in 2008
Arjuna Award – 2002
Padma Shree 2010
Leila Seth
Born – 20 October 1930
Died – 5 May 2017
Indian judge who served as the first woman judge on the Delhi High Court
first woman to become Chief Justice of a state High Court, Himachal Pradesh High Court
member of the 15th Law Commission of India from 1997 to 2000