October 20

Television

• 1994 - Aladdin premiere in syndication with the episode "Poor Iago".
• 1995 - The Bill Nye the Science Guy episode "Populations" premieres in syndication.
• 1997
  • The Bear in the Big Blue House episode "Home is Where the Bear Is" premieres on Playhouse Disney.
  • 101 Dalmatians: The Series premieres in syndication with the episode "Treasure of Swamp Island/Lord of the Termites".
• 2003
  • The Bear in the Big Blue House episode "A Trip to the General Store" premieres on Playhouse Disney.
  • Lilo & Stitch: The Series premiere on Disney Channel with the episode "Kixx".
• 2007 - My Friends Tigger & Pooh premieres on Disney Channel with the episode "Eeyore's Home Sweet Home/Rabbit's Prized Pumpkin".
• 2017
  • The Once Upon a Time episode "The Garden of Forking Paths" premieres on ABC.
  • The Raven's Home episode "Vest in Show" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2018 - The Spider-Man episode "Brand New Day" premieres on Disney XD.

Video games

• 2015 - Gravity Falls: Legend of the Gnome Gemulets

People

Births

• 1901 - Frank Churchill (composer)
• 1921 - Bob Gregory (comics artist and writer)
• 1935 - Jerry Orbach (actor, voice actor, and singer)
• 1942
  • Robert Costanzo (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
  • Earl Hindman (actor)
• 1948 - Sandra Dickinson (actress and voice actress)
• 1950 
  • Tom Petty (singer, songwriter, and voice actor)
  • William Russ (actor and television director)
  • Tom Schulman (screenwriter, producer, and director)
• 1955 - Thomas Newman (film composer)
• 1971
  • Rachel House (actress, voice actress, and director)
  • Kenneth Choi (actor)
• 1976 - Dan Fogler (actor, stand-up comedian, director, producer, playwright, graphic novelist, and musician)
• 1977 - Samuel Witwer (actor and voice actor)
• 1979 - John Krasinski (actor, voice actor, comedian, film director, and writer)

Deaths

• 1994 - Burt Lancaster (actor, director, and producer)
• 2006 - Jane Wyatt (actress)
• 2016 - Kaneta Kimotsuki (Japanese voice actor)