October 20

Television

1994 - Aladdin premieres 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 premieres on Disney Channel with the episode "Kixx".
2006
- The Little Einsteins episode "The Birthday Machine" premieres on Playhouse Disney.
- Return to Halloweentown premieres on Disney Channel.
2007 - My Friends Tigger & Pooh premieres on Disney Channel with the episode "Eeyore's Home Sweet Home/Rabbit's Prized Pumpkin".
2013 - The Once Upon a Time episode "Nasty Habits" premieres on ABC.
2015 - The Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episode "Devils You Know" premieres on ABC.
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 Most Dangerous Game...Night!" The Season 2 Opening episode of DuckTales premieres on Disney Channel.
- The Spider-Man episode "Brand New Day" premieres on Disney XD.

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
- 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 - Sam Witwer (actor and voice actor)
1978 - Dionne Quan (voice actress)
1979 - John Krasinski (actor, voice actor, comedian, film director, and writer)