October 20 is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years). There are 72 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
- 1995 - Dumbledore's Army meetings continue undetected: Neville Longbottom succeeds in Disarming Hermione Granger, and Parvati Patil was able to reduce a table to dust.
Behind the scenes
- 1944: Veronica Clifford, who played Mrs. Mason in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film), is born. As is George Harris, who played Kingsley Shacklebolt, in 1949.