Today's birthdays:
| Colin Jeavons born | 20 October 1929 |
| Igor Maslennikov born | 20 October 1931 |
Today's anniversaries:
| The Adventure of the Speckled Band starring Gordon | 20 October 1930 |
| The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb starring Rathbone | 20 October 1940 |
| The Adventure of the Empty House starring Wheatley | 20 October 1951 |