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On 20 October 1973, President Richard Nixon fired two Attorney Generals in a single evening in a desperate attempt to halt the Watergate investigation. The Saturday Night Massacre, as it became known, spectacularly backfired and set Nixon on the path to resignation. But the 20th of October also marks the 1995 release of Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, the Bollywood film that has played continuously at Mumbai’s Maratha Mandir cinema for decades. And in 1983, the world quietly redefined the metre, tying it to the speed of light rather than a metal bar in a Parisian vault. Clara Vale explores three moments from the same date: political self-destruction, enduring cultural impact, and the elegant precision of modern measurement.