February 20 is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 314 days remaining, 315 in leap years.
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Events
up to 19th century
20th century
21st century
Births
up to 19th century
20th century
1900-1949
- 1902 - Ansel Adams, photographer (d. 1984)
- 1904 - Alexei Kosygin, Premier of the Soviet Union (d. 1980)
- 1909 - Heinz Erhardt, German comedian (d. 1979)
- 1912 - Pierre Boulle, author (d. 1994)
- 1924 - Gloria Vanderbilt, jeans designer and entrepreneur
- 1925 - Robert Altman, film director
- 1925 - Heinz Kluncker, labor union leader
- 1926 - Richard Matheson, author
- 1926 - Rob Richards, track and field athlete
- 1927 - Sidney Poitier, actor
- 1934 - Bobby Unser, automobile racer
- 1937 - Roger Penske, automobile racer
- 1937 - Nancy Wilson, singer
- 1941 - Buffy Sainte-Marie, singer
- 1942 - Phil Esposito, ice hockey player
- 1943 - Mike Leigh, director
- 1946 - Brenda Blethyn, actress
- 1946 - Jerome Geils of the J Geils band
- 1947 - Peter Osgood, English football player
- 1947 - Peter Strauss, actor
1950-1999
- 1951 - Gordon Brown, British politician
- 1954 - Anthony Stewart Head, actor
- 1954 - Patty Hearst, socialite
- 1955 - Kelsey Grammer, actor
- 1963 - Charles Barkley, American basketball player
- 1966 - Cindy Crawford, model
- 1967 - Kurt Cobain, rock musician (d. 1994)
- 1971 - Jari Litmanen, Finnish international football player
- 1975 - Brian Littrell, musician ("Backstreet Boys")
- 1977 - Stephon Marbury, basketball player
- 1980 - Imanol Harinordoquy, French international rugby player
- 1985 - Yulia, half of Russian pop group t.A.T.u.
Deaths
upto 19th century
- 1171 - Conan IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1138)
- 1194 - Tancred, King of Sicily
- 1431 - Pope Martin V
- 1579 - Nicholas Bacon, English politician (b. 1509)
- 1626 - John Dowland, composer and lutenist (b. 1563)
- 1773 - King Charles Emmanuel III of Savoy (b. 1701)
- 1790 - Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1741)
- 1810 - Andreas Hofer, Tyrolean national hero, is executed by the French at Mantova
- 1871 - Paul Kane, painter (b. 1810)
- 1893 - P.G.T. Beauregard, Confederate general (b. 1818)
- 1895 - Frederick Douglass, American, abolitionist writer (b. ca. 1818)
20th century
- 1920 - Robert Peary, explorer (b. 1856)
- 1966 - Chester Nimitz, American admiral (b. 1885)
- 1968 - Anthony Asquith, director, writer (b. 1902)
- 1969 - Ernest Ansermet, conductor (b. 1883)
- 1972 - Walter Winchell, journalist, (b. 1897)
- 1985 - Clarence Nash, Disney voice actor (b. 1904)
- 1992 - Dick York, actor (b. 1928)
- 1993 - Ferrucio Lamborghini, automobile manufacturer
- 1996 - Toru Takemitsu, composer (b. 1930)
- 1996 - Solomon Asch, psychologist (b. 1907)
- 1999 - Sarah Kane, playwright (b. 1971)
- 1999 - Gene Siskel, film critic (b. 1946)
21st century
Holidays and observances
February 19 - February 21 - January 20 - March 20 -- listing of all days
af:02-20
bg:20 февруари
bs:Februar 20
ca:20 de febrer
cs:20. únor
cy:20 Chwefror
da:20. februar
de:20. Februar
et:20. veebruar
es:20 de febrero
eo:20-a de februaro
fr:20 février
fy:20 febrewaris
ko:2월 20일
hr:20. veljače
is:20. febrúar
it:20 febbraio
he:20 בפברואר
lt:Vasario 20
lb:20. Februar
hu:Február 20
nl:20 februari
ja:2月20日
no:20. februar
oc:20 de febrièr
pl:20 lutego
ro:20 februarie
ru:20 февраля
sa:२० फरवरी
sr:20. фебруар
sl:20. februar
fi:20. helmikuuta
sv:20 februari
tr:20 Şubat
uk:20 лютого
zh:2月20日
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