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20 February - Definition and Overview |
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February 20 is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 314 days remaining, 315 in leap years.
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
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Example Usage of February |
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nme_gigs: Hockey announce 2010 UK and Ireland tour and ticket details - Portland band to hit the road in February http://qurl.com/9wg3h |
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goodbuyie: £9 Sale now on! For stays from 1st February - 6th June 2010 @www.travelodge.co.uk. |
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TravelodgeUK: £9 Sale now on! For stays from 1st February - 6th June 2010 @www.travelodge.co.uk. |
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