February 20th, 1102

Born on February 20th, 1102

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 336,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 118 days, exactly on October 23rd, 2024, people who were born on February 20th, 1102 will be 337,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on February 20th?

February 20th, 1988

The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast voted to secede from Azerbaijan and join Armenia, triggering the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.

February 20th, 1970

The Wat Phra Dhammakaya in Pathum Thani province, one of the largest Buddhist temples in Thailand, was founded.

February 20th, 1965

The NASA spacecraft Ranger 8 spacecraft transmitted 7,137 photographs of the Moon in the final 23 minutes of its mission before crashing as planned in Mare Tranquillitatis.

February 20th, 1959

Canadian prime minister John Diefenbaker cancelled the Avro CF-105 Arrow (pictured) interceptor-aircraft program amid much political debate.

February 20th, 1943

A fissure opened in a cornfield in the Mexican state of Michoacán and continued to erupt for nine years, forming the cinder cone Parícutin .

February 20th, 1905

The Supreme Court of the United States ruled in Jacobson v. Massachusetts that states had the authority to order compulsory vaccination.

February 20th, 1872

The Metropolitan Museum of Art , today the largest art museum in the United States with a collection of more than two million works, opened in New York.

February 20th, 1864

American Civil War: The Union Army suffered a one-in-three casualty rate at the Battle of Olustee near Lake City, Florida.

February 20th, 1846

Polish insurgents in the Free City of Kraków led an uprising attempting to incite a fight for national independence that was put down by the Austrian Empire nine days later.

February 20th, 1835

An earthquake registering approximately 8.5 Mw devastated Concepción, Chile, and triggered a tsunami that destroyed neighbouring Talcahuano.

February 20th, 1816

Italian composer Gioachino Rossini's opera buffa The Barber of Seville premiered at the Teatro Argentina in Rome to jeers from the audience.

February 20th, 1685

The French colonization of Texas began with the landing of colonists led by Robert de La Salle near Matagorda Bay.

February 20th, 1998

At the age of 15, American figure skater Tara Lipinski became the youngest gold-medal winner in the history of the Winter Olympic Games at the time.

February 20th, 2010

Severe flooding and mudslides on the island of Madeira, Portugal, killed 51 people.

February 20th, 2009

The Tamil Tigers attempted to crash two aircraft laden with C-4 in suicide attacks on Colombo, Sri Lanka, but the planes were shot down before they reached their targets.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 20th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on February 20th?

30

Mathias Christiansen

Badminton player

*February 20th, 1994, Bornholm

21

Olivia Rodrigo

American singer and actress (born 2003)

*February 20th, 2003, Murrieta

59

Thomas Kemmerich

German politician

*February 20th, 1965, Aachen

57

Chung So-young

South Korean badminton player

*February 20th, 1967, Gimje

36

Rihanna

Barbadian singer and actress (born 1988)

*February 20th, 1988, Saint Michael

58

Urs Fischer

Swiss association football player and manager (born 1966)

*February 20th, 1966, Triengen

72

Hans-Jürgen Irmer

German politician

*February 20th, 1952, Limburg an der Lahn

55

Bambang Suprianto

Badminton player

*February 20th, 1969, Surakarta City

34

Keigo Sonoda

Badminton player

*February 20th, 1990, Yatsushiro

26

Zhou Haodong

Chinese badminton player

*February 20th, 1998, Ningbo

42

Felo Feoto

Badminton and football player

*February 20th, 1982, Nukufetau

73

Gordon Brown

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2007 to 2010

*February 20th, 1951, Giffnock

89

Jim Poole

Badminton player

*February 20th, 1932, Nashville †November 7th, 2021, Blacksburg

27

Sammy Skytte

Danish association football player

*February 20th, 1997, Denmark

27

Kurt Cobain

American rock musician (1967–1994)

*February 20th, 1967, Aberdeen †April 5th, 1994, Seattle

70

Patty Hearst

American kidnapping victim

*February 20th, 1954, San Francisco

81

Mike Leigh

English writer and director (born 1943)

*February 20th, 1943, Brocket Hall

79

Antonio Inoki

Japanese professional wrestler, businessman, and politician (1943-2022)

*February 20th, 1943, Yokohama †October 1st, 2022, Minato

78

Brenda Blethyn

British actress

*February 20th, 1946, Ramsgate

21

Joao Grimaldo

Peruvian association football player

*February 20th, 2003, Lima

45

Armelle Deutsch

French actress

*February 20th, 1979, Martigues

94

Sidney Poitier

Bahamian and American actor and diplomat (1927–2022)

*February 20th, 1927, Miami †January 6th, 2022, Los Angeles

71

J. Geils

American musician

*February 20th, 1946, New York City †April 11th, 2017, Groton

35

Jasna Fritzi Bauer

Swiss-Chilean actress

*February 20th, 1989, Wiesbaden

52

Corinna Harney

American actress and model

*February 20th, 1972, Bremerhaven

65

Sabine Kaack

German actress

*February 20th, 1959, Nortorf

58

Angelica Schuyler Church

American socialite (1756–1814)

*February 20th, 1756, Albany †March 6th, 1814, New York City

82

Mitch McConnell

American politician and lawyer (born 1942)

*February 20th, 1942, Sheffield

62

Stephan van den Berg

Olympic sailor form The Netherlands

*February 20th, 1962, Hoorn

30

Brigid Kosgei

Kenyan long-distance runner

*February 20th, 1994, Kapsowar

75

Marc Detton

French rower

*February 20th, 1901, Thorigny-sur-Marne †January 24th, 1977, 20th arrondissement of Paris

83

Alexander Gauland

German politician, lawyer and journalist

*February 20th, 1941, Chemnitz

79

George F. Smoot

American astrophysicist and cosmologist

*February 20th, 1945, Yukon

81

Robert Altman

American filmmaker (1925–2006)

*February 20th, 1925, Kansas City †November 20th, 2006, Los Angeles

63

Leonida Bissolati

Italian statesman (1857-1920)

*February 20th, 1857, Cremona †March 6th, 1920, Rome

58

Cindy Crawford

American model

*February 20th, 1966, DeKalb

80

Patricia Smith

American actress (1930-2011)

*February 20th, 1930, New Haven †January 2nd, 2011, Los Angeles

70

Anthony Head

English actor

*February 20th, 1954, Camden Town

61

Charles Barkley

American basketball player

*February 20th, 1963, Leeds

39

Julia Volkova

Russian singer, member of the duo t.A.T.u.

*February 20th, 1985, Moscow

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 20th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on February 20th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1102 is a normal year and no leap year.

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