February 20th, 1743

Born on February 20th, 1743

Age in days, weeks and months
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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

58

Angelica Schuyler Church

American socialite (1756–1814)

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

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

55

Bambang Suprianto

Badminton player

*February 20th, 1969, Surakarta City

34

Keigo Sonoda

Badminton player

*February 20th, 1990, Yatsushiro

70

Johann Peter Salomon

German violinist, composer, conductor and musical impresario

*February 20th, 1745, Bonn †November 25th, 1815, London

26

Zhou Haodong

Chinese badminton player

*February 20th, 1998, Ningbo

42

Felo Feoto

Badminton and football player

*February 20th, 1982, Nukufetau

89

Jim Poole

Badminton player

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

73

Gordon Brown

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2007 to 2010

*February 20th, 1951, Giffnock

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

Same year
Born in 1743

83

Thomas Jefferson

President of the United States from 1801 to 1809

*April 13th, 1743, Shadwell †July 4th, 1826, Monticello

50

Antoine Lavoisier

French chemist

*August 26th, 1743, Paris †May 8th, 1794, place de la Concorde

80

Louise von Lengefeld

Hofmeisterin at the court of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt and mother-in-law of Friedrich Schiller

*July 27th, 1743, Wolkramshausen †December 11th, 1823, Rudolstadt

50

Jean-Paul Marat

Politician and journalist during the French Revolution (1743-1793)

*May 24th, 1743, Boudry †July 13th, 1793, Paris

59

Toussaint Louverture

Haitian national hero

*May 20th, 1743, Cap-Haïtien †April 7th, 1803, Fort de Joux

50

Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat de Condorcet

French philosopher, mathematician, and political scientist (1743-1794)

*September 17th, 1743, Ribemont †March 29th, 1794, Bourg-la-Reine

79

René Just Haüy

French mineralogist

*February 28th, 1743, Saint-Just-en-Chaussée †June 3rd, 1822, Paris

78

José Fernando de Abascal y Sousa

Spanish military officer and viceroyal administrator (1743-1821)

*June 3rd, 1743, Oviedo †June 30th, 1821, Madrid

63

David Roentgen

German cabinetmaker (1743-1807)

*August 11th, 1743, Herrnhaag †February 12th, 1807, Wiesbaden

77

Joseph Banks

English naturalist, botanist and patron of the natural sciences (1743-1820)

*February 24th, 1743, Soho †June 19th, 1820, Isleworth

52

Alessandro Cagliostro

Italian occultist

*June 2nd, 1743, Palermo †August 26th, 1795, San Leo

69

Christian Ehregott Weinlig

German composer

*September 30th, 1743, Dresden †March 14th, 1813, Dresden

85

Christian Gottlieb von Arndt

German historian

*December 2nd, 1743, Łabędnik †January 2nd, 1829, Heidelberg

67

Francis Dana

Chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

*June 13th, 1743, Charlestown †April 25th, 1811, Cambridge

55

John Fitch

American inventor, clockmaker, entrepreneur and engineer (1743–1798)

*January 21st, 1743, South Windsor †July 2nd, 1798, Bardstown

62

Luigi Boccherini

Italian composer and cellist (1743–ayer)

*February 19th, 1743, Lucca †May 28th, 1805, Madrid

80

Edmund Cartwright

British inventor

*April 24th, 1743, Nottingham †October 30th, 1823, Kent

73

Gavrila Derzhavin

Russian poet

*July 3rd, 1743, Suqır †July 8th, 1816, Zvanka manor

50

Madame du Barry

French noblewoman by marriage (1743-1793), last mistress of Louis XV (from 1768 to 1774)

*August 19th, 1743, Vaucouleurs †December 8th, 1793, Paris

48

Richard Butler

United States general (1743-1791)

*April 1st, 1743, Dublin †November 4th, 1791, Ohio Country

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1743 is a normal year and no leap year.

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