February 20th, 1832

Born on February 20th, 1832

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 70,000 days old!

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... 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

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

89

Jim Poole

Badminton player

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

42

Felo Feoto

Badminton and football player

*February 20th, 1982, Nukufetau

69

Rudolf von Knüpffer

Estonian architect (1831-1900)

*February 20th, 1831, Väike-Maarja Parish †July 10th, 1900, Tallinn

73

Gordon Brown

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2007 to 2010

*February 20th, 1951, Giffnock

27

Kurt Cobain

American rock musician (1967–1994)

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

81

Mike Leigh

English writer and director (born 1943)

*February 20th, 1943, Brocket Hall

70

Patty Hearst

American kidnapping victim

*February 20th, 1954, San Francisco

27

Sammy Skytte

Danish association football player

*February 20th, 1997, Denmark

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

72

Hans-Jürgen Irmer

German politician

*February 20th, 1952, Limburg an der Lahn

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91

Gustave Eiffel

French chemical engineer and architect

*December 15th, 1832, Dijon †December 27th, 1923, Paris

75

Wilhelm Busch

German painter, poet and cartoonist (1832–1908)

*April 15th, 1832, Wiedensahl †January 9th, 1908, Mechtshausen

51

Édouard Manet

French painter (1832–1883)

*January 23rd, 1832, former 10th arrondissement of Paris †April 30th, 1883, 8th arrondissement of Paris

84

José Echegaray

Spanish author (1832-1916)

*April 19th, 1832, Madrid †September 14th, 1916, Madrid

65

Lewis Carroll

British author and scholar (1832–1898)

*January 27th, 1832, Daresbury †January 14th, 1898, Guildford

83

Tommaso Villa

Italian lawyer and politician (1832-1915)

*January 29th, 1832, Mondovì †July 24th, 1915, Turin

55

Louisa May Alcott

American novelist (1832–1888)

*November 29th, 1832, Germantown †March 6th, 1888, Boston

86

William Crookes

British chemist and physicist (1832-1919)

*June 17th, 1832, London †April 4th, 1919, London

77

Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson

Norwegian writer (1832–1910)

*December 8th, 1832, Kvikne †April 26th, 1910, Paris

52

Jules Vallès

French journalist and author (1832-1885)

*June 11th, 1832, Le Puy-en-Velay †February 14th, 1885, 5th arrondissement of Paris

84

Edward Burnett Tylor

English anthropologist

*October 2nd, 1832, Camberwell †January 2nd, 1917, Wellington

43

Werner Munzinger

Swiss explorer, administrator and linguist (1832-1875)

*April 21st, 1832, Olten †November 7th, 1875, Aussa Sultanate

51

Gustave Doré

French illustrator and painter (1832–1883)

*January 6th, 1832, Strasbourg †January 23rd, 1883, Paris

88

Wilhelm Wundt

German physician, physiologist, philosopher and professor (1832-1920)

*August 16th, 1832, Neckarau †August 31st, 1920, Großbothen

34

Maximilian I of Mexico

Emperor of Mexico (1832-1867)

*July 6th, 1832, Schönbrunn Palace †June 19th, 1867, Santiago de Querétaro

58

Nicolaus Otto

German inventor

*June 10th, 1832, Holzhausen an der Haide †January 26th, 1891, Cologne

58

Ferdinando Acton

Naval officer (1832-1891)

*July 16th, 1832, Naples †February 18th, 1891, Rome

67

Charles Friedel

French scientist

*March 10th, 1832, Strasbourg †April 19th, 1899, Montauban

74

Henry Martyn Baird

American historian (1832-1906)

*January 17th, 1832, Philadelphia †November 1st, 1906, New York City

63

Gustav Langenscheidt

German book publisher

*October 21st, 1832, Berlin †November 11th, 1895, Berlin

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Public holidays on February 20th

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Leap year

Yes: 1832 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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