February 20th, 1875

Born on February 20th, 1875

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

Born on February 20th, 1875

88

Marie Marvingt

French athlete and aviator (1875-1963)

*February 20th, 1875, Aurillac †December 14th, 1963, Laxou

61

Albert Dalimier

French politician (1875-1936)

*February 20th, 1875, Bordeaux †May 6th, 1936, Neuilly-sur-Seine

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Who's birthday is on February 20th?

30

Mathias Christiansen

Badminton player

*February 20th, 1994, Bornholm

59

Thomas Kemmerich

German politician

*February 20th, 1965, Aachen

57

Chung So-young

South Korean badminton player

*February 20th, 1967, Gimje

21

Olivia Rodrigo

American singer and actress (born 2003)

*February 20th, 2003, Murrieta

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

89

Jim Poole

Badminton player

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

34

Keigo Sonoda

Badminton player

*February 20th, 1990, Yatsushiro

26

Zhou Haodong

Chinese badminton player

*February 20th, 1998, Ningbo

73

Gordon Bottomley

British poet

*February 20th, 1874, Keighley †January 1st, 1948, Silverdale

73

Gordon Brown

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2007 to 2010

*February 20th, 1951, Giffnock

42

Felo Feoto

Badminton and football player

*February 20th, 1982, Nukufetau

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

79

Antonio Inoki

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

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

27

Kurt Cobain

American rock musician (1967–1994)

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

78

Brenda Blethyn

British actress

*February 20th, 1946, Ramsgate

94

Sidney Poitier

Bahamian and American actor and diplomat (1927–2022)

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

27

Sammy Skytte

Danish association football player

*February 20th, 1997, Denmark

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Born in 1875

101

Ole Mørk Sandvik

Norwegian musicologist and educator

*May 9th, 1875, Ringsaker Municipality †August 5th, 1976, Oslo

80

Thomas Mann

German novelist and Nobel Prize laureate (1875–1955)

*June 6th, 1875, Lübeck †August 12th, 1955, Zürich

90

Albert Schweitzer

French-German physician, theologian, musician, and philosopher

*January 14th, 1875, Gunsbach †September 4th, 1965, Lambaréné

65

Walter Percy Chrysler Sr.

(1875-1940) American automotive industry executive

*April 2nd, 1875, Wamego †August 18th, 1940, Kings Point

60

Alice Dunbar Nelson

American writer, activist (1875-1935)

*July 19th, 1875, New Orleans †September 18th, 1935, Philadelphia

85

Carl Jung

Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist (1875–1961)

*July 26th, 1875, Kesswil †June 6th, 1961, Küsnacht

69

Malin Craig

American politician (1875-1945)

*August 5th, 1875, St. Joseph †July 25th, 1945, Washington, D.C.

63

Friedrich Opel

German entrepreneur

*April 30th, 1875, Rüsselsheim am Main †August 30th, 1938, Vienna

85

Charles Bernard

Belgian journalist (1875-1961)

*December 28th, 1875, Antwerp †October 24th, 1961, Brussels metropolitan area

87

Christie MacDonald

Canadian opera singer and stage actor

*February 28th, 1875, Pictou †July 25th, 1962, Fairfield

60

Pattie Ruffner Jacobs

American suffragist

*October 2nd, 1875, West Virginia †December 22nd, 1935

56

Edgar Wallace

British crime writer, journalist and playwright

*April 1st, 1875, Greenwich †February 10th, 1932, Beverly Hills

58

Albert I of Belgium

King of the Belgians from 1909 to 1934

*April 8th, 1875, Palace of the Count of Flanders †February 17th, 1934, Marche-les-Dames

75

Ferdinand Porsche

Austrian-German automotive engineer, inventor and Nazi who founded the Porsche car company

*September 3rd, 1875, Vratislavice nad Nisou †January 30th, 1951, Stuttgart

51

Rainer Maria Rilke

Austrian poet and writer (1875–1926)

*December 4th, 1875, Prague †December 29th, 1926, Montreux

74

Edgar Rice Burroughs

American writer (1875-1950)

*September 1st, 1875, Chicago †March 19th, 1950, Encino

91

Paul Löbe

German politician (1875-1967)

*December 14th, 1875, Legnica †August 3rd, 1967, Bonn

72

Aleister Crowley

English poet, mountaineer, and occultist

*October 12th, 1875, Royal Leamington Spa †December 1st, 1947, Hastings

85

Maurice de Broglie

French physicist (1875-1960)

*April 27th, 1875, Paris †July 14th, 1960, Neuilly-sur-Seine

62

Maurice Ravel

French composer (1875-1937)

*March 7th, 1875, Ciboure †December 28th, 1937, Paris

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1875 is a normal year and no leap year.

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