February 20th, 1939

Born on February 20th, 1939

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What happened on February 20th, 1939?

February 20th, 1939

Madison Square Garden Nazi rally: The largest ever pro-Nazi rally in United States history is convened in Madison Square Garden, New York City, with 20,000 members and sympathizers of the German American Bund present.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1939_Nazi_rally_at_Madison_Square_Garden

What else 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.

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

Born on February 20th, 1939

85

Ludovic Covaci-Borbely

Romanian rower

*February 20th, 1939, Timișoara

85

William Bayer

American writer

*February 20th, 1939, Cleveland

82

Antonina Girycz

Polish actress

*February 20th, 1939, Berdychiv †January 19th, 2022

83

Herbert Kohler, Jr.

American businessman

*February 20th, 1939, Chicago †September 3rd, 2022, Kohler

85

Billy Houghton

English footballer (born 1939)

*February 20th, 1939, Hemsworth

85

Abraham Quintanilla

American singer, songwriter and record producer

*February 20th, 1939, Corpus Christi

85

Irina Vysheslavska

Ukrainian artist

*February 20th, 1939, Kyiv

78

Laurence Champniss

Cricketer (1939-2017)

*February 20th, 1939, Harrow †September 17th, 2017

Same Day
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

81

Mike Leigh

English writer and director (born 1943)

*February 20th, 1943, Brocket Hall

57

Chung So-young

South Korean badminton player

*February 20th, 1967, Gimje

79

Antonio Inoki

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

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

89

Jim Poole

Badminton player

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

83

Alexander Gauland

German politician, lawyer and journalist

*February 20th, 1941, Chemnitz

21

Olivia Rodrigo

American singer and actress (born 2003)

*February 20th, 2003, Murrieta

78

Brenda Blethyn

British actress

*February 20th, 1946, Ramsgate

82

Mitch McConnell

American politician and lawyer (born 1942)

*February 20th, 1942, Sheffield

36

Rihanna

Barbadian singer and actress (born 1988)

*February 20th, 1988, Saint Michael

73

Gordon Brown

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2007 to 2010

*February 20th, 1951, Giffnock

58

Urs Fischer

Swiss association football player and manager (born 1966)

*February 20th, 1966, Triengen

71

J. Geils

American musician

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

55

Bambang Suprianto

Badminton player

*February 20th, 1969, Surakarta City

81

Jimmy Greaves

English professional football player

*February 20th, 1940, Manor Park †September 19th, 2021, Danbury

70

Patty Hearst

American kidnapping victim

*February 20th, 1954, San Francisco

72

Hans-Jürgen Irmer

German politician

*February 20th, 1952, Limburg an der Lahn

79

George F. Smoot

American astrophysicist and cosmologist

*February 20th, 1945, Yukon

94

Sidney Poitier

Bahamian and American actor and diplomat (1927–2022)

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

Same year
Born in 1939

85

Hans Kloft

German historian of classical antiquity

*April 10th, 1939, Düsseldorf

64

João César Monteiro

Portuguese film director, actor, writer and film critic

*February 2nd, 1939, Figueira da Foz †February 3rd, 2003, Lisbon

77

Dudley Storey

New Zealand rower

*November 27th, 1939, Wairoa †March 6th, 2017, Auckland

84

Thilo Ulbert

German christian archaeologist

*June 20th, 1939, Augsburg

83

Tina Turner

American-born Swiss singer and songwriter (1939–2023)

*November 26th, 1939, Brownsville †May 24th, 2023, Küsnacht

83

Hans-Christian Ströbele

German lawyer and politician (1939–2022)

*June 7th, 1939, Halle (Saale) †August 29th, 2022, Moabit

78

Oscar Fulloné

Argentine association football player and manager (1939-2017)

*April 4th, 1939, La Plata †May 22nd, 2017, Casablanca

84

Helga Piur

German actress and voice actress

*May 24th, 1939, Berlin

84

Yves Meyer

French mathematician

*July 19th, 1939, Paris

84

Margaret Atwood

Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist,pépiniériste and inventor

*November 18th, 1939, Ottawa

56

Peter Aust

1939-1996 German actor

*March 17th, 1939, Bytom †January 26th, 1996, Bad Wildungen

70

Dixie Carter

American actress (1939–2010)

*May 25th, 1939, McLemoresville †April 10th, 2010, Houston

78

Irio De Paula

Brazilian composer

*May 10th, 1939, Rio de Janeiro †May 23rd, 2017, Rome

78

Peter Grünberg

German physicist, and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate (1939-2018)

*May 18th, 1939, Plzeň †April 7th, 2018, Jülich

59

Dusty Springfield

British singer (1939–1999)

*April 16th, 1939, London †March 2nd, 1999, Henley-on-Thames

74

Karen Black

American actress, screenwriter, singer, and songwriter (1939-2013)

*July 1st, 1939, Park Ridge †August 8th, 2013, Santa Monica

80

Karel Gott

Czech singer and actor

*July 14th, 1939, Plzeň †October 1st, 2019, Prague

84

Brenda Vaccaro

American actress

*November 18th, 1939, Brooklyn

80

Valerie Harper

American actress (1939-2019)

*August 22nd, 1939, Suffern †August 30th, 2019, Los Angeles

84

Jane Alexander

American actress (b. 1939)

*October 28th, 1939, Boston

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No: With 365 days 1939 is a normal year and no leap year.

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