February 20th, 1946

Born on February 20th, 1946

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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, 1946

78

Brenda Blethyn

British actress

*February 20th, 1946, Ramsgate

71

J. Geils

American musician

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

78

Sandy Duncan

American singer and actor

*February 20th, 1946, Henderson

78

Riccardo Cocciante

Italian singer

*February 20th, 1946, Ho Chi Minh City

78

Ole Nafstad

Norwegian rower

*February 20th, 1946, Bærum Municipality

78

Vladimir Martynov

Russian composer

*February 20th, 1946, Moscow

78

Hans Georg Nenning

Austrian actor, author, director

*February 20th, 1946, Graz

78

Gabrielle Louis-Carabin

French politician

*February 20th, 1946, Le Moule

78

Doug Russell

American swimmer

*February 20th, 1946, New York City

71

Algimantas Butnorius

Chess player (1946-2017)

*February 20th, 1946, Kaunas †October 30th, 2017, Kaunas

78

Ghaffar Farzadi

Iranian politician and mathematician

*February 20th, 1946, Tabriz

78

Reginald Carr

British librarian

*February 20th, 1946, Manchester

78

Alain Zenner

Belgian politician

*February 20th, 1946, Ghent

78

Nils Börge Gårdh

Swedish Christian singer

*February 20th, 1946, Falun

78

Petros Clerides

Cypriot lawyer, former attorney general

*February 20th, 1946, Nicosia

73

Vijaya Nirmala

Indian film actress and director (1944-2019)

*February 20th, 1946, Madras Presidency †June 27th, 2019, Hyderabad

77

Miloslav Netušil

Czechoslovak gymnast

*February 20th, 1946, Chomutov †July 12th, 2023, Loděnice

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

79

George F. Smoot

American astrophysicist and cosmologist

*February 20th, 1945, Yukon

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

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

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

72

Hans-Jürgen Irmer

German politician

*February 20th, 1952, Limburg an der Lahn

70

Patty Hearst

American kidnapping victim

*February 20th, 1954, San Francisco

55

Bambang Suprianto

Badminton player

*February 20th, 1969, Surakarta City

89

Jim Poole

Badminton player

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

82

Mitch McConnell

American politician and lawyer (born 1942)

*February 20th, 1942, Sheffield

83

Alexander Gauland

German politician, lawyer and journalist

*February 20th, 1941, Chemnitz

27

Kurt Cobain

American rock musician (1967–1994)

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

34

Keigo Sonoda

Badminton player

*February 20th, 1990, Yatsushiro

79

Andrew Bergman

American film director and screenwriter

*February 20th, 1945, Queens

42

Felo Feoto

Badminton and football player

*February 20th, 1982, Nukufetau

Same year
Born in 1946

77

Donald Trump

President of the United States from 2017 to 2021

*June 14th, 1946, Jamaica Hospital Medical Center

77

George W. Bush

President of the United States from 2001 to 2009

*July 6th, 1946, New Haven

77

Bill Clinton

President of the United States from 1993 to 2001

*August 19th, 1946, Hope

77

Jean-Claude Arnault

Swedish photographer

*August 15th, 1946, Marseille

78

Kabir Bedi

Indian actor (1946-)

*January 16th, 1946, Lahore

77

Svein Ludvigsen

Norwegian politician

*July 18th, 1946, Hillesøy Municipality

78

Charlotte Rampling

British actress

*February 5th, 1946, Sturmer

77

Steven Spielberg

American filmmaker (born 1946)

*December 18th, 1946, Cincinnati

76

Suzanne Somers

American actress, author, singer, businesswoman in alternative medicine (1946–2023)

*October 16th, 1946, San Bruno †October 15th, 2023, Palm Springs

77

Berti Vogts

German footballer and manager

*December 30th, 1946, Büttgen

71

Jiří Bělohlávek

Czech conductor (1946-2017)

*February 24th, 1946, Prague †May 31st, 2017, Prague

62

Lux Interior

American punk rock musician and a founding member of the band The Cramps

*October 21st, 1946, Akron †February 4th, 2009, Glendale

64

Michael Hansen

German cabaret artist (1946-2011)

*October 21st, 1946, Aalborg †March 15th, 2011, Berlin

69

Alan Rickman

British actor and director (1946–2016)

*February 21st, 1946, Hammersmith †January 14th, 2016, London

77

Rolf Konow

Danish photographer and actor

*July 22nd, 1946, Copenhagen

78

David Lynch

American filmmaker, visual artist, and musician

*January 20th, 1946, Missoula

78

Liza Minnelli

American actress and singer

*March 12th, 1946, Los Angeles

78

Tan Aik Huang

Badminton player

*February 14th, 1946, Singapore

77

Sylvester Stallone

American actor and film director

*July 6th, 1946, Hell's Kitchen

77

Gerard 't Hooft

Dutch theoretical physicist

*July 5th, 1946, Den Helder

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No: With 365 days 1946 is a normal year and no leap year.

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