February 20th, 1950

Born on February 20th, 1950

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, 1950

74

Jozef Jordaens

Belgian rower

*February 20th, 1950, Brasschaat

74

Peter Marinello

Scottish footballer (born 1950)

*February 20th, 1950, Edinburgh

74

Paul Derrez

Dutch jewelry artist and gallerist

*February 20th, 1950, Sittard

74

Alberto Barbera

Italian film critic

*February 20th, 1950, Biella

74

Enrico Cucchiani

Italian businessman

*February 20th, 1950, Milan

74

Claude Cousineau

Canadian politician

*February 20th, 1950, Montreal

67

Walter Becker

American musician, songwriter, and record producer

*February 20th, 1950, Queens †September 3rd, 2017, Manhattan

70

Ken Shimura

Japanese comedian (1950-2020)

*February 20th, 1950, Higashimurayama †March 29th, 2020, National Center for Global Health and Medicine

74

Jean-Paul Dubois

French writer

*February 20th, 1950, Toulouse

59

Ruslan Ashuraliyev

Olympic wrestler (1950-2009)

*February 20th, 1950, Makhachkala †November 27th, 2009, Makhachkala

71

Ángel Teruel

Spanish matador

*February 20th, 1950, Madrid †December 17th, 2021, Cáceres

74

Tim Birkhead

British zoologist and author

*February 20th, 1950, Leeds

57

Tony Wilson

British record producer (1950-2007)

*February 20th, 1950, Salford †August 10th, 2007, Withington

74

Usha Thorat

Indian economist

*February 20th, 1950, Chennai

74

Ismael Miranda

Puerto Rican musician

*February 20th, 1950, Aguada

74

Le Thanh Hai

Vietnamese politician

*February 20th, 1950, Tiền Giang

74

Will Dixon

English footballer

*February 20th, 1950, Wood Green

74

Lin Chun-yu

Taiwanese athlete

*February 20th, 1950, Taichung

74

Park Hang-ryul

South Korean artist (born 1950)

*February 20th, 1950, Gimcheon

74

Libran N. Cabactulan

Filipino diplomat

*February 20th, 1950, Sagay

74

Earl Tanner

American politician

*February 20th, 1950, Salt Lake City

74

César Charlone

Uruguayan cinematographer

*February 20th, 1950, Montevideo

74

Lin Tsai-pei

Taiwanese actor and television presenter

*February 20th, 1950, Taipei

Same Day
Who's birthday is on February 20th?

73

Gordon Brown

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2007 to 2010

*February 20th, 1951, Giffnock

30

Mathias Christiansen

Badminton player

*February 20th, 1994, Bornholm

59

Thomas Kemmerich

German politician

*February 20th, 1965, Aachen

72

Hans-Jürgen Irmer

German politician

*February 20th, 1952, Limburg an der Lahn

57

Chung So-young

South Korean badminton player

*February 20th, 1967, Gimje

70

Patty Hearst

American kidnapping victim

*February 20th, 1954, San Francisco

78

Brenda Blethyn

British actress

*February 20th, 1946, Ramsgate

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

71

J. Geils

American musician

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

73

Ivana Trump

Czech-American businesswoman (1949–2022)

*February 20th, 1949, Zlín †July 14th, 2022, New York City

81

Mike Leigh

English writer and director (born 1943)

*February 20th, 1943, Brocket Hall

55

Bambang Suprianto

Badminton player

*February 20th, 1969, Surakarta City

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

27

Kurt Cobain

American rock musician (1967–1994)

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

79

George F. Smoot

American astrophysicist and cosmologist

*February 20th, 1945, Yukon

70

Anthony Head

English actor

*February 20th, 1954, Camden Town

34

Keigo Sonoda

Badminton player

*February 20th, 1990, Yatsushiro

Same year
Born in 1950

67

Jeff Lowe

American mountain climber

*September 13th, 1950, Ogden †August 24th, 2018, Colorado

73

Annette Badland

English actress

*August 26th, 1950, Edgbaston

73

Narendra Modi

14th Prime Minister of India

*September 17th, 1950, Vadnagar

66

Martin McGuinness

Sinn Féin politician and deputy First Minister (1950-2017)

*May 23rd, 1950, Derry †March 21st, 2017, Altnagelvin Area Hospital

74

Billy Currie

British multi-instrumentalist

*April 1st, 1950, Huddersfield

66

Sandra Reemer

Dutch singer and presenter (1950–2017)

*October 17th, 1950, Bandung City †June 6th, 2017, Amsterdam

73

Øivind Blunck

Norwegian actor and comedian

*December 28th, 1950, Norway

73

Wayne Eagling

Canadian ballet dancer

*November 27th, 1950, Montreal

74

Peter Funke

German historian of classical antiquity

*March 18th, 1950, Rheine

74

Rötger Feldmann

German comic artist

*March 17th, 1950, Travemünde

73

Pedro Barceló

Spanish historian of classical antiquity

*April 30th, 1950, Vinaròs

70

Jóhannes Eðvaldsson

Icelandic football player (1950-2021)

*September 3rd, 1950, Reykjavík †January 24th, 2021, Glasgow

74

Ade Chandra

Badminton player

*February 4th, 1950, Jakarta

73

Ed Harris

American actor and director (born 1950)

*November 28th, 1950, Englewood

67

Horace Burrell

Jamaican sports executive

*February 8th, 1950, Clarendon Parish †June 6th, 2017, Kingston

73

Harriet Walter

British actress

*September 24th, 1950, London

74

Martin Short

Canadian actor and comedian (born 1950)

*March 26th, 1950, Hamilton

73

Stevie Wonder

American musician (born 1950)

*May 13th, 1950, Saginaw

74

William Sadler

American actor

*April 13th, 1950, Buffalo

74

Rick Perry

14th United States Secretary of Energy

*March 4th, 1950, Haskell

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1950 is a normal year and no leap year.

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