February 20th, 1952

Born on February 20th, 1952

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What happened on February 20th, 1952?

February 20th, 1952

Emmett Ashford becomes the first African-American umpire in organized baseball by being authorized to be a substitute umpire in the Southwestern International League.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmett_Ashford

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, 1952

72

Hans-Jürgen Irmer

German politician

*February 20th, 1952, Limburg an der Lahn

72

Udo Böbel

German handball player

*February 20th, 1952, Burglengenfeld

72

Uwe Kropinski

Jazz musician

*February 20th, 1952, Berlin

72

Tom Skilling

American television meteorologist

*February 20th, 1952, Aurora

72

Alan Isaac

Cricket administrator

*February 20th, 1952, Wellington

72

Yoshifu Arita

Japanese politician

*February 20th, 1952, Ukyō-ku

60

Elsa Bornemann

Argentine children's writer (1952-2013)

*February 20th, 1952, Buenos Aires †May 24th, 2012, Buenos Aires

72

Robin E. Hudson

American judge

*February 20th, 1952, DeKalb County

72

William R. Roush

American organic chemist

*February 20th, 1952, Chula Vista

72

Mark Murdock

American politician

*February 20th, 1952, Salem

72

Joseph Casello

American politician

*February 20th, 1952, Worcester

72

Bobby Hammond

American football player and coach

*February 20th, 1952, Orangeburg

72

Fernando Castro Santos

Spanish football manager

*February 20th, 1952, Poio

72

Muhammad Ijaz-ul-Haq

Pakistani politician

*February 20th, 1952, Nowshera

72

Michael Post

German painter, Curator and Artist of Concrete Art

*February 20th, 1952, Wiesbaden

72

Dave Elenbaas

Canadian ice hockey player

*February 20th, 1952, Chatham-Kent

72

Terry Palmer

American alpine skier

*February 20th, 1952, Cambridge

72

Julian Simmons

Northern Irish broadcaster

*February 20th, 1952, Belfast

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

70

Patty Hearst

American kidnapping victim

*February 20th, 1954, San Francisco

59

Thomas Kemmerich

German politician

*February 20th, 1965, Aachen

57

Chung So-young

South Korean badminton player

*February 20th, 1967, Gimje

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

78

Brenda Blethyn

British actress

*February 20th, 1946, Ramsgate

55

Bambang Suprianto

Badminton player

*February 20th, 1969, Surakarta City

70

Anthony Head

English actor

*February 20th, 1954, Camden Town

81

Mike Leigh

English writer and director (born 1943)

*February 20th, 1943, Brocket Hall

71

J. Geils

American musician

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

79

Antonio Inoki

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

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

70

Abida Parveen

Pakistani Sufi Muslim singer, composer and musician

*February 20th, 1954, Larkana

27

Kurt Cobain

American rock musician (1967–1994)

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

71

Riccardo Chailly

Italian conductor (born 1953)

*February 20th, 1953, Milan

65

Sabine Kaack

German actress (1959-)

*February 20th, 1959, Nortorf

89

Jim Poole

Badminton player

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

42

Felo Feoto

Badminton and football player

*February 20th, 1982, Nukufetau

Same year
Born in 1952

71

Vladimir Putin

President of Russia (1999–2008, 2012–present)

*October 7th, 1952, V.F. Snegiryov Maternity Hospital No.6

71

Larry Elder

American talk radio host and attorney (born 1952)

*April 27th, 1952, Los Angeles

71

Matti Geschonneck

German film director

*May 8th, 1952, Potsdam

64

Ina-Maria Federowski

German singer (1952-2017)

*September 28th, 1952, Freital †July 13th, 2017, Berlin

71

Knud Arne Jürgensen

Danish music historian

*July 8th, 1952, Copenhagen

49

Douglas Adams

English author and humourist (1952–2001)

*March 11th, 1952, Cambridge †May 11th, 2001, Santa Barbara

64

Reinhard Häfner

German association football player and manager (1952–2016)

*February 2nd, 1952, Sonneberg †October 24th, 2016, Dresden

72

Steven Seagal

American actor, martial artist, and film producer

*April 10th, 1952, Lansing

72

Wolfgang Kubicki

German politician

*March 3rd, 1952, Brunswick

72

Lennart Fagerlund

Cyclist

*April 2nd, 1952, Nässjö

72

Magnar Åm

Norwegian composer

*April 9th, 1952, Trondheim

71

Joachim Kaps

German actor and voice actor

*November 3rd, 1952, Görlitz

71

Liam Neeson

Northern Irish actor (born 1952)

*June 7th, 1952, Ballymena

58

Brigitte Maier

Porn actress, adult model (1952–2010)

*August 7th, 1952, Kiel †November 13th, 2010, Los Angeles

71

Orhan Pamuk

Turkish novelist

*June 7th, 1952, Istanbul

71

Duncan Regehr

Canadian writer, artist and actor

*October 5th, 1952, Lethbridge

71

Mandy Patinkin

American actor and singer

*November 30th, 1952, Chicago

71

John Goodman

American actor, voice artist and comedian (born 1952)

*June 20th, 1952, Affton

71

Stephen Lang

American actor

*July 11th, 1952, New York City

64

Alejandro Atchugarry

Uruguayan politician

*July 31st, 1952, Montevideo †February 19th, 2017, Montevideo

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Leap year

Yes: 1952 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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