February 20th, 1960

Born on February 20th, 1960

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, 1960

64

Fayez al-Sarraj

Libyan politician and architect

*February 20th, 1960, Tripoli

64

Hardy Mertens

Dutch conductor and composer

*February 20th, 1960, Nieuwenhagen

64

Joel Hodgson

American writer, comedian and television actor

*February 20th, 1960, Stevens Point

64

Wendee Lee

American voice actress

*February 20th, 1960, Los Angeles

64

Kee Marcello

Swedish musician and guitarist of the band Europe

*February 20th, 1960, Ludvika

64

Cyndi Stevenson

American politician

*February 20th, 1960, Daytona Beach

64

Hamid Baroudi

Algerian singer, Hamid Baroudi grew up with music in his home country, Algeria, and aged 13, he made his stage debut.

*February 20th, 1960, Tiaret

64

Siobhain McDonagh

British politician (born 1960)

*February 20th, 1960, Colliers Wood

64

David Speedie

Scottish footballer (born 1960)

*February 20th, 1960, Glenrothes

64

Tatjana Kruse

German author

*February 20th, 1960, Kirchheim unter Teck

64

Ennio Marchetto

Italian entertainer

*February 20th, 1960, Venice

64

Olivier Lenglet

Fencer

*February 20th, 1960, Saint-Quentin

64

Paul Arpin

French athlete

*February 20th, 1960, Bourg Saint Maurice

64

William D. Cohan

Financial journalist; former investment banker

*February 20th, 1960, Worcester

64

Shōji Kawamori

Japanese mechanic designer, anime director, director (1960-)

*February 20th, 1960, Toyama Prefecture

54

Cándido Muatetema Rivas

Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea (1960-2014)

*February 20th, 1960, Batete †June 16th, 2014, Berlin

64

Kofi Osei-Ameyaw

Ghanaian lawyer and former member of parliament

*February 20th, 1960, Gyakiti

64

Rubén Agüero

Argentinian association football player

*February 20th, 1960, Luján de Cuyo

64

M. Suyanto

Indonesian movie producer and writer (born 1960)

*February 20th, 1960, Madiun City

64

Nguyễn Nhân Chiến

Vietnamese politician

*February 20th, 1960, Bắc Ninh

64

Ulf Langheinrich

Artist

*February 20th, 1960, Wolfen

64

Gerard Donakowski

American athletics competitor

*February 20th, 1960, Rochester

64

Pierre F. Patricio

Filipino artist

*February 20th, 1960, Dumalag

64

Hans-Johann Glock

German philosopher and professor

*February 20th, 1960, Freudenstadt

64

Victoria Koleva

Bulgarian actress

*February 20th, 1960, Ruse

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

59

Thomas Kemmerich

German politician

*February 20th, 1965, Aachen

57

Chung So-young

South Korean badminton player

*February 20th, 1967, Gimje

30

Mathias Christiansen

Badminton player

*February 20th, 1994, Bornholm

58

Urs Fischer

Swiss association football player and manager (born 1966)

*February 20th, 1966, Triengen

65

Sabine Kaack

German actress (1959-)

*February 20th, 1959, Nortorf

72

Hans-Jürgen Irmer

German politician

*February 20th, 1952, Limburg an der Lahn

55

Bambang Suprianto

Badminton player

*February 20th, 1969, Surakarta City

63

Andrei Shleifer

American economist

*February 20th, 1961, Moscow

36

Rihanna

Barbadian singer and actress (born 1988)

*February 20th, 1988, Saint Michael

62

Stephan van den Berg

Olympic sailor form The Netherlands

*February 20th, 1962, Hoorn

21

Olivia Rodrigo

American singer and actress (born 2003)

*February 20th, 2003, Murrieta

70

Patty Hearst

American kidnapping victim

*February 20th, 1954, San Francisco

27

Kurt Cobain

American rock musician (1967–1994)

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

73

Gordon Brown

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2007 to 2010

*February 20th, 1951, Giffnock

63

Imogen Stubbs

British actress

*February 20th, 1961, Rothbury

42

Felo Feoto

Badminton and football player

*February 20th, 1982, Nukufetau

61

Charles Barkley

American basketball player

*February 20th, 1963, Leeds

34

Keigo Sonoda

Badminton player

*February 20th, 1990, Yatsushiro

66

James Wilby

British actor

*February 20th, 1958, Yangon

26

Zhou Haodong

Chinese badminton player

*February 20th, 1998, Ningbo

Same year
Born in 1960

63

Vince Clarke

English synth-pop musician and songwriter

*July 3rd, 1960, South Woodford tube station

63

Sydney Youngblood

American/German singer

*December 2nd, 1960, San Antonio

63

Åse Michaelsen

Norwegian politician

*June 4th, 1960, Mandal Municipality

63

Sally Yates

American lawyer, 36th United States Deputy Attorney General

*August 20th, 1960, Atlanta

64

Naruhito

Emperor of Japan since 2019

*February 23rd, 1960, Hospital of the Imperial Household

64

Lene Kaaberbøl

Danish writer

*March 24th, 1960, Copenhagen

63

David Duchovny

American actor and writer

*August 7th, 1960, New York City

64

Pierre Littbarski

German association football player and manager

*April 16th, 1960, West Berlin

32

Jón Páll Sigmarsson

Icelandic strongman, powerlifter and bodybuilder

*April 28th, 1960, Hafnarfjörður †January 16th, 1993, Reykjavík

60

Diego Maradona

Argentine football player and manager (1960–2020)

*October 30th, 1960, Lanús †November 25th, 2020, Dique Luján

64

Armin Reutershahn

German association football manager

*March 1st, 1960, Duisburg

63

Christopher Barker

Swiss actor

*May 2nd, 1960, Rome

63

Friederike Seyfried

German archaeologist and egyptologist

*November 19th, 1960, Mosbach

63

John Leguizamo

American actor, comedian, producer, and writer (born 1960)

*July 22nd, 1960, Bogotá

63

Jane Lynch

American actress

*July 14th, 1960, Evergreen Park

63

Susanne Zimmer

Danish politician

*June 9th, 1960, Brønderslev

63

Colin Firth

English actor and producer

*September 10th, 1960, Grayshott

64

Ivanna Lie

Indonesian badminton player

*March 7th, 1960, Bandung City

63

Bobby Ertanto

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1960, Surabaya

64

Misbun Sidek

Badminton player

*February 17th, 1960, Banting

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Leap year

Yes: 1960 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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