February 20th, 1970

Born on February 20th, 1970

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What happened on February 20th, 1970?

February 20th, 1970

The Wat Phra Dhammakaya in Pathum Thani province, one of the largest Buddhist temples in Thailand, was founded.

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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, 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, 1970

54

Julia Franck

German writer

*February 20th, 1970, East Berlin

54

Natacha Lindinger

French actress

*February 20th, 1970, Paris

54

Éric Legnini

Belgian musician

*February 20th, 1970, Huy

54

Craig Taborn

American musician

*February 20th, 1970, Minneapolis

54

Michelle Lensink

Australian politician

*February 20th, 1970, Adelaide

54

Jean-Yves Cuendet

Swiss Nordic combined skier

*February 20th, 1970, Le Chenit

54

Bianca Bellová

Czech writer and translator

*February 20th, 1970, Prague

54

Besime Konca

Politician

*February 20th, 1970, Elbistan

54

Vadym Prystaiko

Ukrainian diplomat

*February 20th, 1970, Kiliia

54

Markus Kauczinski

German football manager

*February 20th, 1970, Ückendorf

54

Andrzej Szewiński

Polish volleyball player and politician

*February 20th, 1970, Warsaw

25

Cheyenne Brando

Tahitian model and the daughter of Marlon Brando

*February 20th, 1970, Tahiti †April 16th, 1995, Punaauia

54

Trooper Taylor

American football player and coach

*February 20th, 1970, Cuero

54

Nikos Michopoulos

Greek footballer

*February 20th, 1970, Karditsa

54

Kerri Hoskins

American actress and model

*February 20th, 1970, Cambridge

54

Jeff Robinson

Player of American football

*February 20th, 1970, Kennewick

54

Giorgio Campanella

Italian boxer

*February 20th, 1970, Crotone

54

Rolando Ortiz

Colombian mountain runner

*February 20th, 1970, Bogotá

54

Devin DeHaven

American television director and producer

*February 20th, 1970, Sacramento

54

Alfred Uluinayau

Fijian rugby union player

*February 20th, 1970, Suva

54

Pat Ferschweiler

American ice hockey player (1970-)

*February 20th, 1970, Rochester

54

Son Ji Chang

South Korean singer

*February 20th, 1970, Seoul

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

55

Bambang Suprianto

Badminton player

*February 20th, 1969, Surakarta City

57

Chung So-young

South Korean badminton player

*February 20th, 1967, Gimje

59

Thomas Kemmerich

German politician

*February 20th, 1965, Aachen

30

Mathias Christiansen

Badminton player

*February 20th, 1994, Bornholm

58

Urs Fischer

Swiss association football player and manager (born 1966)

*February 20th, 1966, Triengen

27

Kurt Cobain

American rock musician (1967–1994)

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

36

Rihanna

Barbadian singer and actress (born 1988)

*February 20th, 1988, Saint Michael

45

Joost van der Westhuizen

South African rugby union footballer

*February 20th, 1971, Pretoria †February 6th, 2017, Johannesburg

52

Corinna Harney

American actress and model

*February 20th, 1972, Bremerhaven

21

Olivia Rodrigo

American singer and actress (born 2003)

*February 20th, 2003, Murrieta

53

Jari Litmanen

Finnish association football player

*February 20th, 1971, Lahti

42

Felo Feoto

Badminton and football player

*February 20th, 1982, Nukufetau

55

Mark Surman

Canadian internet activist

*February 20th, 1969, Toronto

34

Keigo Sonoda

Badminton player

*February 20th, 1990, Yatsushiro

53

Siniša Mihajlović

Serbian football player and manager (1969–2022)

*February 20th, 1969, Vukovar †December 16th, 2022, Rome

26

Zhou Haodong

Chinese badminton player

*February 20th, 1998, Ningbo

45

Armelle Deutsch

French actress

*February 20th, 1979, Martigues

73

Gordon Brown

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2007 to 2010

*February 20th, 1951, Giffnock

58

Cindy Crawford

American model, actress, and television personality

*February 20th, 1966, DeKalb

70

Patty Hearst

American kidnapping victim

*February 20th, 1954, San Francisco

Same year
Born in 1970

53

Malena Ernman

Swedish opera singer

*November 4th, 1970, Uppsala Cathedral Assembly

54

Allan Fung

American politician in Rhode Island (born 1970)

*February 23rd, 1970, Providence

53

Shanti Roney

Swedish actor

*November 24th, 1970, Spånga

54

Mia X

American rapper

*January 9th, 1970, New Orleans

53

Mehmet Scholl

German association football player and manager

*October 16th, 1970, Karlsruhe

54

Gil Young-ah

South Korean badminton player

*April 11th, 1970, Ansan

46

Toby Smith

British musician (1970-2017)

*October 29th, 1970, London †April 11th, 2017, London

53

Melania Trump

First Lady of the United States (2017–2021), model, and businesswoman

*April 26th, 1970, Novo Mesto

54

Simon Pegg

English actor (born 1970)

*February 14th, 1970, Brockworth

54

Lara Fabian

Belgian and Canadian singer and songwriter

*January 9th, 1970, Etterbeek

53

Colin Lawrence

Actor

*September 7th, 1970, London

53

Ethan Hawke

American actor and writer (b. 1970)

*November 6th, 1970, Austin

54

Ardy Wiranata

Badminton player

*February 10th, 1970, Jakarta

53

Erich Irlstorfer

German politician

*May 27th, 1970, Freising

54

Rachel Weisz

British-American actress

*March 7th, 1970, Westminster

53

Nikolai Zuyev

Badminton player

*May 7th, 1970, Dnipro

53

Rhona Robertson

Badminton player

*July 19th, 1970, Auckland

53

Sandra Dimbour

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1970, Saint-Denis

53

Uma Thurman

American actress (born 1970)

*April 29th, 1970, Boston

53

Ted Cruz

United States Senator from Texas since 2013

*December 22nd, 1970, Calgary

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No: With 365 days 1970 is a normal year and no leap year.

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