February 20th, 1971

Born on February 20th, 1971

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on February 20th, 1971?

February 20th, 1971

The United States Emergency Broadcast System is accidentally activated in an erroneous national alert.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Broadcast_System

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, 1971

45

Joost van der Westhuizen

South African rugby union footballer

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

53

Jari Litmanen

Finnish association football player

*February 20th, 1971, Lahti

53

Calpernia Addams

LGBT rights activist from the United States

*February 20th, 1971, Nashville

53

Carmen Giménez

American poet

*February 20th, 1971, New York City

53

David Delrieu

French bicycle racer

*February 20th, 1971, Aurillac

53

Walter Shaub

Former director U.S. Gov't Ethics Office

*February 20th, 1971, Virginia

53

Kim Seong-hun

South Korean film director

*February 20th, 1971, Gangneung

53

Afshin Nazemi

Iranian footballer and coach

*February 20th, 1971, Sowme'eh Sara

53

Pulpito

Spanish singer

*February 20th, 1971, Madrid

53

Theresa Hübchen

German actress

*February 20th, 1971, Berlin

53

Monica Nappo

Italian actor

*February 20th, 1971, Naples

53

Danny Diablo

American vocalist

*February 20th, 1971, Manhattan

53

Duncan J. Watts

Australian physicist and sociologist

*February 20th, 1971, Guelph

53

Kim Young-woong

South Korean actor

*February 20th, 1971, Busan

53

Peter James Smith

Actor

*February 20th, 1971, Taipei

53

Shawn McKenzie

American computer programmer

*February 20th, 1971, Paducah

53

Wally Williams

American football player

*February 20th, 1971, Tallahassee

53

Sarah Hadland

British actress

*February 20th, 1971, London

53

Baimurat Allaberiyev

Tajikistani singer

*February 20th, 1971, Panj District

53

Marcelo Corrales

Chilean footballer

*February 20th, 1971, Santiago

53

Luca Ragazzi

Italian screenwriter

*February 20th, 1971, Rome

53

Stéphane Pédron

French footballer and scout

*February 20th, 1971, Redon

53

Jaime Mendez

American football player (born 1971)

*February 20th, 1971, Youngstown

53

Brian Bohannon

American football player and coach

*February 20th, 1971, Macon

53

Jan Bielecki

Danish athlete

*February 20th, 1971, Copenhagen

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57

Chung So-young

South Korean badminton player

*February 20th, 1967, Gimje

30

Mathias Christiansen

Badminton player

*February 20th, 1994, Bornholm

55

Bambang Suprianto

Badminton player

*February 20th, 1969, Surakarta City

59

Thomas Kemmerich

German politician

*February 20th, 1965, Aachen

58

Urs Fischer

Swiss association football player and manager (born 1966)

*February 20th, 1966, Triengen

52

Corinna Harney

American actress and model

*February 20th, 1972, Bremerhaven

36

Rihanna

Barbadian singer and actress (born 1988)

*February 20th, 1988, Saint Michael

27

Kurt Cobain

American rock musician (1967–1994)

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

21

Olivia Rodrigo

American singer and actress (born 2003)

*February 20th, 2003, Murrieta

42

Felo Feoto

Badminton and football player

*February 20th, 1982, Nukufetau

34

Keigo Sonoda

Badminton player

*February 20th, 1990, Yatsushiro

45

Armelle Deutsch

French actress

*February 20th, 1979, Martigues

26

Zhou Haodong

Chinese badminton player

*February 20th, 1998, Ningbo

73

Gordon Brown

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2007 to 2010

*February 20th, 1951, Giffnock

55

Mark Surman

Canadian internet activist

*February 20th, 1969, Toronto

70

Patty Hearst

American kidnapping victim

*February 20th, 1954, San Francisco

58

Cindy Crawford

American model, actress, and television personality

*February 20th, 1966, DeKalb

27

Sammy Skytte

Danish association football player

*February 20th, 1997, Denmark

53

Siniša Mihajlović

Serbian football player and manager (1969–2022)

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

62

Stephan van den Berg

Olympic sailor form The Netherlands

*February 20th, 1962, Hoorn

Same year
Born in 1971

52

Kali Rocha

American actress

*December 5th, 1971, Memphis

52

Christina Cox

Canadian actress

*July 31st, 1971, Toronto

52

Billy Bush

American radio and television host (born 1971)

*October 13th, 1971, Los Angeles

53

Helge Sten

Norwegian musician

*January 26th, 1971, Røros Municipality

52

Stephan Groth

Danish-Norwegian singer

*August 10th, 1971, Odense

52

Anna Netrebko

Russian-born Austrian operatic soprano

*September 18th, 1971, Krasnodar

52

Elon Musk

Businessman (born 1971)

*June 28th, 1971, Pretoria

53

Susi Susanti

Indonesian badminton player

*February 11th, 1971, Tasikmalaya City

52

Chen Ying

Badminton player

*December 1st, 1971, Xijiang, Guizhou

52

John 5

American guitarist

*July 31st, 1971, Grosse Pointe

53

Ricky Subagja

Badminton player

*January 27th, 1971, Bandung City

52

Zarinah Abdullah

Badminton player

*July 12th, 1971, Singapore

52

Mario Abdo Benítez

50st President of Paraguay

*November 10th, 1971, Asunción

52

David Gauke

British politician and solicitor (born 1971)

*October 8th, 1971, Ipswich

52

Raoul Bova

Italian actor

*August 14th, 1971, Rome

52

Martin Gerster

German politician

*August 30th, 1971, Biberach an der Riss

52

Justin Trudeau

Prime Minister of Canada since 2015

*December 25th, 1971, Ottawa

52

Valentina Polkhanova

Russian racing cyclist

*August 15th, 1971, Saransk

53

Jeremy Renner

American actor, producer, and musician

*January 7th, 1971, Modesto

53

Ewan McGregor

Scottish-American actor

*March 31st, 1971, Perth

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1971 is a normal year and no leap year.

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