February 20th, 1972

Born on February 20th, 1972

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, 1972

52

Corinna Harney

American actress and model

*February 20th, 1972, Bremerhaven

52

Laith Al-Deen

Iraqi-German recording artist, pop musician

*February 20th, 1972, Karlsruhe

52

Anton Shkaplerov

Russian cosmonaut

*February 20th, 1972, Sevastopol

52

Magdalena Cielecka

Polish actress

*February 20th, 1972, Myszków

52

Cristina Sánchez

Spanish bullfighter

*February 20th, 1972, Madrid

52

k-os

Canadian rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer

*February 20th, 1972, Toronto

52

John McCallister

British politician (born 1972)

*February 20th, 1972, Newry

52

Carlo Sonego

Italian javelin thrower

*February 20th, 1972, Sacile

52

Maju Lozano

Argentinian actor

*February 20th, 1972, Paraná

52

Jay Vincent

British motorcycle racer

*February 20th, 1972, Earl Shilton

52

Daniel Rossello

Uruguayan association football player

*February 20th, 1972, Montevideo

52

Ruben Nembhard

American basketball player

*February 20th, 1972, The Bronx

52

Robert Churchwell

American basketball player-coach

*February 20th, 1972, South Bend

52

Roxana Díaz

Venezuelan television actress

*February 20th, 1972, San Felipe

52

Uroš Pavlovčič

Olympic alpine skier

*February 20th, 1972, Jesenice

52

Nick Mamatas

American writer

*February 20th, 1972, Port Jefferson

52

C.T. Wilson

American politician

*February 20th, 1972, Missouri

52

Tjitske Reidinga

Dutch actress

*February 20th, 1972, Leeuwarden

52

Shane Spencer

American baseball player

*February 20th, 1972, Key West

52

Éric Veilleux

Canadian ice hockey player and coach

*February 20th, 1972, Quebec City

52

Kamal Ziani

Spanish long distance runner

*February 20th, 1972, Al Hoceima

52

Anvita Dutt

Indian musician

*February 20th, 1972, New Delhi

52

Muhammad Naeem Akhtar Khan Bhabha

Pakistani politician

*February 20th, 1972, Vehari District

52

Brent Gretzky

Canadian ice hockey centre

*February 20th, 1972, Brantford

52

Arnar Grétarsson

Icelandic footballer

*February 20th, 1972, Reykjavík

52

Brett Seguin

Canadian ice hockey player

*February 20th, 1972, St. Marys

52

Lisa Singh

Australian politician (born 1972)

*February 20th, 1972, Hobart

52

Gareth Unwin

British film producer

*February 20th, 1972, Düsseldorf

52

Mikael Lind

Swedish ice hockey player

*February 20th, 1972, Gävle

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

30

Mathias Christiansen

Badminton player

*February 20th, 1994, Bornholm

57

Chung So-young

South Korean badminton player

*February 20th, 1967, Gimje

59

Thomas Kemmerich

German politician

*February 20th, 1965, Aachen

55

Bambang Suprianto

Badminton player

*February 20th, 1969, Surakarta City

58

Urs Fischer

Swiss association football player and manager (born 1966)

*February 20th, 1966, Triengen

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

21

Olivia Rodrigo

American singer and actress (born 2003)

*February 20th, 2003, Murrieta

27

Kurt Cobain

American rock musician (1967–1994)

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

42

Felo Feoto

Badminton and football player

*February 20th, 1982, Nukufetau

53

Jari Litmanen

Finnish association football player

*February 20th, 1971, Lahti

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

70

Patty Hearst

American kidnapping victim

*February 20th, 1954, San Francisco

27

Sammy Skytte

Danish association football player

*February 20th, 1997, Denmark

55

Mark Surman

Canadian internet activist

*February 20th, 1969, Toronto

58

Cindy Crawford

American model, actress, and television personality

*February 20th, 1966, DeKalb

62

Stephan van den Berg

Olympic sailor form The Netherlands

*February 20th, 1962, Hoorn

Same year
Born in 1972

51

Stephen Barclay

British politician

*May 3rd, 1972, Lytham St Annes

51

Maia Sandu

President of Moldova since 2020

*May 24th, 1972, Risipeni

47

Ari Behn

Norwegian author and artist (1972-2019)

*September 30th, 1972, Aarhus †December 25th, 2019, Lommedalen

52

Roland Møller

Danish actor

*March 20th, 1972, Odense

51

Bang Soo-hyun

South Korean badminton player

*September 13th, 1972, Seoul

52

Heryanto Arbi

Indonesian badminton player

*January 21st, 1972, Kota Kudus

51

Zinedine Zidane

French football manager and former player

*June 23rd, 1972, Marseille

51

Dwayne Johnson

American actor and professional wrestler

*May 2nd, 1972, Hayward

51

Joanne Goode

English badminton player

*November 17th, 1972, Harlow

51

Eminem

American rapper, record producer and actor (born 1972)

*October 17th, 1972, St. Joseph

52

Milaine Cloutier

Canadian badminton player

*February 16th, 1972, Granby

51

Michael Wiesinger

German association football player and manager

*December 27th, 1972, Burghausen

51

Chris Leslie

British politician (born 1972)

*June 28th, 1972, Keighley

51

Anniken Hauglie

Conservative Norwegian politician

*September 10th, 1972, Oslo

51

Gwyneth Paltrow

American actress, entrepreneur, writer and singer

*September 27th, 1972, Los Angeles

51

Steffen Wöller

German luger

*September 10th, 1972, Erfurt

51

Johann von Bülow

German actor

*September 26th, 1972, Munich

51

Jude Law

English actor

*December 29th, 1972, Lewisham

51

Josh Duhamel

American actor

*November 14th, 1972, Minot

52

Ong Ewe Hock

Badminton player

*March 14th, 1972, Penang

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Public holidays on February 20th

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Born on February 20th, 1972
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Leap year

Yes: 1972 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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