February 20th, 1978

Born on February 20th, 1978

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, 1978

46

Łukasz Zbonikowski

Polish politician

*February 20th, 1978, Toruń

46

Julia Jentsch

German actress

*February 20th, 1978, West Berlin

46

Chelsea Peretti

Comedian and writer

*February 20th, 1978, Oakland

46

Andrea Moody

Canadian swimmer

*February 20th, 1978, Abbotsford

46

Lauren Ambrose

American actress

*February 20th, 1978, New Haven

46

Matej Stare

Cyclist

*February 20th, 1978, Kranj

46

Thomas Florschütz

German bobsledder

*February 20th, 1978, Sonneberg

46

Tony Sun

Taiwanese actor

*February 20th, 1978, Taipei

46

Andrea Nahrgang

American biathlete

*February 20th, 1978, Philadelphia

46

Cory Spinks

American boxer

*February 20th, 1978, St. Louis

46

Jay Hernandez

Mexican actor

*February 20th, 1978, Morelia

46

Jeremy Jordan

Canadian pornographic actor

*February 20th, 1978, Ontario

46

Joël Epalle

Cameroonian footballer

*February 20th, 1978, Yaoundé

46

David Bravo Bueno

Spanish lawyer

*February 20th, 1978, Seville

46

Joaquín Reyes Chávez

Mexican footballer

*February 20th, 1978, Torreón

46

Ken Takeuchi

Japanese voice actor

*February 20th, 1978, Tokyo

46

Silvia Bruggmann

Swiss ice hockey player

*February 20th, 1978, Lütisburg

46

Jakki Degg

British model

*February 20th, 1978, Stone

46

Juan Carlos Quintero

Colombian footballer

*February 20th, 1978, Medellín

46

Ezequiel Guillermo Jesus Amaya

Argentine footballer

*February 20th, 1978, Cañada de Gómez

46

Angel Pumpalov

Bulgarian alpine skier

*February 20th, 1978, Razlog

46

Princess Prerana of Nepal

Nepalese princess

*February 20th, 1978, Kathmandu

46

Sandro Luís Zamboni Britzke

Brazilian association football player

*February 20th, 1978, Brazil

46

Derek Daypuck

Canadinan rugby union player

*February 20th, 1978, London

46

Alexandre Riabko

Ukrainian ballet dancer

*February 20th, 1978, Kyiv

46

Keisuke Hada

Japanese association football player

*February 20th, 1978, Ehime Prefecture

46

Dagmar Daneková

Slovak weightlifter

*February 20th, 1978, Žilina

46

Iyad Mando

Syrian footballer

*February 20th, 1978, Syria

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

30

Mathias Christiansen

Badminton player

*February 20th, 1994, Bornholm

45

Armelle Deutsch

French actress

*February 20th, 1979, Martigues

36

Rihanna

Barbadian singer and actress (born 1988)

*February 20th, 1988, Saint Michael

57

Chung So-young

South Korean badminton player

*February 20th, 1967, Gimje

59

Thomas Kemmerich

German politician

*February 20th, 1965, Aachen

42

Felo Feoto

Badminton and football player

*February 20th, 1982, Nukufetau

21

Olivia Rodrigo

American singer and actress (born 2003)

*February 20th, 2003, Murrieta

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

34

Keigo Sonoda

Badminton player

*February 20th, 1990, Yatsushiro

44

Loes Ypma

Dutch former politician

*February 20th, 1980, The Hague

26

Zhou Haodong

Chinese badminton player

*February 20th, 1998, Ningbo

27

Kurt Cobain

American rock musician (1967–1994)

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

52

Corinna Harney

American actress and model

*February 20th, 1972, Bremerhaven

47

Nienke Hommes

Dutch rower

*February 20th, 1977, Haarlem

27

Sammy Skytte

Danish association football player

*February 20th, 1997, Denmark

44

Artur Boruc

Polish footballer

*February 20th, 1980, Siedlce

47

Stephon Marbury

American basketball player

*February 20th, 1977, Brooklyn

73

Gordon Brown

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2007 to 2010

*February 20th, 1951, Giffnock

35

Jasna Fritzi Bauer

Swiss actress

*February 20th, 1989, Wiesbaden

Same year
Born in 1978

45

Miroslav Klose

German association football player

*June 9th, 1978, Opole

45

Ani Lorak

Ukrainian singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur

*September 27th, 1978, Kitsman

45

Joachim Fischer Nielsen

Danish badminton player

*November 23rd, 1978, Copenhagen

45

Vibeke Stene

Gothic metal soprano singer, ex female vocals of Tristania

*August 17th, 1978, Sokndal

46

Malin Arvidsson

Swedish actress and dancer

*February 19th, 1978, El Salvador

45

Marit Berger Røsland

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*September 21st, 1978, Lørenskog

45

Ella Diehl

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1978, Samara

46

Didier Drogba

Ivorian and French association football player

*March 11th, 1978, Abidjan

46

Jonas Dahl

Danish politician

*February 26th, 1978, Randers

45

Kim Yong-hyun

South Korean badminton player

*May 13th, 1978, Incheon

46

Chris Blair

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1978, Invercargill

45

Konstrakta

Serbian singer-songwriter

*October 12th, 1978, Belgrade

45

Jessica Pilnäs

Swedish singer

*July 5th, 1978, Åryd

45

Poo Bear

American songwriter and singer

*September 4th, 1978, Connecticut

46

Jamie Carragher

English footballer and sportcaster

*January 28th, 1978, Bootle

46

Aparna Popat

Indian badminton player

*January 18th, 1978, Mumbai

46

Gianluigi Buffon

Former Italian footballer (born 1978)

*January 28th, 1978, Carrara

46

Donna Kellogg

Badminton player

*January 20th, 1978, Derby

45

Rio Ferdinand

English association football player (born 1978)

*November 7th, 1978, Camberwell

46

Danai Gurira

American actress

*February 14th, 1978, Grinnell

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1978 is a normal year and no leap year.

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