February 20th, 1979

Born on February 20th, 1979

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on February 20th, 1979?

February 20th, 1979

An earthquake cracks open the Sinila volcanic crater on the Dieng Plateau, releasing poisonous H2S gas and killing 149 villagers in the Indonesian province of Central Java.

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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, 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, 1979

45

Armelle Deutsch

French actress

*February 20th, 1979, Martigues

45

Michael Zegen

American actor

*February 20th, 1979, Glen Rock

45

John Sasi

Canadian rower

*February 20th, 1979, Hamilton

45

Urbain Some

Burkinabé soccer player

*February 20th, 1979, Burkina Faso

45

Alberto Noah

Spanish association football player

*February 20th, 1979, Santa Cruz de Tenerife

45

Roberto Júlio de Figueiredo

Brazilian association football player

*February 20th, 1979, Maringá

45

Song Chong-gug

South Korean footballer

*February 20th, 1979, Danyang County

45

Simon Dufour

French swimmer

*February 20th, 1979, Ambert

45

Mariana Peñalva

Mexican Biodesigner, transdisciplinary artist & Innovative Entrepreneur

*February 20th, 1979, Mexico City

45

Jon Luvelli

American photographer

*February 20th, 1979, Como

45

Jim Field Smith

English film and television director, writer and producer

*February 20th, 1979, United Kingdom

45

Dmitriy Khrustalyov

Russian actor

*February 20th, 1979, Saint Petersburg

45

Maxim Solovyov

Russian ice hockey player

*February 20th, 1979, Moscow

45

Nirut Surasiang

Thai footballer

*February 20th, 1979, Ratchaburi

45

Rafael Sarandeses

Spanish racing drvier

*February 20th, 1979, Madrid

45

Kamel Rahmani

Algerian boxer

*February 20th, 1979, Algiers

45

Jamal Reynolds

American football player, defensive lineman, defensive end

*February 20th, 1979, Augusta

45

Marie-Ange Kramo

French association football player

*February 20th, 1979, Toulouse

45

Moussa N'Diaye

Senegalese footballer born in 1979

*February 20th, 1979, Senegal

45

Vi Anand

Indian screenwriter

*February 20th, 1979, Tiruppur

45

Anton Galkin

Russian male sprinter

*February 20th, 1979, Saint Petersburg

45

Aleksandr Zinovyev

Russian association football player

*February 20th, 1979, Tobolsk

45

Sipho Mumbi

Zambian footballer

*February 20th, 1979, Lusaka

45

Manuel Kauers

German mathematician

*February 20th, 1979, Lahnstein

45

Abanda Herman

Cameroonian footballer

*February 20th, 1979, Yaoundé

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

30

Mathias Christiansen

Badminton player

*February 20th, 1994, Bornholm

42

Felo Feoto

Badminton and football player

*February 20th, 1982, Nukufetau

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

21

Olivia Rodrigo

American singer and actress (born 2003)

*February 20th, 2003, Murrieta

44

Loes Ypma

Dutch former politician

*February 20th, 1980, The Hague

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

26

Zhou Haodong

Chinese badminton player

*February 20th, 1998, Ningbo

44

Artur Boruc

Polish footballer

*February 20th, 1980, Siedlce

27

Kurt Cobain

American rock musician (1967–1994)

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

44

Arthur Abraham

Armenian-German boxer

*February 20th, 1980, Yerevan

52

Corinna Harney

American actress and model

*February 20th, 1972, Bremerhaven

27

Sammy Skytte

Danish association football player

*February 20th, 1997, Denmark

43

Nicolas Penneteau

French footballer

*February 20th, 1981, Marseille

35

Jasna Fritzi Bauer

Swiss actress

*February 20th, 1989, Wiesbaden

73

Gordon Brown

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2007 to 2010

*February 20th, 1951, Giffnock

46

Łukasz Zbonikowski

Polish politician

*February 20th, 1978, Toruń

Same year
Born in 1979

45

Gao Ling

Chinese badminton player

*March 14th, 1979, Wuhan

45

Yang Wei

Chinese badminton player

*January 13th, 1979, Guangdong

44

Tine Baun

Danish badminton player

*July 21st, 1979, Hørsholm

44

Deborah Secco

Brazilian actress

*November 26th, 1979, Rio de Janeiro

45

Johan Harstad

Norwegian author

*February 10th, 1979, Stavanger Municipality

44

Saralee Thungthongkam

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1979, Bangkok

44

Anders Kristiansen

Badminton player

*September 7th, 1979, Frederikssund Municipality

44

Nikhil Kanetkar

Badminton player

*May 13th, 1979, Pune

44

Guf

Russian rapper

*September 23rd, 1979, Ivanteyevskaya Street

44

Ghayath Almadhoun

Swedish poet

*July 19th, 1979, Damascus

45

Dan Tangnes

Norwegian ice hockey player (1979-)

*March 8th, 1979, Oslo

44

Patricia Aulitzky

Austrian actress

*July 7th, 1979, Salzburg

44

Mia Audina

Indonesian badminton player

*August 22nd, 1979, Jakarta

44

Chen Hong

Badminton player

*November 28th, 1979, Changting County

45

Ingo Kindervater

Badminton player

*January 1st, 1979, Burgwedel

44

Britta Andersen

Badminton player

*December 19th, 1979, Aarhus

44

Vincent Kartheiser

American actor

*May 5th, 1979, Minneapolis

44

Aamir Ghaffar

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1979, Peshawar

44

Chris Pratt

American actor (born 1979)

*June 21st, 1979, Virginia

45

Lise Risom Olsen

Norwegian actress

*March 1st, 1979, Fredrikstad Municipality

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No: With 365 days 1979 is a normal year and no leap year.

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