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February 20 is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. PortalCurrent events International holidays January 1 - New Year's Day January 1 - Independence PortalCurrent events International holidays February 2 - Candlemas February 5 - Shrove International holidays March 2 - Mothering Sunday (Britain March 7 - Nyepi (Indonesia Events 1327 - Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Events 962 - Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor Events 1112 - Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona and Douce I of Provence marry uniting the fortunes of those two states Events 211 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons Events 1576 - Henry of Navarre converts to Roman Catholicism in order to ensure his right to the throne of France. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats the combined army of Pompeian followers and Numidians under Metellus Scipio Events 457 - Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire. 1074 - Battle of Montesarchio in which the Prince Events 421 - Constantius III becomes co- Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Events 474 - Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. Events 1355 - The St Scholastica's Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead Events 660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. Events 1429 - English Forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army besieging Orleans from attack by the Events 1258 - Baghdad falls to the Mongols, and the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed Events 842 - Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German Events 590 - Khosrau II is crowned as king of Persia 1637 - Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor Events 1249 - Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khan of the Mongols Events 1500 - Battle of Hemmingstedt. 1600 - Philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori Events 3102 BC - Epoch (origin of the Kali Yuga. 1229 - The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II Holy Events 197 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum Events 362 - Athanasius returns to Alexandria. 1245 - Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland Events 1495 - King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne Events 1455 - Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western Book printed from Movable Events 303 - Galerius, Roman Emperor, publishes his edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the Events 138 - The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor Events 747 BC - Epoch (origin of Ptolemy 's Nabonassar Era 364 - Valentinian I is proclaimed Events 1560 - The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation Events 202 BC - coronation ceremony of Liu Bang as Emperor Gaozu of Han takes place initiating four centuries of the Han Dynasty 's rule Leap years Although the modern calendar counts a year as 365 days a complete revolution around the sun takes approximately 365 days and 6 hours 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common PortalCurrent events International holidays February 2 - Candlemas February 5 - Shrove February 2007 is the second month of the year It began on a Thursday and 28 days later ended on a Wednesday. Stories without links will be removed. News stories must be in English February 2005: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August February 2004 was the second month of 2004 in the Gregorian calendar. February 2003: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - February 2002: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - February 2001: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September February 2000: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today There are 314 days remaining until the end of the year (315 in leap years). A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing one or more extra days (or in the case of Lunisolar calendars an extra month in order to keep the

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Events

• 1472 - Orkney and Shetland are left by Norway to Scotland, due to a dowry payment. Orkney (also known as the Orkney Islands or incorrectly the Orkneys) is an Archipelago in northern Scotland, situated 10 miles (16 km north Shetland (formerly spelled Zetland, from etland; Old Norse non Hjaltland; Sealtainn is an Archipelago off the northeast coast of Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. A dowry (also known as trousseau or tocher) is the money goods or estate that a woman brings to her soon to be husband in marriage
• 1547 - Edward VI of England is crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey. Edward VI (12 October 1537 &ndash 6 July 1553 became King of England and Ireland on 28 January 1547 and was crowned on 20 February at the age of nine The Kings of Wessex, who conquered Kent and Sussex from Mercia in 825 became increasingly dominant over the other kingdoms of England during The Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, which is almost always referred to by its original name of Westminster Abbey, is a large mainly Gothic church
• 1792 - The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by President George Washington. Year 1792 ( MDCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year The Postal Service Act was a piece of United States federal legislation that established the United States Post Office Department. The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by George Washington (February 22 1732 December 14 1799 served as the first President of the United States of America (1789&ndash1797 and led the
• 1798 - Louis Alexandre Berthier removes Pope Pius VI from power. Year 1798 ( MDCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Louis Alexandre Berthier, 1st Duc de Wagram, 1st Duc de Valengin, 1st Sovereign Prince de Neuchâtel ( February Pope Pius VI (December 27 1717 &ndash August 29 1799 born Count Giovanni Angelo Braschi, Pope from 1775 to 1799 was born at Cesena.
• 1810 - Andreas Hofer, Tyrolean patriot and leader of rebellion against Napoleon's forces, was executed. Year 1810 ( MDCCCX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Andreas Hofer ( November 22, 1767 – February 20 1810) was a Tyrolean innkeeper and patriot. Tyrol is a region in Western Central Europe, which included the present day Austrian state of Tyrol (consisting of North Tyrol and East Patriotism is commonly defined as love of and/or devotion to one's country Rebellion is a refusal of obedienceIt may therefore be seen as encompassing a range of Behaviours from Civil disobedience and mass Nonviolent resistance Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821 was a French military and political leader who had a significant impact on the History of Europe. Capital punishment, the death penalty or execution, is the Killing of a person by judicial process as Punishment.
• 1816 - Gioachino Rossini's The Barber of Seville debuts at Teatro Argentina, with a fiasco. Year 1816 ( MDCCCXVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year The Barber of Seville or The Useless Precaution ( Il barbiere di Siviglia ossia L'inutile precauzione) is an Opera buffa in two acts by Largo di Torre Argentina is a square in Rome that hosts four Republican Roman temples and the remains of Pompey's Theater.
• 1835 - Concepción, Chile is destroyed by an earthquake. Year 1835 ( MDCCCXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common History Concepción was founded by Pedro de Valdivia in 1550 north of the Bío-Bío River, at the site which is today known as Penco. An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth 's crust that creates Seismic waves Earthquakes are recorded with a Seismometer
• 1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Olustee occurs - the largest battle fought in Florida during the war. Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South The Battle of Olustee or Battle of Ocean Pond was fought near Lake City in Baker County, Florida on February 20, 1864 Florida ( is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the
• 1872 - In New York City the Metropolitan Museum of Art opens. Year 1872 ( MDCCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year The City of New York The Metropolitan Museum of Art is an art museum located on the eastern edge of Central Park, along what is known as Museum Mile in New York City,
• 1873 - The University of California opens its first medical school in San Francisco, California. Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The University of California ( UC) is a Public university system in the state of California. Medical education A medical school or faculty of medicine is a Tertiary educational institution—or part of such an institution—that teaches Medicine The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city
• 1901 - The legislature of Hawaii Territory convenes for the first time. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting The State of Hawaii ( or həˈwaɪʔiː Hawaiian: Mokuāina o Hawaii) is a state in the United States located on an Archipelago in the
• 1909 - Publication of the Futurist Manifesto in the French journal Le Figaro. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting The Futurist Manifesto, written by the Italian poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, was published in French in Le Figaro on 20 February[[ 909]] Le Figaro is one of the leading French morning daily Newspapers Its editorial line is conservative and has generally been supportive of
• 1913 - King O'Malley drives in the first survey peg to mark commencement of work on the construction of Canberra. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common King O'Malley (July 1858 – 20 December 1953) was an Australian politician Surveying is the technique and science of accurately determining the terrestrial or three-dimensional space Position of points and the distances and angles between Canberra ( is the capital city of Australia With a population of over 340000 it is Australia's largest inland City.
• 1931 - California gets the go-ahead by the U.S. Congress to build the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The United States Congress is the bicameral Legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses
• 1933 - The Congress of the United States proposes the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution, which would end Prohibition in the United States. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Twenty-first Amendment ( Amendment XXI) to the United States Constitution repealed the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, In the United States, the term Prohibition refers to the period from 1920 to 1933 during which the sale manufacture and transportation of alcohol for consumption
• 1935 - Caroline Mikkelsen becomes the first woman to set foot in Antarctica. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Caroline Mikkelsen (born 1906 was the first woman to set foot on Antarctica.
• 1942 - Lieutenant Edward O'Hare becomes America's first World War II flying ace. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Lieutenant Commander Edward Henry "Butch" O'Hare (March 13 1914 &ndash November 26 1943 was a Naval aviator of the United States Navy who World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down several enemy Aircraft during aerial combat
• 1943 - American movie studio executives agree to allow the Office of War Information to censor movies. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A movie studio (aka film studio) is in the established sense of the term a company that distributes films. The United States Office of War Information (OWI was a US government agency created during World War II to consolidate government information services Censorship is the suppression of speech or deletion of communicative material which may be considered objectionable harmful or sensitive as determined by a censor
• 1943 - The Parícutin volcano begins to form in Parícutin, Mexico. Parícutin (or Volcán de Parícutin also accented Paricutín by locals to more closely match the pronunciation of the native Purepecha name Parhicutini or spelled unaccented The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America.
• 1944 - World War II: The "Big Week" ended with American bomber raids on German aircraft manufacturing centers. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Between February 20 and February 25 1944, as part of the European strategic bombing campaign, the United States Strategic Air Forces (USSTAF Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe.
• 1944 - World War II: The United States takes Eniwetok Island. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Enewetak (or Eniwetok) is an Atoll in the Marshall Islands of the central Pacific Ocean.
• 1947 - State of Prussia ceases to exist. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Prussia ( Latin: Borussia, Prutenia; Prūsija Prūsija Prusy Old Prussian: Prūsa) was most recently a historic state
• 1952 - Emmett Ashford becomes the first African-American umpire in organized baseball by being authorized to be a substitute umpire in the Southwestern International League. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Emmett Littleton Ashford ( November 23 1914 &ndash March 1 1980) nicknamed "Ash" was the first African American umpire African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa In Baseball, the umpire is the person charged with officiating the game including beginning and ending the game enforcing the rules of the game and the grounds making Baseball is a Bat-and-ball Sport played between two teams of nine players each
• 1959 - The Avro Arrow program to design and manufacture supersonic jet fighters in Canada is cancelled by the Diefenbaker government amid much political debate. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout For other uses see Supersonic. The term supersonic is used to define a speed that is over the Speed of sound ( Mach 1 A fighter aircraft is a Military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat with other Aircraft, as opposed to a Bomber, which is designed Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page
• 1962 - Mercury program: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn orbits the earth three times in 4 hours, 55 minutes, becoming the first American to orbit the earth. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Mercury-Atlas 6 mission was the first attempt by the US and Mercury program to place an astronaut in orbit John Herschel Glenn Jr (born July 18 1921 in Cambridge Ohio) is a former United States Senator who first rose to fame as the first American to Orbit EARTH was a short-lived Japanese vocal trio which released 6 singles and 1 album between 2000 and 2001
• 1965 - Ranger 8 crashes into the moon after a successful mission of photographing possible landing sites for the Apollo program astronauts. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Ranger 8 was a Spacecraft designed to achieve a lunar impact Trajectory and to transmit High-resolution photographs of the lunar surface during the final An astronaut or cosmonaut (космона́вт) is a person trained
• 1976 - The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization disbands. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization ( SEATO) was an International organization for Collective defense created by the Southeast Asia Collective
• 1986 - Soviets launch Mir. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Mir (Мир which can mean both Peace and World, and was the name given to peasant communes in pre-revolutionary Russia was a Soviet (and
• 1987 - Unabomber: In Salt Lake City, Utah, a bomb explodes in a computer store. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Salt Lake City is the Capital and the most populous city of the U A computer is a Machine that manipulates data according to a list of instructions.
• 1991 - A gigantic statue of Albania's long-time dictator, Enver Hoxha, is brought down in the Albanian capital, Tirana, by mobs of angry protesters. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. This article is about the country in southern Europe For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Albania topics. (ɛnˈvɛɾ ˈhɔdʒa 16 October 1908 11 April 1985 was the leader of the People's Republic of Albania from the end of World War II until his death in 1985 as the Tirana (Tiranë or Tirana is the Capital and largest city of the Republic of Albania.
• 1992 - The FA Premier League is founded. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) The Premier League, colloquially referred to as the Premiership, is an English professional league for football clubs
• 1998 - American figure skater Tara Lipinski becomes the youngest gold-medalist at the Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Tara Kristen Lipinski (born June 10 1982) is an American figure skater. The Winter Olympic Games are a winter Multi-sport event held every four years the capital city of Nagano Prefecture, is located in the northern part of the prefecture near the confluence of the Chikuma and the Sai rivers on the
• 2002 - In Reqa Al-Gharbiya, Egypt, a fire on a train injures over 65 and kills at least 370. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. A train is a connected series of vehicles that move along a track ( Permanent way) to transport freight or passengers from one place to another
• 2005 - Spain becomes the first country to vote in a referendum on ratification of the proposed Constitution of the European Union, passing it by a substantial margin, but on a low turnout. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. The Spanish referendum on the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe is a consultative Referendum that was held on 20 February 2005 to decide whether Spain The Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe (TCE commonly referred to as the European Constitution, was an unimplemented international Treaty intended The European Union ( EU) is a political and economic union of twenty-seven member states, located primarily in

Births

• 1631 - Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds, English statesman (d. Thomas Osborne 1st Duke of Leeds ( February 20 1631 - July 26 1712) English statesman commonly known also by his earlier title of Earl 1712)
• 1745 - Henry James Pye, English poet (d. Year 1712 ( MDCCXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap Year 1745 ( MDCCXLV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Henry James Pye ( February 20, 1745 &ndash August 11, 1813) was an English Poet. 1813)
• 1751 - Johann Heinrich Voß, German poet (d. Year 1813 ( MDCCCXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1751 ( MDCCLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Johann Heinrich Voss (Johann Heinrich Voß ˈfɔs 20 February, 1751 &ndash 29 March, 1826) was a German - Obotrite 1826)
• 1753 - Louis Alexandre Berthier, French marshal (d. For the game see 1826 (board game. Year 1826 ( MDCCCXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display Year 1753 ( MDCCLIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Louis Alexandre Berthier, 1st Duc de Wagram, 1st Duc de Valengin, 1st Sovereign Prince de Neuchâtel ( February 1815)
• 1757 - John 'Mad Jack' Fuller, English philanthropist (d. Year 1815 ( MDCCCXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1757 ( MDCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a John Fuller (20 February 1757 – 11 April 1834 better known as "Mad Jack" Fuller (although he himself preferred to be called "Honest John" Fuller 1834)
• 1794 - William Carleton, Irish novelist (d. Year 1834 ( MDCCCXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1794 ( MDCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a This is about the Irish novelist For other uses see William Carleton (disambiguation. 1869)
• 1802 - Charles de Bériot, Belgian violinist (d. Year 1869 ( MDCCCLXIX) is a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1802 ( MDCCCII) was a Common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Charles Auguste de Bériot ( February 20, 1802 - April 8, 1870) was a Belgian Violinist. 1870)
• 1819 - Alfred Escher, Swiss politician, railroad entrepreneur (d. Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1819 ( MDCCCXIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar in the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Alfred Escher ( February 20 1819 in Zürich – December 6 1882) was a Swiss politician and Railroad entrepreneur 1882)
• 1839 - Benjamin Waugh, American minister; founder of the NSPCC (d. Year 1882 ( MDCCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1839 ( MDCCCXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Reverend Benjamin Waugh ( February 20, 1839 &ndash March 11, 1908) was a Victorian social reformer and campaigner who founded the 1908)
• 1844 - Ludwig Boltzmann, Austrian physicist (d. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1844 ( MDCCCXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann ( February 20, 1844 &ndash September 5, 1906) was an Austrian Physicist famous for his founding 1906)
• 1844 - Joshua Slocum, Canadian seaman and adventurer (d. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Joshua Slocum ( February 20, 1844 &ndash on or shortly after 14 November, 1909) was a Canadian -born American seaman 1909)
• 1848 - Edward Henry Harriman, American railroad executive (d. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1848 ( MDCCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Edward Henry Harriman ( February 20 1848 &ndash September 9 1909) better known as E 1909)
• 1850 - Nérée Beauchemin, Canadian physician and poet (d. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting For the game see 1850 (board game. 1850 ( MDCCCL) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link Charles-Nérée Beauchemin ( February 20 1850 &ndash June 29 1931) was a Québécois poet and physician 1931)
• 1866 - Carl Westman, Swedish architect and designer (d. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Ernst Carl Westman ( February 20 1866 - 1936 was a Swedish Architect and interior Designer. 1936)
• 1867 - Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife (d. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1867 ( MDCCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting The Princess Louise Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife (Louise Victoria Alexandra Dagmar 20 February 1867 – 4 January 1931) was the 1931)
• 1918 - Leonore Annenberg American Billionaire
• 1880 - Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French aristocrat and novelist (d. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Leonore Cohn Rosenstiel Annenberg (born February 20 1918 is a billionaire former Chief of Protocol of the United States (1981&ndash1982 Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Baron Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen ( February 20, 1880 &ndash November 5, 1923) was a French aristocrat a Novelist and 1923)
• 1887 - Vincent Massey, Governor-General of Canada (d. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Charles Vincent Massey PC CC CH CD FRSC ( February 20, 1887 – December 30, The Governor General of Canada ( French: Gouverneure générale du Canada, or: Gouverneur général du Canada) is the vice-regal representative 1967)
• 1888 - Georges Bernanos, French writer (d. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Georges Bernanos ( February 20 1888, Paris – July 5 1948, Neuilly-sur-Seine) was a French author and a soldier 1948)
• 1893 - Russel Crouse, American playwright (d. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Russel Crouse ( February 20, 1893 – April 3, 1966) was a US 1966)
• 1898 - Enzo Ferrari, Italian automobile manufacturer, designer and racing car driver (d. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Enzo Anselmo "the Commendatore" Ferrari ( February 20, 1898 &ndash August 14, 1988) was an Italian car driver and entrepreneur 1988)
• 1898 - Jimmy Yancey, American pianist (d. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) James Edwards "Jimmy" Yancey ( February 20, 1898 - September 17, 1951) was an African American Pianist, composer 1951)
• 1899 - Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, American businessman (d. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney ( February 20 1899 - December 13 1992) was an American Businessman, Film producer 1992)
• 1901 - Cecil Harmsworth King, English newspaper owner (d. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Cecil Harmsworth King ( 20 February 1901 – 17 April 1987) was owner of Mirror Group Newspapers, and later a Director at the 1987)
• 1901 - Muhammad Naguib, President of Egypt (d. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Muhammad Naguib (محمد نجيب) (born 20 February, 1901 &ndash 29 August, 1984) was the first President of Egypt, serving The President of the Arab Republic of Egypt is the elected Head of State of Egypt. 1984)
• 1902 - Ansel Adams, American photographer (d. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Ansel Easton Adams (February 20 1902 – April 22 1984 was a legendary American Photographer and Environmentalist, best known for his Black-and-white 1984)
• 1904 - Alexei Kosygin, Premier of the Soviet Union (d. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Alexey Nikolayevich Kosygin (Алексе́й Никола́евич Косы́гин Aleksej Nikolajevič Kosygin; February 20 1904 - December Premier of the Soviet Union is the commonly used English term for the offices of Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR (Председатель 1980)
• 1906 - Gale Gordon, American television and radio actor (d. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Gale Gordon ( February 20, 1906 – June 30, 1995) was an American character actor 1995)
• 1907 - Malcolm Atterbury, American actor (d. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Malcolm Atterbury (born February 20, 1907 &ndash died August 16, 1992) was a stage and Vaudeville actor who was born in Philadelphia 1992)
• 1912 - Pierre Boulle, French author (d. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Pierre Boulle ( 20 February, 1912 – 30 January, 1994) was a French Novelist largely known for two famous works 1994)
• 1914 - John Daly, South African-born broadcaster (d. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year John Charles Patrick Croghan Daly,(generally known by John Charles Daly or simply John Daly, February 20, 1914 &ndash February 24 2001)
• 1920 - Evgeny Dragunov, Russian weapons designer (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Yevgeny Fyodorovich Dragunov (Евгений Фёдорович Драгунов ( February 20, 1920, Izhevsk - August 4, 1991) was 1991)
• 1923 - Forbes Burnham, President of Guyana (d. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham ( 20 February 1923 &ndash 6 August 1985) was a Guyanese political leader and leader of Guyana When Guyana was declared a republic in 1970 the president was elected by the National Assembly for a five-year term and possessed largely ceremonial powers 1985)
• 1924 - Gloria Vanderbilt, American socialite and clothing designer
• 1925 - Robert Altman, American film director (d. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gloria Laura Madeleine Sophie Vanderbilt (born February 20, 1924 in New York City New York) is an American artist actress and socialite most Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Robert Bernard Altman (February 20 1925 – November 20 2006 was an American Film director known for making films that are highly naturalistic, but with 2006)
• 1925 - Heinz Kluncker, German trade union leader
• 1926 - Richard Matheson, American author
• 1927 - Roy Cohn, American lawyer (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Heinz Kluncker ( February 20, 1925 – April 21, 2005) was president of the German Trade union ÖTV ( Öffentliche Dienste Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Richard Matheson (born February 20, 1926) is an American Author and Screenwriter, typically of fantasy, horror Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Roy Marcus Cohn ( February 20, 1927 &ndash August 2, 1986) was an American conservative Lawyer of Jewish 1986)
• 1927 - Ibrahim Ferrer, Cuban musician (Buena Vista Social Club) (d. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Ibrahim Ferrer ( February 20, 1927 – August 6, 2005) was a popular Afro-Cuban singer and musician in Cuba. The Buena Vista Social Club was a members club in Havana, Cuba that held dances and musical activities becoming a popular location for musicians to meet 2005)
• 1927 - Sidney Poitier, American actor
• 1929 - Amanda Blake, American actress (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sir Sidney Poitier, KBE (ˈpwɑːtie born February 20, 1927) is an Oscar - Golden Globe - BAFTA - and Grammy Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Amanda Blake ( February 20, 1929 &ndash August 16, 1989) was an American actress best known for the role of the red-haired saloon 1989)
• 1930 - Willie Cunningham, Northern Irish footballer
• 1932 - Adrian Cristobal, Filipino writer (d. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. William "Willie" Cunningham ( 20 February 1930 &ndash 31 August 2007) was a former Northern Irish football player Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Adrian E Cristobal ( February 20, 1932 — December 22, 2007) was a Filipino writer who frequently touched on political and historical themes 2007)
• 1934 - Bobby Unser, American racing driver
• 1936 - Marj Dusay, American actress
• 1936 - Larry Hovis, American actor (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Robert William "Bobby" Unser (born February 20, 1934 in Colorado Springs Colorado) is a retired U Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Marj Dusay (born Marjorie Ellen Pivonka Mahoney on February 20, 1936 in Hays Kansas) is an actress known for her roles on American Larry Hovis ( February 20, 1936 &ndash September 9, 2003) was an American Singer and Actor best known 2003)
• 1936 - Shigeo Nagashima, Japanese baseball player and coach
• 1937 - Robert Huber, German chemist, Nobel laureate
• 1937 - Roger Penske, American racing driver, race team owner and entrepreneur
• 1937 - Nancy Wilson, American singer
• 1938 - Richard Beymer, American actor
• 1939 - Frank Arundel, English footballer
• 1940 - Jimmy Greaves, English footballer
• 1941 - Lim Kit Siang, Democratic Socialist opposition party in Malaysia
• 1941 - Buffy Sainte-Marie, Canadian singer
• 1942 - Phil Esposito, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1942 - Charlie Gillett, British radio DJ
• 1942 - Mitch McConnell, American politician
• 1942 - Claude Miller, French film director and screenwriter
• 1943 - Antonio Inoki, Japanese professional wrestler
• 1943 - Mike Leigh, British film director
• 1944 - Robert de Cotret, French Canadian politician (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Shigeo Nagashima (長嶋 茂雄 born February 20, 1936 in Sakura Chiba, Japan) is a former professional baseball player and Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Robert Huber is a German Biochemist and Nobel laureate. He was born 20 February 1937 in Munich where his father The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. Roger Penske (born February 20, 1937 in Shaker Heights Ohio) is the owner of the automobile racing team Penske Racing, the Penske An entrepreneur is a person who has possession over a company enterprise, or Venture, and assumes significant accountability for the inherent risks and the outcome Nancy Wilson (born February 20, 1937) is an American singer with seventy-plus albums and three Grammy Awards so far in her career Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. George Richard Beymer (born February 20, 1938, in Avoca Iowa) is an American Actor. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Frank William Arundel ( February 20, 1939 – May 1994 was an English professional footballer Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. James Peter 'Jimmy' Greaves (born 20 February, 1940 in East Ham, London) is a legendary English former football player Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Lim Kit Siang (born February 20, 1941; Chinese: 林吉祥 Pinyin: Lín Jíxiáng Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Buffy Sainte-Marie (born Beverly Sainte-Marie, February 20, 1941 or this date in 1942 is an Academy Award -winning Canadian First Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Philip Anthony "Espo" Esposito, OC (born February 20, 1942 is a retired professional hockey centre who played 18 seasons in the National Charlie Gillett (born February 20, 1942) is a British Radio presenter and writer and in recent years has become one of the country's most influential Addison Mitchell "Mitch" McConnell Jr (born February 20 1942 is the senior United States Senator from Kentucky. Claude Miller (born February 20 1942 in Paris is a French film director producer and screenwriter Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. real name, born February 20, 1943) is a Professional wrestling promoter and retired Japanese Professional wrestler and mixed martial Mike Leigh, OBE (born February 20, 1943) is an English film and theatre director screenwriter and playwright Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Robert René de Cotret PC, BA, MBA, CPh ( February 20 1944 - July 9 1999) was a Canadian politician 1999)
• 1944 - Willem van Hanegem, Dutch footballer and coach
• 1945 - Andrew Bergman, American screenwriter and film director
• 1945 - Brion James, American actor (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Willem "Wim" van Hanegem (born 20 February 1944) is a Dutch football player and coach born in Breskens, Zeeland. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Andrew Bergman is an American Screenwriter, Film director, and Novelist. Brion Howard James ( February 20, 1945 &ndash August 7, 1999) was an American Character actor. 1999)
• 1945 - Annu Kapoor, Indian actor
• 1946 - Brenda Blethyn, English actress
• 1946 - Richard Cocciante, French-Italian singer and songwriter
• 1946 - Sandy Duncan, American singer and actress
• 1946 - J. Geils, American guitarist (The J. Geils Band)
• 1947 - André van Duin, Dutch comedian
• 1947 - Eggert Magnusson, Icelandic football executive
• 1947 - Peter Osgood, English footballer (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Annu Kapoor (अनु कपूर, Urdu: ان کپُور born 20 February 1956 is an Indian actor and television presenter Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Brenda Blethyn OBE (born 20 February 1946) is a Golden Globe -winning English Film, stage, television and Riccardo Cocciante, also known in French -speaking countries as Richard Cocciante (born February 20, 1946) is a French-Italian Singer-songwriter Sandra Kay "Sandy" Duncan (born February 20, 1946) is an American Singer and actress of stage and Television The J Geils Band was an American rock band who were formed in 1967 in Worcester Massachusetts, that had a successful R&B -influenced The J Geils Band was an American rock band who were formed in 1967 in Worcester Massachusetts, that had a successful R&B -influenced Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. André van Duin (pseudonym for Adrianus Marinus Kyvon; born 20 February 1947 in Rotterdam) is a Dutch actor (in comedy and theatre Eggert Magnússon (born February 20 1947) is an Icelandic businessman and former President of the Football Association of Iceland and ex-chairman Peter Leslie Osgood ( February 20, 1947 - March 1, 2006) was an English footballer who was active during the 1960s and 1970s 2006)
• 1947 - Peter Strauss, American actor
• 1948 - Pierre Bouchard, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1948 - Jennifer O'Neill, Brazilian-born actress
• 1949 - Ivana Trump, Czech-born American socialite
• 1950 - Walter Becker, American guitarist (Steely Dan)
• 1950 - Ken Shimura, Japanese performer and actor
• 1950 - Tony Wilson, British journalist and impresario (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Peter Strauss (born February 20, 1947) is an American television and movie actor perhaps best known for his roles in several television Miniseries Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Pierre Émile Bouchard (born February 20, 1948, in Longueuil, Quebec) is a retired former professional Ice hockey player who won five Jennifer O'Neill (born February 20, 1948) is an American actress and author born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the daughter of a Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ivana Trump (born Ivana Marie Zelníčková ˈɪvana ˈmarɪjɛ ˈzɛlɲitʃkova on February 20, 1949) is a former Olympic athlete and Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Walter Becker (born Walter Carl Becker, 20 February 1950, in Queens, New York) is an American musician and record producer Steely Dan is a American rock band centered on core members Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. (born, February 20, 1950 in Higashimurayama, Tokyo) is a Japanese Comedian and Actor. Anthony Howard Wilson (20 February 1950 &ndash 10 August 2007 was an English Record label owner radio presenter TV show host Nightclub manager Impresario 2007)
• 1951 - Edward Albert, American actor (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Edward Albert ( February 20 1951 - September 22 2006) was an American film and television Actor 2006)
• 1951 - Gordon Brown, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• 1951 - Randy California, American guitarist (Spirit) (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. WikipediaManual of Style (biographies#Academic titles --> James Gordon Brown (born 20 February 1951 is The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom Randy California (born Randy Craig Wolfe; February 20 1951 &ndash January 2 1997 was a guitarist singer and songwriter and one of the original members of the rock group Spirit was an American Jazz / Hard rock / psychedelic band founded in 1967, based in Los Angeles, California 1997)
• 1951 - Phil Neal, English footballer
• 1953 - Riccardo Chailly, Italian conductor
• 1953 - Poison Ivy, American musician (The Cramps)
• 1954 - Jon Brant, American musician (Cheap Trick)
• 1954 - Anthony Stewart Head, English actor
• 1954 - Patty Hearst, American socialite
• 1956 - Rick Green, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1957 - Glen Hanlon, Canadian ice hockey coach
• 1957 - Charlie Adler, American voice actor
• 1959 - Bill Gullickson, American baseball player
• 1960 - Joel Hodgson, American comedian (Mystery Science Theater 3000)
• 1960 - Kee Marcello, Swedish guitarist
• 1962 - Kenn Nesbitt, American children's author
• 1963 - Charles Barkley, American basketball player
• 1963 - Ian Brown, English singer (The Stone Roses)
• 1963 - Jon Lynn Christensen, former Nebraska Congressman
• 1963 - Marilisa Xenogiannakopoulou, Greek politician
• 1964 - French Stewart, American actor
• 1964 - Rodney Rowland, American actor
• 1966 - Cindy Crawford, American model
• 1967 - Kurt Cobain, American musician (Nirvana) (d. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Philip George Neal (born 20 February 1951 in Irchester, Northants) is a much-decorated former footballer who is the only player to have appeared in the first five Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Riccardo Chailly (ʃɑ Kristy Wallace (b Kristy Marlana Wallace February 20, 1953, San Bernardino, California) better known as Poison Ivy, is a The Cramps are an American Punk rock band formed in 1976. Their line-up has rotated much over the years with lead singer Lux Interior and lead guitarist Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Jon Brant (born February 20, 1954 in Chicago) was the bass player for the band Cheap Trick from 1981 to 1987 Cheap Trick is an American rock band from Rockford Illinois, that gained popularity in the late 1970s Anthony Stewart Head (born 20 February, 1954) is an English Actor and Musician who has appeared in Theatre, Television Patricia Campbell Hearst (born February 20, 1954) now known as Patricia Hearst Shaw, is an American newspaper Heiress, Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Richard Douglas Green (Born February 20, 1956 in Belleville Ontario, Canada) was the former assistant coach with the Montreal Canadiens and Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Glen A Hanlon (born February 20, 1957 in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada) is a Canadian former National Hockey League Goaltender Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Charles Michael "Charlie" Adler (born October 2, 1956 in Boston) is an American Voice actor. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. William Lee Gullickson (born February 20, 1959 in Marshall Minnesota) is a former Major league baseball Pitcher who played for Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Joel Gordon Hodgson (born February 20, 1960) is an American writer comedian and television actor Mystery Science Theater 3000 is an American Cult television comedy series created by Joel Hodgson and produced Kee Marcello (born Kjell Hilding Lövbom on February 20, 1960 in Ludvika, Sweden) is a Swedish Guitarist best known as Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kenn Aylward Nesbitt is a children's Poet. He writes for poetry4kids Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Charles Wade Barkley (born February 20 1963 is an American retired professional Basketball player Ian George Brown (born 20 February 1963) is an English musician and former lead singer of the Alternative rock band The Stone Roses The Stone Roses were an English Alternative rock band formed in Manchester in 1984 Jon Lynn Christensen (born February 20, 1963 in St Paul Nebraska) is a former member of the United States House of Representatives. Nebraska ( is a state located on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States and The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. Marilisa Xenogiannakopoulou (born February 20, 1963 in Athens) is a Greek politician who from 2004-7 was Member of the European Parliament Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Milton French Stewart (born February 20, 1964) is an American actor best known for his role as Harry Solomon on the 1990s Sitcom Rodney G Rowland (born February 20, 1964) is an American Actor. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Cynthia Ann "Cindy" Crawford (born February 20 1966 is an American model and actress. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20 1967 – c April 5 1994 was an American musician who served as lead singer, Guitarist, and songwriter for the Seattle Nirvana was an American rock band that was formed by singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen Washington. 1994)
• 1967 - Katherine Soucie, American voice actress
• 1967 - Andrew Shue, American television actor
• 1967 - Lili Taylor, American actress
• 1968 - Ted Hankey, English darts player
• 1969 - Vaginal Davis, American drag queen and performance artist
• 1969 - Gedo, Japanese professional wrestler
• 1969 - Danis Tanovic, Bosnian film director and screenwriter
• 1969 - Tommy Vardell, National Football League fullback
• 1971 - Jari Litmanen, Finnish footballer
• 1971 - Shawn McKenzie, American programmer
• 1972 - Brent Gretzky, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1972 - K-OS, Canadian musician/rapper
• 1974 - Ophelie Winter, French actress
• 1975 - Liván Hernández, Cuban baseball player
• 1975 - Brian Littrell, American singer (Backstreet Boys)
• 1976 - Rohan Gavaskar, Left-handed batsman, India ODI 2004 (son of Sunil Gavaskar)
• 1976 - Ed Graham, English drummer (The Darkness)
• 1976 - Gail Kim, Canadian professional wrestler
• 1977 - Bartosz Kizierowski, Polish swimmer
• 1977 - Stephon Marbury, American basketball player
• 1977 - T.J. Slaughter, American football player
• 1977 - Amal Hijazi, Lebanese singer and model
• 1978 - Lauren Ambrose, American actress
• 1978 - Jakki Degg, English glamour model/actress
• 1978 - Jay Hernandez, American actor
• 1978 - Julia Jentsch, German actress
• 1980 - Artur Boruc, Polish footballer
• 1980 - Massimo Donati, Italian footballer
• 1980 - Imanol Harinordoquy, French rugby union footballer
• 1981 - Tony Hibbert, English footballer
• 1981 - Chris Thile, American musician
• 1982 - Jason Hirsh, American baseball player
• 1983 - Jose Morales, Puerto Rican baseball player
• 1983 - Justin Verlander, American baseball player
• 1985 - Ryan Sweeney, American baseball player
• 1985 - Yulia Volkova, Russian singer (t.A.T.u.)
• 1986 - Dilaver Güçlü, Turkish footballer
• 1988 - Rihanna, Barbadian singer
• 1989 - Melanie Leishman, Canadian actress

Deaths

• 702 - K'inich Kan B'alam II, king of the Maya state of Palenque (b. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Andrew Shue (born February 20, 1967) is an American Actor, known for his role as Billy on the television series Melrose Place Lili Anne Taylor (born February 20 1967) is an American Theater, Film and television actress. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Edward "Ted" Hankey (born 20 February, 1968 in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire) is an English Darts player Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Vaginal Davis (b February 20, 1969) is a Drag queen, performance artist painter independent curator composer and writer Keiji Takayama (born February 20 1969 better known as Gedo, is a long time Professional wrestler. Danis Tanović (born February 20 1969) is an acclaimed Academy Award - and Golden Globe -winning Bosnian Film director Thomas "Tommy" Arthur Vardell (Born February 20, 1969, in El Cajon California) is a former professional American football fullback Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Jari Olavi Litmanen ( (born February 20 1971 in Lahti) is a Finnish footballer, widely considered the country's greatest ever Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Richard Shawn McKenzie (born February 20, 1971 in Paducah Kentucky) is an Open Source Software Programmer living in Katy Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Brent Gretzky (born February 20, 1972 in Brantford, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian Ice hockey player and the brother of k-os (born Kevin Brereton on February 20 1972 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian Rapper, singer songwriter and record producer of Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Ophélie Kleerekoper-Winter (born February 20, 1974 in Boulogne-Billancourt, France) is a French Singer and Actress Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Eisler Liván Hernández Carrera (born February 20, 1975 in Villa Clara, Cuba) ( ɛrˈnandɛs is a Starting pitcher in Major Brian Thomas Littrell (born February 20, 1975) is an American Singer, best known as a member of the Backstreet Boys. Backstreet Boys are a Grammy -nominated American pop group They were the first group launched by fallen Boy band mogul Lou Pearlman. Rohan Sunil Gavaskar (born 20 February 1976 in Uttar Pradesh) is a Indian Cricketer who has played in 11 One Day Internationals He is a specialist middle-order Sunil Manohar Gavaskar ( Marathi:सुनिल मनोहर गावसकर (born 10 July 1949 in Bombay, Maharashtra) nicknamed Sunny Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ed Graham (full name Edwin James Graham) was the drummer in the English rock band The Darkness as well as the subsequent successor band Stone Gods The Darkness were a multi- BRIT Award -winning British Hard rock / Glam rock band Gail Kim (born February 20 1976 is a Canadian professional wrestler of Korean descent valet, model, and actress. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Bartołomiej ("Bartosz" Kizierowski (born February 20, 1977 in Warsaw) is a freestyle Swimmer from Poland Stephon Xavier Marbury (born February 20, 1977 in Brooklyn, New York) nicknamed Starbury, is an American professional Tavaris Jermell "T J" Slaughter (born February 20, 1977 in) is an American football Linebacker who is currently a Free Amal Hijazi or Amal Higazi ( Arabic: أمل حجازى) (born on February 20, 1978) is a Lebanese singer model and Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Lauren Ambrose (born Laura Anne D'Ambruoso, 20 February 1978) is an American Film and Television Actress, best Jakki Degg (born 20 February, 1978 in Stone Staffordshire) is an English model and actress. Jay Hernandez (born February 20, 1978) is an American Actor. Biography Hernandez was born Javier Manuel Hernandez Julia Jentsch (born February 20, 1978) is a Silver Bear, European Film Award, and Lola winning German actress Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Artur Boruc ( pron ˈartur ˈbɔruts born February 20, 1980 in Siedlce) is a Polish football player Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Massimo Donati (born 26 March 1981 in Sedegliano, Italy) is an Italian football Midfielder currently contracted Imanol Harinordoquy (born 20 February 1980) is a Basque Rugby union player who typically plays as a number 8 for France Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Anthony James "Tony" Hibbert (born 20 February 1981 in Huyton, Liverpool, Merseyside is an English footballer Chris Thile (ˈθiːlɪ (born February 20, 1981) is a musician from The United States, best known as mandolinist and vocalist for the progressive acoustic Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Jason Michael Hirsh (born February 20, 1982, in Santa Monica, California) is a Starting pitcher for the Colorado Rockies Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Justin Brooks Verlander (born February 20, 1983, in Manakin-Sabot, Virginia) is a Major League Baseball Pitcher for Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Ryan Joseph Sweeney (born February 20, 1985 in Cedar Rapids Iowa) is a Major League Baseball Outfielder for the Oakland Yulia Olegovna Volkova (Юля Олеговна Волкова born February 20, 1985) is half of the Russian music duo T tATu (Тату)( IPA:) (translated "This there" in feminine grammatical gender form is a Russian duo formed in Moscow, Russia Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Rihanna (pronounced /riːˈɑːnə/ born Robyn Rihanna Fenty; February 20 1988 is a Barbadian singer, model and Fashion designer Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Melanie Leishman (born February 20, 1989) is a Canadian actress Events By Place Byzantine Empire The Byzantine Emperor Justinian II Rhinotmetus, regains his throne K'inich Kan B'alam II, also (formerly known as Chan Bahlum II, ( May 23, 635 - February 20, 702) was king of the Pre-Columbian 635)
• 1154 - Saint Wulfric of Haselbury Plucknett
• 1171 - Conan IV, Duke of Brittany (b. Events By Topic Religion Saint Aidan founds Lindisfarne in Northumbria, England Wulfric is an Anglo-Saxon male name meaning "wolf power" or "wolf ruler" Haselbury Plucknett is a village and Parish in Somerset, England, situated six Miles south west of Yeovil in the South Somerset Conan IV of Penthièvre (1138 &ndash February 20 1171) ( Breton: Konan V Penteur and Konan Breizh) called "the Young" was Duke 1138)
• 1194 - King Tancred of Sicily
• 1258 - Al-Musta'sim, last Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad
• 1408 - Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English statesman (b. Tancred (died February 20, 1194) was King of Sicily from 1189 to 1194 Al-Musta'sim Billah (Arabic المستعصم بالله (full name al-Musta'sim-Billah Abu-Ahmad Abdullah bin al-Mustansir-Billah) (1213 &ndash February 20 Henry Percy 1st Earl of Northumberland ( November 10, 1341 &ndash February 20, 1408) was the son of Henry de Percy 3rd Baron Percy 1342)
• 1431 - Pope Martin V (b. Pope Martin V (c 1368 &ndash February 20, 1431) born Odo (or 1368)
• 1524 - Tecún Umán, last leader of the Quiché-Maya
• 1579 - Nicholas Bacon, English politician (b. Tecún Umán ( Tecún Umaán, Tecúm Umán, Tecúm Umam, or Tekun Umam 1500?-1524 was the last ruler and king of the K'iche - This page is about the Native American people for other uses the dish see Quiché (disambiguation. Nicholas Bacon may refer to Nicholas Bacon (courtier, (1510 – 1579 English politician during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I Lord Keeper of the Great Seal 1509)
• 1618 - Philip William, Prince of Orange (b. Philip William Prince of Orange ( 19 December 1554 – 20 February 1618) 1554)
• 1626 - John Dowland, English composer and lutenist (b. John Dowland (1563 &ndash buried February 20, 1626) was an English Composer, singer and Lutenist He is best known today for his 1563)
• 1762 - Tobias Mayer, German astronomer (b. Year 1762 ( MDCCLXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Tobias Mayer ( 17 February 1723 &ndash 20 February 1762) was a German Astronomer famous for his studies of the Moon 1723)
• 1771 - Jean Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan, French geophysicist (b. Year 1723 ( MDCCXXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1771 ( MDCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan ( November 26, 1678 &ndash February 20, 1771) was a French geophysicist. 1678)
• 1773 - King Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia (b. Year 1773 ( MDCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Charles Emmanuel III ( April 27, 1701 - February 20, 1773) was the Duke of Savoy and King of Sardinia from 1730 until his 1701)
• 1778 - Laura Bassi, Italian scholar (b. Year 1778 ( MDCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Laura Maria Caterina Bassi was an Italian scientist the first woman to officially teach at a college in Europe 1711)
• 1790 - Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. Year 1711 ( MDCCXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1790 ( MDCCXC) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Heir and co-regent Joseph was born in the midst of the early upheavals of the War of the Austrian Succession. 1741)
• 1803 - Marie Dumesnil, French actress (b. Year 1741 ( MDCCXLI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year 1803 ( MDCCCIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Marie Françoise Dumesnil ( January 2, 1713 &ndash February 20, 1803) original name Marie-Françoise Marchand, was a French 1713)
• 1806 - Lachlan McIntosh, Scottish-born American military and political leader (b. Year 1713 ( MDCCXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1806 ( MDCCCVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Lachlan McIntosh ( March 17, 1725 &ndash February 20, 1806) was an American military and political leader during the American Revolution 1725)
• 1810 - Andreas Hofer, Tyrolean national hero (executed) (b. Year 1725 ( MDCCXXV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1810 ( MDCCCX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Andreas Hofer ( November 22, 1767 – February 20 1810) was a Tyrolean innkeeper and patriot. 1767)
• 1871 - Paul Kane, Irish-born painter (b. Year 1767 ( MDCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Paul Kane (September 3 1810 &ndash February 20 1871 was an Irish - Canadian painter famous for his paintings of First Nations peoples in the Canadian 1810)
• 1893 - P.G.T. Beauregard, American Confederate general (b. Year 1810 ( MDCCCX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (ˈboʊrɪgɑrd ( May 28, 1818 &ndash February 20, 1893) was a Louisiana -born author civil servant 1818)
• 1895 - Frederick Douglass, American abolitionist writer (b. Year 1818 ( MDCCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, February 14 1818 February 20 1895 was an American abolitionist, editor, Orator 1818)
• 1905 - Jeremiah W. Farnham, American merchant captain
• 1907 - Henri Moissan, French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. Year 1818 ( MDCCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Jeremiah W Farnham (born in Camden Maine; died February 20, 1905, Seattle Washington) was an American merchant Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Ferdinand Frederick Henri Moissan ( September 28, 1852 &ndash February 20, 1907) was a French Chemist who won the The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. 1852)
• 1916 - Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish writer and pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. Year 1852 ( MDCCCLII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Klas Pontus Arnoldson ( October 27, 1844 &ndash February 20, 1916) was a Swedish Author, Journalist, Politician The Nobel Peace Prize ( Swedish, Danish and Nobels fredspris is one of five Nobel Prizes Bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor 1844)
• 1920 - Robert Peary, American explorer (b. Year 1844 ( MDCCCXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Robert Edwin Peary ( May 6, 1856 &ndash February 20, 1920) was an American explorer who claimed 1856)
• 1941 - La Bolduc, French Canadian singer and songwriter (b. Year 1856 ( MDCCCLVI) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mary Rose-Anna Travers, (June 4 1894 – February 20 1941 was a French-Canadian Singer and musician 1894)
• 1961 - Percy Grainger, Australian composer (b. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. George Percy Grainger (8 July 1882&ndash20 February 1961 was an Australian born Composer, Pianist and champion of the Saxophone and the 1882)
• 1963 - Ferenc Fricsay, Hungarian conductor (b. Year 1882 ( MDCCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Ferenc Fricsay ( 9 August 1914 &ndash 20 February 1914)
• 1963 - Jacob Gade, Danish composer(b. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jacob Thune Hansen Gade ( Vejle, Denmark, November 29, 1879 &ndash February 20, 1963) was a Danish violinist 1879)
• 1965 - Fred Immler, German actor (b. Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Ferdinand "Fred" Immler ( December 10, 1880 - February 20, 1965) was a German stage and film actor 1880)
• 1966 - Chester Nimitz, American admiral (b. Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Fleet Admiral Chester William Nimitz, USN, GCB ( February 24, 1885 &ndash February 20, 1966) held the dual command 1885)
• 1968 - Anthony Asquith, British film director and writer (b. Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Honourable Anthony Asquith ( November 9, 1902 – February 20, 1968) was a respected English Film director. 1902)
• 1969 - Ernest Ansermet, Swiss conductor (b. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ernest Alexandre Ansermet ( November 11, 1883 &ndash February 20, 1969) was a Swiss conductor. 1883)
• 1970 - Sophie Treadwell, American playwright and journalist (b. Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sophie Treadwell ( October 3, 1885 &ndash February 20, 1970) was a leading 1885)
• 1972 - Maria Goeppert-Mayer, German physicist, Nobel laureate (b. Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Maria Goeppert-Mayer ( June 28, 1906 &ndash February 20, 1972) was a German -born American This is a list of Nobel Prize Laureates awarded for their outstanding contributions to Humanitarian causes for Peace, work in Literature 1906)
• 1972 - Walter Winchell, American journalist (b. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Walter Winchell ( April 7, 1897 &ndash February 20, 1972) was an American newspaper and radio commentator 1897)
• 1976 - René Cassin, French judge, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This article is about the person named René Cassin for the human-rights group named after him see CCJO René Cassin. The Nobel Peace Prize ( Swedish, Danish and Nobels fredspris is one of five Nobel Prizes Bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor 1887)
• 1976 - Kathryn Kuhlman, American evangelist (b. Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Kathryn Johanna Kuhlman ( May 9, 1907 - February 20, 1976) was a 20th Century American Faith healer. 1907)
• 1981 - Baron Nicolas de Gunzburg, magazine editor, socialite (b. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Baron Nicolas Louis Alexandre de Gunzburg ( December 12, 1904 &ndash February 20, 1981) was an Editor in chief of Town & 1904)
• 1983 - Fritz Köberle, Austrian-Brazilian physician (b. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Fritz Köberle (October 1 1910 – February 20 1983 was an Austrian-Brazilian Physician, Pathologist and Scientist, 1910)
• 1984 - Paul Dirac, British theoretical physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics (b. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 1902)
• 1985 - Clarence "Ducky" Nash, American voice actor (b. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Clarence Charles "Ducky" Nash ( December 7, 1904 &ndash February 20, 1985) was an American Voice actor, best known 1904)
• 1992 - Roberto D'Aubuisson, Salvadoran politician (b. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Major Roberto D'Aubuisson Arrieta (23 August 1944&ndash20 February 1992 was the Salvadoran Army officer and political leader who founded the Nationalist Republican Alliance 1944)
• 1992 - Dick York, American actor (b. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dick York ( September 4, 1928 &ndash February 20, 1992) was an American Actor in Radio, Broadway stage 1928)
• 1993 - Ferruccio Lamborghini, Italian automobile manufacturer (b. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Ferruccio Lamborghini and English pronunciation missing ( April 28, 1916 – February 20, 1993) was an Italian car maker and the 1916)
• 1994 - Burt Lancaster, American actor (b. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Burton Stephen "Burt" Lancaster ( 2 November &ndash 20 October) was an American film Actor and star noted for his athletic physique 1913)
• 1996 - Solomon Asch, American psychologist (b. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Solomon E Asch ( September 14, 1907 - February 20, 1996) was a world-renowned American Gestalt psychologist and 1907)
• 1996 - Tōru Takemitsu, Japanese composer (b. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> was a Japanese Composer and writer on Aesthetics and Music theory 1930)
• 1997 - Zachary Breaux, American jazz guitarist (b. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Zachary Breaux ( June 26 1960 - February 20 1997) was an American Jazz Guitarist influenced by George 1960)
• 1999 - Sarah Kane, English playwright (b. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Sarah Kane ( February 3, 1971 &ndash February 20, 1999) was an English Playwright. 1971)
• 1999 - Gene Siskel, American film critic (b. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Eugene "Gene" Kal Siskel ( January 26, 1946 &ndash February 20, 1999) was an American Film critic. 1946)
• 2000 - Anatoly Sobchak, Russian politician (b. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Anatoly Alexandrovich Sobchak (Анато́лий Алекса́ндрович Собча́к August 10, 1937 &mdash February 20, 2000) 1937)
• 2001 - Rosemary DeCamp, American actress (b. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Rosemary DeCamp ( November 14, 1910 - February 20, 2001) was an American television and movie actress 1910)
• 2003 - Maurice Blanchot, French author (b. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Maurice Blanchot ( September 22, 1907  &ndash February 20, 2003) was a French Writer, Philosopher, and 1907)
• 2003 - Orville Freeman, American politician (b. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Orville Lothrop Freeman (May 9 1918 February 20 2003 was an American Democratic politician who served as the 29th Governor of Minnesota from January 5 1955 to 1918)
• 2003 - Harry Jacunski, American football player
• 2003 - Ty Longley, American guitarist (Great White) (b. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Harry Jacunski ( October 20, 1915 - February 20, 2003) was an National Football League player and College football Ty Longley ( September 4, 1971 &ndash February 20, 2003) was an American Guitarist and vocalist. Great White is an American Hard rock band formed in Los Angeles that gained semi-popularity during the 1980s and early 1990s 1971)
• 2003 - Mushaf Ali Mir, Pakistani Chief of the Air Staff (b. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Air Chief Marshal Mushaf Ali Mir ( March 5, 1947 &ndash February 20, 2003) was chief of air staff of the Pakistan Air Force The Chief of the Air Staff or Chief of Air Staff ( CAS) is the appointment held by the officer in command of a nation's Air force. 1947)
• 2005 - Pam Bricker, American jazz singer and Thievery Corporation vocalist (b. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Pamela Carroll Bricker ( July 7, 1954 &ndash February 20, 2005) was a jazz singer and a professor of music at George Washington University Thievery Corporation is a Washington DC -based recording artist and DJ duo consisting of Rob Garza and Eric Hilton and their supporting 1954)
• 2005 - Sandra Dee, American actress (b. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Sandra Dee ( April 23 1942 - February 20 2005) was an American Film actress best known for her portrayal 1944)
• 2005 - John Raitt, American actor (b. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Emmett Raitt ( 19 January[[ 917]] &ndash 20 February[[ 005]] was a star of the Musical theater and stage 1917)
• 2005 - Hunter S. Thompson, American journalist and author (b. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Hunter Stockton Thompson ( July 18, 1937 &ndash February 20, 2005) was an American Journalist and Author, most 1937)
• 2005 - Tom Willmore, English geometer (b. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Thomas James Willmore ( 16 April 1919 – 20 February 2005) was an English geometer. 1919)
• 2006 - Curt Gowdy, American sportscaster (b. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Curtis Edward Gowdy ( July 31 1919 – February 20 2006) was an American Sportscaster, well-known as the longtime "voice" 1919)
• 2006 - Lucjan Wolanowski, Polish journalist, writer and traveller (b. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Lucjan Wilhelm Wolanowski (born Lucjan Kon on February 26, 1920, Warsaw, Poland, died February 20, 2006 1920)
• 2007 - F. Albert Cotton, American chemist (b. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Frank Albert Cotton ( April 9 1930 – February 20 2007) was the W 1930)
• 2007 - Mike Awesome, Pro Wrestler (b. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Michael Lee Alfonso ( January 24 1965 &ndash February 17 2007) better known by his Ring name Mike Awesome, was an 1965)
• 2008 - Emily Perry, English Actress (b. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Emily Perry ( 28 June 1907 &ndash 19 February 2008) was an English Actress and Dancer. 1907)
• 2008 - Larry Davis (criminal)

Holidays and observances

• February 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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