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What are the important events that happened on February 20? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
February 20: Facts & Myths About This Day
February 20 is the 51st day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 314 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is February 7, 2025 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 483,336 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘pentacontahenagon’ day.
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Pisces is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Amethyst is the modern birthstone for this month. Bloodstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 362 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,444 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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February 20 Historical Events
- 1798 –Louis Alexandre Berthier removes Pope Pius VI from power.
- 1864 –American Civil War: Battle of Olustee occurs – the largest battle fought in Florida during the war.
- 1920 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Monkey in Chinese astrology.
- 1933 –Adolf Hitler secretly meets with German industrialists to arrange for financing of the Nazi Party’s upcoming election campaign.
- 1943 –The Saturday Evening Post publishes the first of Norman Rockwell’s Four Freedoms in support of United States President Franklin Roosevelt’s 1941 State of the Union address theme of Four Freedoms.
Who were born on February 20?
- 1759 –Johann Christian Reil, German physician, founder of psychiatry (d. 1813)
- 1901 –Muhammad Naguib, President of Egypt (d. 1984)
- 1925 –Robert Altman, American film director (d. 2006)
- 1954 –Jon Brant, American musician (Cheap Trick)
- 1972 –K-OS, Canadian musician/rapper
Who died on February 20?
- 1790 –Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1741)
- 1810 –Andreas Hofer, Tyrolean national hero (executed) (b. 1767)
- 1972 –Walter Winchell, American journalist (b. 1897)
- 2003 –Maurice Blanchot, French author (b. 1907)
- 2010 –Alexander Haig, American soldier and politician (b. 1924)
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