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, 1,740,009,600 seconds 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
- 1685 –René-Robert Cavelier establishes Fort St. Louis at Matagorda Bay thus forming the basis for France’s claim to Texas.
- 1835 –Concepción, Chile is destroyed by an earthquake.
- 1909 –Publication of the Futurist Manifesto in the French journal Le Figaro.
- 1913 –King O'Malley drives in the first survey peg to mark commencement of work on the construction of Canberra.
- 1935 –Caroline Mikkelsen becomes the first woman to set foot in Antarctica.
- 1944 –World War II: The United States takes Eniwetok Island.
- 1962 –Mercury program: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the earth, making three orbits in 4 hours, 55 minutes.
- 1978 –The last Order of Victory is bestowed upon Leonid Brezhnev.
- 1985 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Ox in Chinese astrology.
- 1991 –A gigantic statue of Albania’s long-time leader, Enver Hoxha, is brought down in the Albanian capital Tirana, by mobs of angry protesters.
Who were born on February 20?
- 1901 –Cecil Harmsworth King, English newspaper owner (d. 1987)
- 1917 –Juan Vicente Torrealba, Venezuelan harpist and composer
- 1943 –Antonio Inoki, Japanese professional wrestler
- 1943 –Mike Leigh, British film director
- 1943 –Moshe Cotel, American composer and pianist
- 1956 –Rick Green, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1960 –Kee Marcello, Swedish guitarist
- 1963 –Marilisa Xenogiannakopoulou, Greek politician
- 1965 –Ron Eldard, American actor
- 1985 –Yulia Volkova, Russian singer (t.A.T.u.)
Who died on February 20?
- 1171 –Conan IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1138)
- 1431 –Pope Martin V (b. 1368)
- 1524 –Tecún Umán, last leader of the K‘iche’(Quiché) Maya people
- 1905 –Jeremiah W. Farnham, American merchant captain
- 1916 –Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish writer and pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1844)
- 1965 –Fred Immler, German actor (b. 1880)
- 1974 –David Monrad Johansen, Norwegian composer (b. 1888)
- 2000 –Anatoly Sobchak, Russian politician (b. 1937)
- 2003 –Orville L. Freeman, American politician (b. 1918)
- 2005 –Sandra Dee, American actress (b. 1944)
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