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On This Day · The 51st day of the year

February 20

February 20's record stretches 649 years, from 1339 to 1988. Its center of gravity is the 20th century, and conflict is a recurring thread.

♓ZodiacPisces ◈BirthstoneAmethyst ❀Birth flowerViolet

Pisces is the sign for February 20 — read more on the Pisces page, or see February's birthstone & birth flower.

Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed September 6, 2026

What happened on February 20?

February 20 is the 51st day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1339 and 1988. Famous people born on February 20 include Kurt Cobain, Gordon Brown and Karl Albrecht.

Released on February 20

Movies, games, albums & shows

2026

  • Movie Protector

2025

  • Game Cabernet

2024

  • Game Balatro
  • Game Nightingale

2023

  • Game My Dream Setup

2022

  • TV FROM

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1339

    Milan

  2. 1835

    1835 Concepción earthquake

  3. 1864

    American Civil War

  4. 1872

    Metropolitan Museum of Art

  5. 1933

    Adolf Hitler

  6. 1942

    World War II

  7. 1943

    The Saturday Evening Post

  8. 1962

    Project Mercury

  9. 1965

    Ranger 8

  10. 1988

    Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast

Famous birthday twins

Born on February 20

Kurt Cobain

b. 1967

Gordon Brown

b. 1951

Karl Albrecht

b. 1920

Antonio Inoki

b. 1943

Robert Altman

b. 1925

Johann Heinrich Voss

b. 1751

Robert Huber

b. 1937

Ludwig Boltzmann

b. 1844

Deaths

  • 2017Mildred Dresselhaus
  • 1972Maria Goeppert Mayer
  • 1936Max Schreck
  • 1810Andreas Hofer
  • 1762Tobias Mayer
  • 1524Tecun Uman

Holidays & observances

  • —Christian feast day: Eleutherius of Tournai
  • —Christian feast day: Eucherius of Orléans
  • —Christian feast day: Julia Rodzińska
  • —Christian feast day: Francisco Marto and Jacinta Marto
  • —Christian feast day: Frederick Douglass (Episcopal Church (USA))
  • —Christian feast day: Wulfric of Haselbury
  • —Christian feast day: February 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • —Day of Heavenly Hundred Heroes (Ukraine)

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