A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.
February 20: Day of the Week
February 20, 2024 was the 51st day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 315 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Tuesday.
If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is mardi.
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Here’s the February calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
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.
February 20 Historical Event(s)
1339
The Milanese army and the St. George’s (San Giorgio) Mercenaries of Lodrisio Visconti clashed in the Battle of Parabiago.
1835
Concepción, Chile is destroyed by an earthquake.
1877
The world’s first professional sports league, the International Association for Professional Base Ball Players is founded in Pittsburgh.
1920
New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Monkey in Chinese astrology.
1933
The Congress of the United States proposes the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution that will end Prohibition in the United States.
1935
Caroline Mikkelsen becomes the first woman to set foot in Antarctica.
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.
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.
1965
Ranger 8 crashes into the moon after a successful mission of photographing possible landing sites for the Apollo program astronauts.
1987
Unabomber: In Salt Lake City, a bomb explodes in a computer store.
Who were born on February 20?
1753
Louis Alexandre Berthier, French marshal (d. 1815)
1927
Roy Cohn, American lawyer (d. 1986)
1941
Lim Kit Siang, Democratic Socialist opposition party in Malaysia
1942
Phil Esposito, Canadian ice hockey player
1945
Brion James, American actor (d. 1999)
1947
André van Duin, Dutch comedian
1948
Pierre Bouchard, Canadian ice hockey player
1960
Joel Hodgson, American comedian (Mystery Science Theater 3000)
1983
Jose Morales, Puerto Rican baseball player
1986
Diego Reis, Brazilian footballer
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