What Day of the Week

February 19, 2020 was the 50^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 316 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Wednesday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Suiyōbi.

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Here’s the February calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

Aquarius 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.

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• 356

  Emperor Constantius II issues a decree closing all pagan temples in the Roman Empire.
• 1600

  The Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina explodes in the most violent eruption in the recorded history of South America.
• 1674

  England and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Westminster, ending the Third Anglo-Dutch War. A provision of the agreement transfers the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam to England, and it is renamed New York.
• 1859

  Daniel E. Sickles, a New York Congressman, is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity. This is the 1st time this defense is successfully used in the United States.
• 1878

  Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
• 1943

  World War II: Battle of the Kasserine Pass in Tunisia begins.
• 1963

  The publication of Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique reawakens the Feminist Movement in the United States as women’s organizations and consciousness raising groups spread.
• 1985

  Iberia Airlines Boeing 727 crashes into Mount Oiz in Spain, killing 148.
• 1986

  The Soviet Union launches its Mir spacecraft. Remaining in orbit for 15 years, it is occupied for 10 of those years.
• 2034

  New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Tiger in Chinese astrology.

• 1821

  August Schleicher, German linguist (d. 1868)
• 1865

  Sven Hedin, Swedish explorer (d. 1952)
• 1869

  Hovhannes Tumanyan, Armenian poet and writer (d. 1923)
• 1876

  Constantin Brâncuşi, Romanian sculptor (d. 1957)
• 1877

  Gabriele Münter, German painter (d. 1962)
• 1913

  Prince Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza, pretender to the Brazilian throne (d. 2007)
• 1920

  George Rose, British music hall entertainer (d. 1988)
• 1936

  Marin Sorescu, Romanian writer and novelist (d. 1997)
• 1948

  Tony Iommi, English guitarist (Black Sabbath)
• 1970

  Joacim Cans, Swedish singer (HammerFall)

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