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 French then this day of the week in French is mercredi.

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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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• 1861

  Serfdom is abolished in Russia.
• 1878

  Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
• 1915

  World War I: The first naval attack on the Dardanelles begins when a strong Anglo-French task force bombards Ottoman artillery along the coast of Gallipoli.
• 1953

  Censorship: Georgia approves the first literature censorship board in the United States.
• 1959

  The United Kingdom grants Cyprus independence, which is then formally proclaimed on August 16, 1960.
• 1972

  The Asama-Sansō hostage standoff begins in Japan.
• 1978

  Egyptian forces raid Larnaca International Airport in an attempt to intervene in a hijacking, without authorisation from the Republic of Cyprus authorities. The Cypriot National Guard and Police forces kill 15 Egyptian commandos and destroy the Egyptian C-130 transport plane in open combat.
• 1985

  Iberia Airlines Boeing 727 crashes into Mount Oiz in Spain, killing 148.
• 2006

  A methane explosion in coal mine near Nueva Rosita, Mexico, kills 65 miners.
• 2018

  New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Dog in Chinese astrology.

• 1722

  Tiphaigne de la Roche, French writer (d. 1774)
• 1802

  Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss Federal Councillor (d. 1881)
• 1804

  Carl Freiherr von Rokitansky, German physician (d. 1878)
• 1893

  Sir Cedric Hardwicke, British actor (d. 1964)
• 1917

  Carson McCullers, American author (d. 1967)
• 1956

  Roderick MacKinnon, American biologist, Nobel laureate
• 1960

  Leslie Ash, English actress
• 1964

  Dmitri Lipskerov, Russian writer
• 1977

  Ola Salo, Swedish singer (The Ark)
• 1986

  Marta Vieira da Silva, Brazilian footballer

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