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 Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is martes.
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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)
1472
Orkney and Shetland are pawned by Norway to Scotland in lieu of a dowry for Margaret of Denmark.
1685
René-Robert Cavelier establishes Fort St. Louis at Matagorda Bay thus forming the basis for France’s claim to Texas.
1792
The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by President George Washington.
1835
Concepción, Chile is destroyed by an earthquake.
1901
The legislature of Hawaii Territory convenes for the first time.
1909
Publication of the Futurist Manifesto in the French journal Le Figaro.
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.
1943
The Parícutin volcano begins to form in Parícutin, Mexico.
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.
Who were born on February 20?
1633
Jan de Baen, Dutch portrait painter (d. 1702)
1917
Juan Vicente Torrealba, Venezuelan harpist and composer
1925
Robert Altman, American film director (d. 2006)
1936
Shigeo Nagashima, Japanese baseball player and coach
1948
Pierre Bouchard, Canadian ice hockey player
1960
Joel Hodgson, American comedian (Mystery Science Theater 3000)
1973
Rohan Alexander, Jamaican-born cricketer
1981
Fred Jackson, American football player
1984
Brian McCann, American baseball player
1984
Gilles Pagnon, French-German rugby player
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