What Day of the Week

February 21, 2020 was the 52^nd day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 314 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Friday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is vendredi.

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

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.

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• 1440

  The Prussian Confederation is formed.
• 1842

  John Greenough is granted the first U.S. patent for the sewing machine.
• 1885

  The newly completed Washington Monument is dedicated.
• 1913

  Ioannina is incorporated into the Greek state after the Balkan Wars.
• 1918

  The last Carolina Parakeet dies in captivity at the Cincinnati Zoo.
• 1947

  In New York City, Edwin Land demonstrates the first “instant camera”, the Polaroid Land Camera, to a meeting of the Optical Society of America.
• 1952

  The British government, under Winston Churchill, abolishes identity cards in the UK to “set the people free”.
• 1958

  The Peace symbol, commissioned by Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in protest against the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, is designed and completed by Gerald Holtom.
• 1973

  Over the Sinai Desert, Israeli fighter aircraft shoot down Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 jet killing 108.
• 1975

  Watergate scandal: Former United States Attorney General John N. Mitchell and former White House aides H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman are sentenced to prison.

• 1703

  Shah Waliullah, Islamic Scholar and Reformer (d. 1762)
• 1903

  Raymond Queneau, French poet and novelist (d. 1976)
• 1910

  Carmine Galante, American gangster (d. 1979)
• 1921

  John Rawls, American philosopher (d. 2002)
• 1958

  Mary Chapin Carpenter, American singer
• 1959

  José María Cano, Spanish musician
• 1960

  Laurent Petitguillaume, French radio and television host
• 1976

  Ryan Smyth, Canadian hockey player
• 1986

  Charlotte Church, Welsh singer
• 1989

  Scout Taylor-Compton, American actress

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