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2021 |
20 de febrero de los últimos años |
2021 (sábado) |
2020 (jueves) |
2019 (miércoles) |
2018 (martes) |
2017 (lunes) |
2016 (sábado) |
2015 (viernes) |
2014 (jueves) |
2013 (miércoles) |
2012 (lunes) |
El 20 de febrero es el día 51 del año en el calendario gregoriano ; Quedan 314 días para el final del año (315 en años bisiestos ).
Eventos
Antes de 1600
- 1339 - El ejército milanés y los mercenarios de San Jorge (San Giorgio) de Lodrisio Visconti se enfrentan en la batalla de Parabiago ; Visconti es derrotado. [1]
- 1472 - Orkney y Shetland son empeñadas por Noruega a Escocia en lugar de una dote para Margaret de Dinamarca . [2]
- 1547 - Eduardo VI de Inglaterra es coronado Rey de Inglaterra en la Abadía de Westminster . [3]
1601-1900
- 1685 - René-Robert Cavelier establece Fort St. Louis en Matagorda Bay , formando así la base para el reclamo de Francia sobre Texas .
- 1792 - La Ley del Servicio Postal , que establece el Departamento de Correos de los Estados Unidos , es firmada por el presidente de los Estados Unidos, George Washington .
- 1798 - Louis-Alexandre Berthier destituye al Papa Pío VI del poder.
- 1813 - Manuel Belgrano derrota al ejército realista de Pío de Tristán durante la Batalla de Salta .
- 1816 - Se estrena en el Teatro Argentina de Roma la ópera de Rossini El barbero de Sevilla .
- 1835 - El terremoto de Concepción de 1835 destruye Concepción, Chile .
- 1846 - Los insurgentes polacos lideran un levantamiento en Cracovia para incitar a la lucha por la independencia nacional.
- 1864 - Guerra civil americana : Batalla de Olustee : La batalla más grande librada en Florida durante la guerra.
- 1865 - Fin de la Guerra de Uruguay , con un acuerdo de paz entre el presidente Tomás Villalba y el líder rebelde Venancio Flores , preparando el escenario para la destructiva Guerra de la Triple Alianza .
- 1872 - Se abre el Museo Metropolitano de Arte en la ciudad de Nueva York . [4]
- 1877 - El ballet El lago de los cisnes de Tchaikovsky recibe su estreno en el Teatro Bolshoi de Moscú.
1901 - presente
- 1901 - La legislatura del Territorio de Hawái se reúne por primera vez.
- 1909 - Publicación del Manifiesto Futurista en la revista francesa Le Figaro .
- 1913 - King O'Malley impulsa la primera clavija topográfica para marcar el inicio de los trabajos de construcción de Canberra .
- 1920 - Un terremoto mata entre 114 y 130 personas en Georgia y daña gravemente la ciudad de Gori .
- 1931 - El Congreso de los Estados Unidos aprueba la construcción del puente San Francisco-Oakland Bay por el estado de California .
- 1931 - Un levantamiento anarquista en Encarnación transforma brevemente la ciudad en una comuna revolucionaria. [5]
- 1933 - El Congreso de los Estados Unidos aprueba la Ley Blaine para derogar la Prohibición federal en los Estados Unidos , enviando la Vigésima Primera Enmienda a la Constitución de los Estados Unidos a los estados que ratifican las convenciones para su aprobación. [6]
- 1933 - Adolf Hitler se reúne en secreto con los industriales alemanes para organizar la financiación de la próxima campaña electoral del Partido Nazi .
- 1935 - Caroline Mikkelsen se convierte en la primera mujer en poner un pie en la Antártida.
- 1942 - El teniente Edward O'Hare se convierte en el primer as de vuelo de Estados Unidos en la Segunda Guerra Mundial .
- 1943 - Los ejecutivos de los estudios de cine estadounidenses acuerdan permitir que la Oficina de Información de Guerra censure películas.
- 1943 - El Saturday Evening Post publica la primera de las Cuatro Libertades de Norman Rockwell en apoyo del tema del discurso del Estado de la Unión de 1941 del presidente de los Estados Unidos Franklin Roosevelt titulado Las Cuatro Libertades .
- 1944 - Segunda Guerra Mundial : La " Gran Semana " comenzó con los bombarderos estadounidenses en los centros de fabricación de aviones alemanes.
- 1944 - Segunda Guerra Mundial: Estados Unidos toma el atolón de Eniwetok .
- 1952 - Emmett Ashford se convierte en el primer árbitro afroamericano en el béisbol organizado al ser autorizado para ser árbitro sustituto en la Southwestern International League.
- 1956 - La Academia de la Marina Mercante de los Estados Unidos se convierte en una Academia de Servicio permanente.
- 1959 - El gobierno de Diefenbaker cancela el programa Avro Arrow para diseñar y fabricar aviones de combate supersónicos en Canadá en medio de un gran debate político.
- 1962 - Programa Mercury : mientras está a bordo de Friendship 7 , John Glenn se convierte en el primer estadounidense en orbitar la Tierra , realizando tres órbitas en cuatro horas y 55 minutos.
- 1965 - El Ranger 8 se estrella contra la Luna después de una exitosa misión de fotografiar posibles lugares de aterrizaje para los astronautas del programa Apolo .
- 1968 - Se establece en Beijing la Academia de Tecnología Espacial de China, el brazo principal de China para la investigación, el desarrollo y la creación de satélites espaciales. [7]
- 1971 - El Sistema de Transmisión de Emergencia de los Estados Unidos se activa accidentalmente en una alerta nacional errónea.
- 1979 - Un terremoto abre el cráter volcánico de Sinila en la meseta de Dieng , liberando gas H 2 S venenoso y matando a 149 aldeanos en la provincia indonesia de Java Central .
- 1986 - La Unión Soviética lanza su nave espacial Mir . Permaneciendo en órbita durante 15 años, está ocupado durante diez de esos años.
- 1988 - El Óblast Autónomo de Nagorno-Karabaj vota para separarse de Azerbaiyán y unirse a Armenia , lo que desencadena la Primera Guerra de Nagorno-Karabaj .
- 1991 - En la capital de Albania Tirana , una estatua gigantesca de Albania líder de larga data 's, Enver Hoxha , es derribado por turbas de manifestantes furiosos.
- 1998 - La patinadora artística estadounidense Tara Lipinski , a la edad de 15 años, se convierte en la medallista de oro olímpica en patinaje artístico más joven en los Juegos Olímpicos de Invierno de 1998 en Nagano , Japón.
- 2003 - Durante un concierto de Great White en West Warwick, Rhode Island , una exhibición de pirotecnia incendia el club nocturno Station , matando a 100 e hiriendo a más de 200.
- 2005 - España se convierte en el primer país en votar en un referéndum sobre la ratificación de la propuesta de Constitución de la Unión Europea , aprobándola por un margen sustancial, pero con baja participación.
- 2009 - Dos aviones Tamil Tigers cargados con explosivos C4 en ruta hacia el cuartel general de la fuerza aérea nacional son derribados por el ejército de Sri Lanka antes de alcanzar su objetivo, en un ataque estilo kamikaze .
- 2010 - En la isla de Madeira, Portugal, las fuertes lluvias provocan inundaciones y deslizamientos de tierra , que provocan al menos 43 muertes, en el peor desastre de la historia del archipiélago .
- 2014 - Decenas de manifestantes antigubernamentales de Euromaidan murieron en la capital de Ucrania , Kiev , muchos de los cuales , según informes, fueron asesinados por francotiradores.
- 2015 - Dos trenes chocan en la ciudad suiza de Rafz resultando en 49 personas heridas y Ferrocarriles Federales Suizos cancelando algunos servicios.
- 2016 - Seis personas mueren y dos resultan heridas en múltiples tiroteos en el condado de Kalamazoo, Michigan . [8]
Nacimientos
Antes de 1600
- 1358 - Leonor de Aragón , reina de Juan I de Castilla (m. 1382) [9]
- 1469 : Thomas Cayetano , filósofo italiano (muerto en 1534) [10]
- 1523 : Jan Blahoslav , escritor checo (muerto en 1571)
- 1549 - Francesco Maria II della Rovere, duque de Urbino , último duque de Urbino (m. 1631)
- 1552 : Sengoku Hidehisa , Daimyō (muerto en 1614)
1601-1900
- 1608 : Arthur Capell, primer barón Capell de Hadham (m. 1649)
- 1631 - Thomas Osborne, primer duque de Leeds , político inglés, tesorero de la Marina (m. 1712)
- 1633 : Jan de Baen , pintor holandés (m. 1702)
- 1705 - Nicolas Chédeville , musette y compositor francés (m. 1782)
- 1726 : William Prescott , coronel estadounidense (muerto en 1795)
- 1745 : Henry James Pye , poeta y político inglés (muerto en 1813)
- 1748 - Luther Martin , político estadounidense (muerto en 1826) [11]
- 1751 : Johann Heinrich Voss , poeta, traductor y académico alemán (muerto en 1826)
- 1753 : Louis-Alexandre Berthier , general y político francés , ministro de Defensa francés (m. 1815)
- 1756 - Angélica Schuyler Church , miembro de la alta sociedad estadounidense, cuñada de Alexander Hamilton (m. 1814)
- 1759 - Johann Christian Reil , médico, fisiólogo y anatomista alemán (m. 1813)
- 1774 - Vicente Sebastián Pintado , cartógrafo, ingeniero, oficial militar y agrimensor español de la Luisiana española y la Florida occidental española (m. 1829) [12]
- 1784 - Judith Montefiore , lingüista británica, escritora de viajes y filántropa (m. 1862) [13]
- 1792 : Eliza Courtney , hija francesa de Georgiana, duquesa de Devonshire (m. 1859)
- 1794 : William Carleton , autor irlandés (muerto en 1869)
- 1802 - Charles Auguste de Bériot , violinista y compositor belga (m. 1870)
- 1819 : Alfred Escher , empresario y político suizo (m. 1882)
- 1839 - Benjamin Waugh , activista inglés, fundó el NSPCC (m. 1908)
- 1844 - Ludwig Boltzmann , físico y filósofo austriaco (m. 1906)
- 1844: Joshua Slocum , marinero y aventurero canadiense (m. 1909)
- 1848 - EH Harriman , empresario y filántropo estadounidense (m. 1909)
- 1857 - AP Lucas , jugador de críquet inglés (f. 1923)
- 1866 - Carl Westman , arquitecto sueco, diseñó el Palacio de Justicia de Estocolmo y el Museo Röhsska (muerto en 1936)
- 1867 : Louise, princesa real de Inglaterra (m. 1931)
- 1870 - Jay Johnson Morrow , ingeniero y político estadounidense, tercer gobernador de la Zona del Canal de Panamá (f. 1937)
- 1874 - Mary Garden , soprano y actriz escocés-estadounidense (f. 1967) [14]
- 1879 : Hod Stuart , jugador de hockey canadiense (f. 1907)
- 1880 : Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen , autor y poeta francés (muerto en 1923)
- 1882 : Elie Nadelman , escultor polaco-estadounidense (f. 1946)
- 1887 - Vincent Massey , abogado y político canadiense, decimoctavo gobernador general de Canadá (f. 1967)
- 1888 : Georges Bernanos , soldado y autor francés (m. 1948)
- 1889 : Hulusi Behçet , médico y dermatólogo turco (muerto en 1948)
- 1893 - Elizabeth Holloway Marston , psicóloga y autora estadounidense (m. 1993)
- 1895 : Louis Zborowski , ingeniero y piloto de carreras inglés (f. 1924)
- 1897 – Ivan Albright, American painter (d. 1983)
- 1898 – Ante Ciliga, Croatian politician, writer and publisher (d. 1992)
- 1899 – Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1992)
1901 – present
- 1901 – René Dubos, French-American biologist and author (d. 1982)
- 1901 – Louis Kahn, American architect, designed the Salk Institute, the Kimbell Art Museum and the Bangladesh Parliament Building (d. 1974)
- 1901 – Muhammad Naguib, Egyptian general and politician, 1st President of Egypt (d. 1984)
- 1901 – Ramakrishna Ranga Rao of Bobbili, Indian lawyer and politician, 6th Chief Minister of Madras Presidency (d. 1978)
- 1902 – Ansel Adams, American photographer and environmentalist (d. 1984)
- 1904 – Alexei Kosygin, Russian soldier and politician, 8th Premier of the Soviet Union (d. 1980)
- 1906 – Gale Gordon, American actor (d. 1995)
- 1912 – Pierre Boulle, French soldier and author (d. 1994)
- 1912 – Johnny Checketts, New Zealand flying ace of the Second World War (d. 2006)[15]
- 1913 – Tommy Henrich, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2009)
- 1914 – John Charles Daly, South African–American journalist and game show host (d. 1991)
- 1916 – Jean Erdman, American dancer and choreographer (d. 2020)[16][17]
- 1918 – Leonore Annenberg, American businesswoman and diplomat (d. 2009)
- 1919 – James O'Meara, English soldier and pilot (d. 1974)
- 1920 – Karl Albrecht, German businessman, co-founded Aldi (d. 2014)
- 1921 – Buddy Rogers, American wrestler (d. 1992)
- 1923 – Victor G. Atiyeh, American businessman and politician, 32nd Governor of Oregon (d. 2014)
- 1923 – Forbes Burnham, Guyanese lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Guyana (d. 1985)
- 1923 – Rena Vlahopoulou, Greek actress (d. 2004)
- 1924 – Gloria Vanderbilt, American actress, fashion designer, and socialite (d. 2019)
- 1925 – Robert Altman, American director and screenwriter (d. 2006)
- 1925 – Tochinishiki Kiyotaka, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 44th Yokozuna (d. 1990)
- 1926 – Matthew Bucksbaum, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded General Growth Properties (d. 2013)
- 1926 – Gillian Lynne, English ballerina, choreographer, and director (d. 2018)
- 1926 – Richard Matheson, American author and screenwriter (d. 2013)
- 1926 – Bob Richards, American Olympic track and field athlete
- 1926 – María de la Purísima Salvat Romero, Spanish Roman Catholic nun; later canonized (d. 1998)
- 1927 – Roy Cohn, American lawyer and political activist (d. 1986)[18]
- 1927 – Ibrahim Ferrer, Cuban singer and musician (d. 2005)
- 1927 – Sidney Poitier, Bahamian-American actor, director, and diplomat[19]
- 1928 – Jean Kennedy Smith, American diplomat, 25th United States Ambassador to Ireland (d. 2020)[20]
- 1929 – Amanda Blake, American actress (d. 1989)
- 1931 – John Milnor, American mathematician and academic
- 1932 – Adrian Cristobal, Filipino journalist and author (d. 2007)[21]
- 1934 – Bobby Unser, American race car driver (d. 2021)
- 1935 – Ellen Gilchrist, American novelist, short story writer, and poet
- 1936 – Marj Dusay, American actress (d. 2020)
- 1936 – Larry Hovis, American actor and singer (d. 2003)
- 1936 – Shigeo Nagashima, Japanese baseball player and coach
- 1937 – Robert Huber, German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1937 – Roger Penske, American race car driver and businessman
- 1937 – Nancy Wilson, American singer and actress (d. 2018)
- 1940 – Jimmy Greaves, English international footballer and TV pundit[22]
- 1941 – Lim Kit Siang, Malaysian lawyer and politician[23][24]
- 1941 – Buffy Sainte-Marie, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer[25]
- 1942 – Phil Esposito, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
- 1942 – Mitch McConnell, American lawyer and politician
- 1942 – Claude Miller, French director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
- 1943 – Antonio Inoki, Japanese wrestler, mixed martial artist, and politician
- 1943 – Mike Leigh, English director and screenwriter
- 1944 – Robert de Cotret, Canadian economist and politician, 56th Secretary of State for Canada (d. 1999)
- 1944 – Lew Soloff, American trumpet player, composer, and actor (d. 2015)
- 1944 – Willem van Hanegem, Dutch footballer and coach
- 1945 – Alan Hull, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1995)
- 1946 – Brenda Blethyn, English actress
- 1946 – Sandy Duncan, American actress, singer, and dancer
- 1946 – J. Geils, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2017)
- 1947 – Peter Osgood, English footballer (d. 2006)
- 1947 – Peter Strauss, American actor and producer
- 1948 – Pierre Bouchard, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
- 1948 – Jennifer O'Neill, American model and actress
- 1949 – Eddie Hemmings, English cricketer
- 1949 – Ivana Trump, Czech-American socialite and model
- 1950 – Walter Becker, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2017)
- 1950 – Peter Marinello, Scottish footballer[26]
- 1950 – Tony Wilson, English journalist and businessman (d. 2007)
- 1951 – Edward Albert, American actor (d. 2006)
- 1951 – Gordon Brown, Scottish historian and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- 1951 – Randy California, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1997)
- 1951 – Phil Neal, English footballer and manager
- 1953 – Poison Ivy, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1954 – Jon Brant, American bass player
- 1954 – Anthony Head, English actor
- 1954 – Patty Hearst, American actress and author
- 1957 – Glen Hanlon, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1959 – Scott Brayton, American race car driver (d. 1996)
- 1959 – David Corn, American journalist and author
- 1959 – Bill Gullickson, American baseball player
- 1960 – Joel Hodgson, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
- 1960 – Cándido Muatetema Rivas, Equatoguinean politician and diplomat, Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea (d. 2014)
- 1961 – Steve Lundquist, American swimmer
- 1962 – Dwayne McDuffie, American author, screenwriter, and producer, co-founded Milestone Media (d. 2011)
- 1963 – Charles Barkley, American basketball player and sportscaster
- 1963 – Ian Brown, English singer-songwriter and musician
- 1963 – Joakim Nystrom, Swedish tennis player
- 1963 – Mariliza Xenogiannakopoulou, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Health
- 1963 – Cui Yongyuan, Chinese former anchor
- 1964 – Willie Garson, American actor and director
- 1964 – Tom Harris, Scottish journalist and politician
- 1964 – Jeff Maggert, American golfer
- 1964 – French Stewart, American actor
- 1966 – Cindy Crawford, American model and businesswoman
- 1967 – Paul Accola, Swiss alpine skier
- 1967 – Kurt Cobain, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1994)
- 1967 – David Herman, American comedian and actor
- 1967 – Andrew Shue, American actor and activist, founded Do Something
- 1967 – Lili Taylor, American actress
- 1967 – Tom Waddle, American football player and sportscaster
- 1969 – Kjell Ove Hauge, Norwegian school principal and track and field athlete
- 1969 – Siniša Mihajlović, Serbian footballer and manager
- 1969 – Danis Tanović, Bosnian director and screenwriter
- 1971 – Calpernia Addams, American actress, author, and activist
- 1971 – Jari Litmanen, Finnish footballer
- 1971 – Joost van der Westhuizen, South African rugby player (d. 2017)
- 1972 – Neil Primrose, Scottish drummer
- 1974 – Karim Bagheri, Iranian footballer and manager
- 1975 – Liván Hernández, Cuban baseball player
- 1975 – Brian Littrell, American singer-songwriter and actor
- 1975 – Niclas Wallin, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1977 – Stephon Marbury, American basketball player
- 1977 – Gail Kim, Canadian professional wrestler
- 1978 – Lauren Ambrose, American actress and producer
- 1980 – Imanol Harinordoquy, French rugby player
- 1980 – Luis Gabriel Rey, Colombian footballer
- 1981 – Tony Hibbert, English footballer
- 1981 – Fred Jackson, American football player
- 1982 – Jason Hirsh, American baseball player
- 1983 – Jose Morales, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
- 1983 – Justin Verlander, American baseball player
- 1984 – Brian McCann, American baseball player
- 1984 – Trevor Noah, South African comedian, actor, and television host
- 1984 – Ramzee Robinson, American football player
- 1985 – Ryan Sweeney, American baseball player
- 1985 – Julia Volkova, Russian singer and actress
- 1985 – TJ Kirk, American YouTube personality and podcast host
- 1987 – Luke Burgess, English rugby league player
- 1987 – Miles Teller, American actor
- 1988 – Kealoha Pilares, American football player
- 1988 – Ki Bo-bae, South Korean archer
- 1988 – Rihanna, Barbadian-American singer-songwriter and actress
- 1988 – Jiah Khan, Indian singer and actress (d. 2013)
- 1989 – Daly Cherry-Evans, Australian rugby league player
- 1990 – Ciro Immobile, Italian footballer
- 1991 – Hidilyn Diaz, Filipino weightlifter
- 1991 – Giovanni Kyeremateng, Italian footballer
- 1991 – Angelique van der Meet, Dutch tennis player
- 1991 – Antonio Pedroza, English-Mexican footballer
- 1991 – Jocelyn Rae, English-Scottish tennis player
- 1992 – Kyle Turner, Australian rugby league player
- 2003 – Olivia Rodrigo, American actress and singer[27][28]
Fallecidos
Pre-1600
- 789 – Leo of Catania, saint and bishop of Catania (b. 709)
- 922 – Theodora, Byzantine empress
- 1054 – Yaroslav the Wise, grand prince of Veliky Novgorod and Kyiv (b. 978)
- 1154 – Saint Wulfric of Haselbury (b. c. 1080)
- 1171 – Conan IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1138)
- 1194 – Tancred, King of Sicily (b. 1138)
- 1258 – Al-Musta'sim, Iraqi caliph (b. 1213)
- 1408 – Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English politician, Earl Marshal of the United Kingdom (b. 1342)
- 1431 – Pope Martin V (b. 1368)
- 1458 – Lazar Branković, Despot of Serbia
- 1513 – King John of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden (b. 1455)
- 1524 – Tecun Uman, Mayan ruler (b. 1500)
- 1579 – Nicholas Bacon, English politician (b. 1509)
1601 – 1900
- 1618 – Philip William, Prince of Orange (b. 1554)
- 1626 – John Dowland, English lute player and composer (b. 1563)
- 1762 – Tobias Mayer, German astronomer and academic (b. 1723)
- 1771 – Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan, French geophysicist and astronomer (b. 1678)
- 1773 – Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia (b. 1701)
- 1778 – Laura Bassi, Italian physicist and scholar (b. 1711)[29]
- 1790 – Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1741)
- 1806 – Lachlan McIntosh, Scottish-American general and politician (b. 1725)
- 1810 – Andreas Hofer, Tyrolean rebel leader (b. 1767)
- 1850 – Valentín Canalizo, Mexican general and politician. 14th President (1843–1844) (b. 1794)[30]
- 1862 – William Wallace Lincoln, American son of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1850)
- 1871 – Paul Kane, Irish-Canadian painter (b. 1810)
- 1893 – P. G. T. Beauregard, American general (b. 1818)
- 1895 – Frederick Douglass, American author and activist (b. c. 1818)
- 1900 – Washakie, American tribal leader (b. 1798)
1901 – present
- 1907 – Henri Moissan, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
- 1910 – Boutros Ghali, Egyptian educator and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1846)
- 1916 – Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish journalist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1844)
- 1920 – Jacinta Marto, Portuguese saint (b. 1910)
- 1920 – Robert Peary, American admiral and explorer (b. 1856)
- 1933 – Takiji Kobayashi, Japanese writer (b. 1903)
- 1936 – Max Schreck, German actor (b. 1879)
- 1957 – Sadri Maksudi Arsal, Turkish scholar and politician (b. 1878)
- 1961 – Percy Grainger, Australian-American pianist and composer (b. 1882)
- 1963 – Jacob Gade, Danish violinist and composer(b. 1879)
- 1966 – Chester W. Nimitz, American admiral (b. 1885)
- 1968 – Anthony Asquith, English director and screenwriter (b. 1902)
- 1969 – Ernest Ansermet, Swiss conductor (b. 1883)
- 1972 – Maria Goeppert-Mayer, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
- 1972 – Walter Winchell, American journalist and actor (b. 1897)
- 1976 – René Cassin, French lawyer and judge, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
- 1976 – Kathryn Kuhlman, healing evangelist, known for belief in Holy Spirit (b. 1907)
- 1981 – Nicolas de Gunzburg, French-American banker and publisher (b. 1904)
- 1987 – Wayne Boring, American illustrator (b. 1905)
- 1992 – A. J. Casson, Canadian painter (b. 1898)
- 1992 – Dick York, American actor (b. 1928)
- 1993 – Ferruccio Lamborghini, Italian businessman, founded Lamborghini (b. 1916)
- 1993 – Ernest L. Massad, American general (b. 1908)
- 1996 – Solomon Asch, American psychologist and academic (b. 1907)
- 1996 – Audrey Munson, American model (b. 1891)
- 1996 – Toru Takemitsu, Japanese pianist, guitarist, and composer (b. 1930)
- 1999 – Sarah Kane, English playwright (b. 1971)
- 1999 – Gene Siskel, American journalist and critic (b. 1946)
- 2000 – Anatoly Sobchak, Russian lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of Saint Petersburg (b. 1937)
- 2001 – Rosemary DeCamp, American actress (b. 1910)
- 2001 – Donella Meadows, American environmentalist, author, and academic (b. 1941)
- 2003 – Mushaf Ali Mir, Pakistani air marshal (b. 1947)
- 2003 – Maurice Blanchot, French philosopher and author (b. 1907)
- 2003 – Orville Freeman, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 29th Governor of Minnesota (b. 1918)
- 2005 – Sandra Dee, American actress (b. 1942)
- 2005 – Josef Holeček, Czechoslovakian canoeist (b. 1921)[31]
- 2005 – John Raitt, American actor and singer (b. 1917)
- 2005 – Hunter S. Thompson, American journalist and author (b. 1937)
- 2006 – Curt Gowdy, American sportscaster (b. 1919)
- 2006 – Lucjan Wolanowski, Polish journalist and author (b. 1920)
- 2008 – Emily Perry, English actress and dancer (b. 1907)
- 2009 – Larry H. Miller, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1944)
- 2010 – Alexander Haig, American general and politician, 59th United States Secretary of State (b. 1924)
- 2012 – Knut Torbjørn Eggen, Norwegian footballer and manager (b. 1960)
- 2012 – Katie Hall, American educator and politician (b. 1938)
- 2013 – Kenji Eno, Japanese game designer and composer (b. 1970)
- 2013 – David S. McKay, American biochemist and geologist (b. 1936)
- 2013 – Antonio Roma, Argentinian footballer (b. 1932)
- 2014 – Rafael Addiego Bruno, Uruguayan jurist and politician, President of Uruguay (b. 1923)
- 2014 – Walter D. Ehlers, American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1921)
- 2014 – Garrick Utley, American journalist (b. 1939)
- 2015 – Govind Pansare, Indian author and activist (b. 1933)
- 2015 – Henry Segerstrom, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1923)
- 2015 – John C. Willke, American physician, author, and activist (b. 1925)
- 2016 – Fernando Cardenal, Nicaraguan priest and politician (b. 1934)
- 2017 – Vitaly Churkin, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the United Nations (b. 1952)
- 2017 – Mildred Dresselhaus, American physicist (b. 1930)
- 2017 – Steve Hewlett, British journalist (b. 1958)
- 2020 – Joaquim Pina Moura, Portuguese Minister of Economy and Treasury and MP (b. 1952)[32]
Días festivos y celebraciones
- Christian feast day:
- Eleutherius of Tournai
- Eucherius of Orléans
- Francisco Marto and Jacinta Marto
- Frederick Douglass (Episcopal Church (USA))
- Wulfric of Haselbury
- February 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Day of Heavenly Hundred Heroes (Ukraine)
- World Day of Social Justice[33]
Referencias
- ^ Bernard Bolingbroke Woodward; William Leist Readwin Cates (1872). Encyclopaedia of Chronology: Historical and Biographical. Lee and Shepard. p. 1416.
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enlaces externos
- BBC: On This Day
- The New York Times: On This Day
- Historical Events on February 20
- Today in Canadian History