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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1339]] &ndash; The [[Milan]]ese army and the St. George's (San Giorgio) Mercenaries of [[Lodrisio Visconti]] clash in the [[Battle of Parabiago]]; Visconti is defeated.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Bernard Bolingbroke Woodward|author2=William Leist Readwin Cates|title=Encyclopaedia of Chronology: Historical and Biographical|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZeI0AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1416|year=1872|publisher=Lee and Shepard|pages=1416|access-date=2019-03-07|archive-date=2022-02-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220220084854/https://books.google.com/books?id=ZeI0AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1416|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1472]] &ndash; [[Orkney]] and [[Shetland]] are [[pawn (law)|pawned]] by Norway to Scotland in lieu of a [[dowry]] for [[Margaret of Denmark, Queen of Scotland|Margaret of Denmark]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Gordon|last=Donaldson|title=The Edinburgh history of Scotland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kohnAAAAMAAJ|year=1974|publisher=Oliver & Boyd|page=417|isbn=9780050020388|access-date=2019-03-07|archive-date=2022-02-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220220084907/https://books.google.com/books?id=kohnAAAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1521]] &ndash; Spanish conquistador [[Juan Ponce de León]] sets out from San Juan, Puerto Rico, for Florida with about 200 prospective colonists.<ref>{{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Legrand|title=Chronicle of the 20th Century|publisher=Ecam Publication|year=1987|page=12|isbn=0-942191-01-3}}</ref>
*[[1547]] &ndash; [[Edward VI of England]] is [[Coronation of Edward VI|crowned]] [[King of England]] at [[Westminster Abbey]].<ref>{{cite book|first=William Arthur|last=Shaw|title=The Knights of England: A Complete Record from the Earliest Time to the Present Day of the Knights of All the Orders of Chivalry in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and of Knights Bachelors.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l4xUsPyL6koC&pg=PA150|year=1970|publisher=Genealogical Publishing Com|isbn=978-0-8063-0443-4|pages=150–|access-date=2019-03-07|archive-date=2022-01-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220131232515/https://books.google.com/books?id=l4xUsPyL6koC&pg=PA150|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1553]] &ndash; [[Yohannan Sulaqa]] professes his Catholic belief and is ordained as bishop shortly after; this marks the beginning of the [[Chaldean Catholic Church]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Filoni |first1=Fernando |title=The Church in Iraq |date=2017 |publisher=CUA Press |isbn=978-0-8132-2965-2 |page=35 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xp8rDwAAQBAJ |access-date=20 January 2025 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Frazee |first1=Charles A. |title=Catholics and Sultans: The Church and the Ottoman Empire 1453-1923 |date=22 June 2006 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-02700-7 |page=57 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X6DM4szwUpEC |access-date=20 January 2025 |language=en}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1685]] &ndash; [[René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle|René-Robert Cavelier]] establishes [[French colonization of Texas|Fort St. Louis]] at [[Matagorda Bay]] thus forming the basis for France's claim to [[Texas]].
*[[1792]] &ndash; The [[Postal Service Act]], establishing the [[United States Post Office Department]], is signed by United States President [[George Washington]].
*[[1798]] &ndash; [[Louis-Alexandre Berthier]] removes [[Pope Pius VI]] from power.
*[[1813]] &ndash; [[Manuel Belgrano]] defeats the [[Royalist (Spanish American Independence)|royalist]] army of [[Pío de Tristán]] during the [[Battle of Salta]].
*[[1816]] &ndash; [[Gioachino Rossini|Rossini's]] opera ''[[The Barber of Seville]]'' premieres at the [[Teatro Argentina]] in Rome.
*[[1824]] &ndash; [[William Buckland]] formally announces the name ''[[Megalosaurus]]'', the first scientifically validly named non-avian dinosaur species.<ref name="buckland1824">{{cite journal |last=Buckland |first=W. |year=1824 |title=Notice on the ''Megalosaurus'' or great Fossil Lizard of Stonesfield |journal=Transactions of the Geological Society of London |series=2 |doi=10.1144/transgslb.1.2.390 |volume=1 |issue=2 |pages=390–396|s2cid=129920045 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/partpdf/91364 |url-access= |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-date= }}</ref>
*[[1835]] &ndash; The [[1835 Concepción earthquake]] destroys [[Concepción, Chile]].
*[[1846]] &ndash; Polish insurgents lead an [[Kraków Uprising|uprising in Kraków]] to incite a fight for national independence.
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Battle of Olustee]]: The largest battle fought in [[Florida]] during the war.
*[[1865]] &ndash; End of the [[Uruguayan War]], with a peace agreement between President [[Tomás Villalba]] and rebel leader [[Venancio Flores]], setting the scene for the destructive [[Paraguayan War|War of the Triple Alliance]].
*[[1872]] &ndash; The [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] opens in [[New York City]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Tinterow |first1=Gary |last2=Stein |first2=Susan Alyson |last3=Burn |first3=Barbara |title=The New Nineteenth-century European Paintings and Sculpture Galleries |date=1993 |publisher=Metropolitan Museum of Art |page=7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b2T9ndvKca4C&pg=PA7 |language=en |access-date=2020-09-23 |archive-date=2022-02-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220220084857/https://books.google.com/books?id=b2T9ndvKca4C&pg=PA7 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky|Tchaikovsky]]'s ballet ''[[Swan Lake]]'' receives its premiere at the [[Bolshoi Theatre]] in Moscow.
*[[1894]] – [[20 February bombings]] by [[Désiré Pauwels]] during the ''[[Ère des attentats]]'' (1892-1894).<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/ocm43706446 |title=Regards populaires sur la violence |date=2000 |publisher=Publications de l'Université de Saint-Etienne |isbn=978-2-86272-180-4 |editor-last=Piarotas |editor-first=Mireille |series=Travaux / Centre interdisciplinaire d'études et de recherches sur l'expression contemporaine |location=Saint-Etienne |pages=141-142 |oclc=ocm43706446}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; The legislature of [[Territory of Hawaii|Hawaii Territory]] convenes for the first time.
*[[1905]] &ndash; The [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] upholds the constitutionality of [[Massachusetts]]'s mandatory [[Smallpox vaccine|smallpox vaccination]] program in ''[[Jacobson v. Massachusetts]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vaccines Fast Facts|url=https://www.cnn.com/2015/07/20/health/vaccines-fast-facts/index.html|publisher=CNN Editorial Research|access-date=2022-01-12|website=CNN|date=20 July 2015|archive-date=2022-01-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220112020723/https://www.cnn.com/2015/07/20/health/vaccines-fast-facts/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1909]] &ndash; Publication of the [[Futurist Manifesto]] in the French journal ''[[Le Figaro]]''.
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[King O'Malley]] drives in the first [[Surveying|survey]] peg to mark commencement of work on the construction of [[Canberra]].
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[1920 Gori earthquake|An earthquake]] kills between 114 and 130 in [[Democratic Republic of Georgia|Georgia]] and heavily damages the town of [[Gori, Georgia|Gori]].
*[[1931]] &ndash; The [[United States Congress|U.S. Congress]] approves the construction of the [[San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge]] by the state of [[California]].
*  1931 &ndash; An [[anarchist]] uprising in [[Encarnación, Paraguay]] briefly transforms the city into a [[Taking of Encarnación|revolutionary commune]].<ref name = "Vitale, Luis 1998, pg 13">{{cite book|last=Vitale|first=Luis|title=Contribución a una Historia del Anarquismo en América Latina|publisher= Ed. Instituto de Investigación de Movimientos Sociales "Pedro Vuskovic"|location=Santiago|year=1998|page=13|language=es}}</ref>
*[[1933]] &ndash; The [[United States Congress|U.S. Congress]] approves the [[Blaine Act]] to repeal federal [[Prohibition in the United States]], sending the [[Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution]] to [[state ratifying conventions]] for approval.<ref>{{cite news|title=House Has Frenzied Day|work=The New York Times|date=February 21, 1933|pages=1, 11|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|last=Kyvig|first=David E.|title=Repealing National Prohibition|location=Kent, Ohio|publisher=Kent State University Press|date=2000|isbn=978-0-87338-672-2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XsYi06oDpHMC|page=182|access-date=2019-02-18|archive-date=2022-02-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220220084913/https://books.google.com/books?id=XsYi06oDpHMC|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1933 &ndash; [[Adolf Hitler]] [[Secret Meeting of 20 February 1933|secretly meets]] with German industrialists to arrange for financing of the [[Nazi Party]]'s upcoming election campaign.
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Caroline Mikkelsen]] becomes the first woman to set foot in Antarctica.
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[1939 Nazi rally at Madison Square Garden|Madison Square Garden Nazi rally]]: The largest ever pro-Nazi rally in United States history is convened in [[Madison Square Garden (1925)|Madison Square Garden]], New York City, with 20,000 members and sympathizers of the [[German American Bund]] present.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/madison-square-garden-nazis-796197/ |first1=Ryan |last1=Bort |title=When Nazis Took Over Madison Square Garden |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=19 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211207005412/https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/madison-square-garden-nazis-796197/ |archive-date=7 December 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: Lieutenant [[Edward O'Hare]] becomes America's first World War II [[flying ace]].
*[[1943]] &ndash; World War II: American [[movie studio]] executives agree to allow the [[Office of War Information]] to censor movies.
*  1943 &ndash; ''[[The Saturday Evening Post]]'' publishes the first of [[Norman Rockwell]]'s ''[[Four Freedoms (Norman Rockwell)|Four Freedoms]]'' in support of United States President [[Franklin Roosevelt]]'s 1941 [[State of the Union address]] theme of [[Four Freedoms]].
*[[1944]] &ndash; World War II: The "[[Big Week]]" began with American bomber raids on German aircraft manufacturing centers.
*  1944 &ndash; World War II: The United States takes [[Eniwetok Atoll]].
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Emmett Ashford]] becomes the first [[African-American]] [[umpire (baseball)|umpire]] in organized [[baseball]] by being authorized to be a substitute umpire in the Southwestern International League.
*[[1956]] &ndash; The [[United States Merchant Marine Academy]] becomes a permanent Service Academy.
*[[1959]] &ndash; The [[Avro Arrow]] program to design and manufacture [[supersonic]] [[fighter aircraft|jet fighters]] in Canada is cancelled by the [[John Diefenbaker|Diefenbaker]] government amid much political debate.
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Mercury program]]: While aboard ''[[Friendship 7]]'', [[John Glenn]] becomes the first American to orbit the [[Earth]], making three orbits in four hours, 55 minutes.
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Ranger 8]] crashes into the Moon after a successful mission of photographing possible landing sites for  the [[Apollo program]] [[astronaut]]s.
*[[1968]] &ndash; The [[China Academy of Space Technology]], China's main arm for the research, development, and creation of [[Satellite|space satellites]], is established in [[Beijing]].<ref>{{cite news |title=China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) |url=https://www.nti.org/learn/facilities/56/ |newspaper=[[Nuclear Threat Initiative]] |access-date=20 February 2021 |date=1 May 2003 |archive-date=8 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108175933/https://www.nti.org/learn/facilities/56/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[1971]] &ndash; The United States [[Emergency Broadcast System]] is accidentally activated in an erroneous national alert.
*[[1979]] &ndash; An [[earthquake]] cracks open the ''Sinila'' [[volcanic crater]] on the [[Dieng Plateau]], releasing poisonous H<sub>2</sub>S gas and killing 149 villagers in the [[Indonesia]]n province of [[Central Java]].
*[[1986]] &ndash; The [[Soviet Union]] launches its [[Mir]] spacecraft. Remaining in orbit for 15 years, it is occupied for ten of those years.
*[[1988]] &ndash; The [[Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast]] votes to secede from [[Azerbaijan]] and join [[Armenia]], triggering the [[First Nagorno-Karabakh War]].
*[[1991]] &ndash; In the Albanian capital [[Tirana]], a gigantic statue of [[Albania]]'s long-time leader, [[Enver Hoxha]], is brought down by mobs of angry protesters.
*[[1998]] &ndash; American figure skater [[Tara Lipinski]], at the age of 15, becomes the youngest Olympic figure skating gold-medalist at the [[1998 Winter Olympics]] in [[Nagano, Nagano|Nagano]], Japan.
*[[2003]] &ndash; During a [[Great White]] concert in [[West Warwick, Rhode Island]], a [[pyrotechnics]] display [[The Station nightclub fire|sets the Station nightclub ablaze]], killing 100 and injuring over 200 others.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Station nightclub fire {{!}} Description & Facts  |url=https://www.britannica.com/event/The-Station-nightclub-fire |website=Britannica |access-date=18 June 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Hahn |first1=Jason |title=Survivor of the Rhode Island Station Nightclub Fire Rebuilds His Life 14 Years Later |url=https://people.com/human-interest/survivor-rhode-island-station-nightclub-fire-rebuilds-life/ |date=August 10, 2017 |website=PEOPLE.com |access-date=18 June 2022 |language=en |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220618124813/https://people.com/human-interest/survivor-rhode-island-station-nightclub-fire-rebuilds-life/ |archive-date= 18 June 2022 }}</ref>
*[[2005]] &ndash; Spain becomes the first country to vote in a [[2005 Spanish European Constitution referendum|referendum on ratification]] of the [[Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe|proposed Constitution]] of the [[European Union]], passing it by a substantial margin, but on a low turnout.
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[2009 suicide air raid on Colombo|Two Tamil Tigers aircraft packed with C4 explosives]] en route to the national airforce headquarters are shot down by the Sri Lankan military before reaching their target, in a [[kamikaze]] style attack.
*[[2010]] &ndash; In Madeira Island, Portugal, heavy rain causes [[2010 Madeira floods and mudslides|floods and mudslides]], resulting in at least 43 deaths, in the worst disaster in the [[history of Madeira|history of the archipelago]].
*[[2014]] &ndash; Dozens of [[Euromaidan]] anti-government protesters [[Maidan casualties|died]] in Ukraine's capital [[Kyiv]], many reportedly killed by snipers.
*[[2015]] &ndash; Two [[Rafz train crash|trains collide]] in the Swiss town of [[Rafz]] resulting in as many as 49 people injured and [[Swiss Federal Railways]] cancelling some services.
*[[2016]] &ndash; Six people are killed and two injured in [[2016 Kalamazoo shootings|multiple shooting incidents]] in [[Kalamazoo County, Michigan]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Jason Dalton: Former Uber driver pleads guilty to shooting six people dead in Michigan |first1=Sarah |last1=Harvard |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/jason-dalton-guilty-kalamazoo-shooting-michigan-uber-driver-shooter-victims-a8716411.html |website=The Independent |access-date=23 June 2020 |language=en |date=7 January 2019 |archive-date=23 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200623094244/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/jason-dalton-guilty-kalamazoo-shooting-michigan-uber-driver-shooter-victims-a8716411.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Births==
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===Pre-1600===
*[[1358]] &ndash; [[Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Castile|Eleanor of Aragon]], queen of [[John I of Castile]] (d. 1382)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Anne Commire|author2=Deborah Klezmer|title=Women in World History: Ead-Fur|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iEQOAQAAMAAJ|year=2000|publisher=Yorkin Publications|isbn=978-0-7876-4064-4|page=99|access-date=2019-02-20|archive-date=2020-07-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724112348/https://books.google.com/books?id=iEQOAQAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1469]] &ndash; [[Thomas Cajetan]], Italian philosopher (d. 1534)<ref>{{cite book|first=Ann J.|last=Cotton|title=Mercurius Rusticans: a critical edition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i8EXAQAAIAAJ|date=1 August 1988|publisher=Garland|isbn=978-0-8240-6383-2|access-date=20 February 2019|archive-date=26 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226154427/https://books.google.com/books?id=i8EXAQAAIAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1523]] &ndash; [[Jan Blahoslav]], Czech writer (d. 1571)
*[[1549]] &ndash; [[Francesco Maria II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino]], last Duke of Urbino (d. 1631)
*[[1552]] &ndash; [[Sengoku Hidehisa]], Daimyō (d. 1614)
===1601–1900===
*[[1608]] &ndash; [[Arthur Capell, 1st Baron Capell of Hadham]] (d. 1649)
*[[1631]] &ndash; [[Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds]], English politician, [[Treasurer of the Navy]] (d. 1712)
*[[1633]] &ndash; [[Jan de Baen]], Dutch painter (d. 1702)
*[[1705]] &ndash; [[Nicolas Chédeville]], French [[Musette de cour|musette]] player and composer (d. 1782)
*[[1726]] &ndash; [[William Prescott]], American colonel (d. 1795)
*[[1744]] &ndash; [[William Cornwallis]], English admiral and politician (d. 1819)<ref>{{cite book|author=Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts|title=Report of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts|location=London|publisher=His Majesty's Stationery Office|date=1917|oclc=1751467|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ppgKAAAAYAAJ|page=127|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|last=Lodge|first=Edmund|title=The Genealogy of the Existing British Peerage: With Brief Sketches of the Family Histories of the Nobility, With Engravings of the Arms|location=London|publisher=Saunders and Otley|date=1832|oclc=987931214|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QK-4tHp4dzgC|page=89|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|last=Lambert|first=Andrew|chapter=Sir William Cornwallis, 1844-1819|title=Precursors of Nelson: British Admirals of the Eighteenth Century|location=London|publisher=Chatham|date=2000|isbn=9781861760623|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A1Nmhx-ZO_kC|page=354}}</ref>
*[[1745]] &ndash; [[Henry James Pye]], English poet and politician (d. 1813)
*[[1748]] &ndash; [[Luther Martin]], American politician (d. 1826)<ref name=ABDML>{{cite book|title=A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature 1635-1789|volume=2: I-Z|last1=Papenfuse|first1=Edward C.|last2=Day|first2=Alan F.|last3=Jordan|first3=David W.|last4=Stiverson|first4=Gregory A.|publisher=The Johns Hopkins University Press|pages=577–578|url=https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc3500/sc3520/000800/000875/pdf/lutherbio.pdf|access-date=2020-12-05|archive-date=2021-04-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417120631/https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc3500/sc3520/000800/000875/pdf/lutherbio.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- added to target on 2020-12-05, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Luther_Martin&diff=992502881&oldid=986853455 -->
*[[1751]] &ndash; [[Johann Heinrich Voss]], German poet, translator, and academic (d. 1826)
*[[1753]] &ndash; [[Louis-Alexandre Berthier]], French general and politician, [[Minister of Defence (France)|French Minister of Defence]] (d. 1815)
*[[1756]] &ndash; [[Angelica Schuyler Church]], American socialite, sister-in-law to [[Alexander Hamilton]] (d. 1814)
*[[1759]] &ndash; [[Johann Christian Reil]], German physician, physiologist, and anatomist (d. 1813)
*[[1774]] &ndash; [[Vicente Sebastián Pintado]], Spanish cartographer, engineer, military officer and land surveyor of [[Spanish Louisiana]] and [[Spanish West Florida]] (d. 1829)<ref name=" La obra de Pintado en la Biblioteca del Congreso">[http://anuariosatlanticos.casadecolon.com/index.php/CHCA/article/download/7631/6602 La obra del canario Pintado en la Biblioteca del Congreso] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702124649/http://anuariosatlanticos.casadecolon.com/index.php/CHCA/article/download/7631/6602 |date=2015-07-02 }} (in Spanish: The work of the Canarian Pintado in the Library of Congress). Eric Beerman.</ref>
*[[1784]] &ndash; [[Judith Montefiore]], British linguist, travel writer, philanthropist (d. 1862)<ref name="Speake2003">{{cite book|editor-last=Speake|editor-first=Jennifer|editor-link=Jennifer Speake|title=Literature of Travel and Exploration: G to P|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j3w07y2oRu8C&pg=PA810|year=2003|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-57958-424-5|pages=810–|access-date=2018-09-15|archive-date=2022-02-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220220084916/https://books.google.com/books?id=j3w07y2oRu8C&pg=PA810|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1792]] &ndash; [[Eliza Courtney]], French daughter of [[Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire]] (d. 1859)
*[[1794]] &ndash; [[William Carleton]], Irish author (d. 1869)
*[[1802]] &ndash; [[Charles Auguste de Bériot]], Belgian violinist and composer (d. 1870)
*[[1819]] &ndash; [[Alfred Escher]], Swiss businessman and politician (d. 1882)
*[[1839]] &ndash; [[Benjamin Waugh]], English activist, founded the [[National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children|NSPCC]] (d. 1908)
*[[1844]] &ndash; [[Ludwig Boltzmann]], Austrian physicist and philosopher (d. 1906)
*  1844   &ndash; [[Joshua Slocum]], Canadian sailor and adventurer (d. 1909)
*[[1848]] &ndash; [[E. H. Harriman]], American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1909)
*[[1857]] &ndash; [[A. P. Lucas]], English cricketer (d. 1923)
*[[1866]] &ndash; [[Carl Westman]], Swedish architect, designed the [[Stockholm Court House]] and [[Röhsska Museum]] (d. 1936)
*[[1867]] &ndash; [[Louise, Princess Royal]] of England (d. 1931)
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[Jay Johnson Morrow]], American engineer and politician, 3rd [[Governor of the Panama Canal Zone]] (d. 1937)
*[[1874]] &ndash; [[Mary Garden]], Scottish-American soprano and actress (d. 1967)<ref>{{cite web |title=Mary Garden {{!}} Opera Scotland |url=http://www.operascotland.org/person/4366/Mary++Garden |website=www.operascotland.org |access-date=30 April 2020 |archive-date=2 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802031126/http://www.operascotland.org/person/4366/Mary++Garden |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1879]] &ndash; [[Hod Stuart]], Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1907)
*[[1880]] &ndash; [[Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen]], French author and poet (d. 1923)
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[Elie Nadelman]], Polish-American sculptor (d. 1946)
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[Vincent Massey]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th [[Governor General of Canada]] (d. 1967)
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[Georges Bernanos]], French soldier and author (d. 1948)
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[Hulusi Behçet]], Turkish dermatologist and physician (d. 1948)
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Elizabeth Holloway Marston]], American psychologist and author (d. 1993)
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Louis Zborowski]], English race car driver and engineer (d. 1924)
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[Ivan Albright]], American painter (d. 1983)
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Ante Ciliga]], Croatian politician, writer and publisher (d. 1992)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney]], American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1992)

===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; [[René Dubos]], French-American biologist and author (d. 1982)
*  1901   &ndash; [[Louis Kahn]], American architect, designed the [[Salk Institute]], the [[Kimbell Art Museum]] and the [[Bangladesh Parliament Building]] (d. 1974)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Feb. 20: Charles Barkley, Mike Leigh |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/02/20/Famous-birthdays-for-Feb-20-Charles-Barkley-Mike-Leigh/6671676741798/#:~:text=20%3A%20Charles%20Barkley%2C%20Mike%20Leigh,-By%20UPI%20Staff |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=19 February 2024 |date=20 February 2023}}</ref>
*  1901   &ndash; [[Muhammad Naguib]], Egyptian general and politician, 1st [[President of Egypt]] (d. 1984)
*  1901   &ndash; [[Ramakrishna Ranga Rao of Bobbili]], Indian lawyer and politician, 6th [[List of Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu|Chief Minister of Madras Presidency]] (d. 1978)
*[[1902]] &ndash; [[Ansel Adams]], American photographer and environmentalist (d. 1984)<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1906]] &ndash; [[Gale Gordon]], American actor (d. 1995)
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[Pierre Boulle]], French soldier and author (d. 1994)
*  1912   &ndash; [[Johnny Checketts]], New Zealand flying ace of the [[Second World War]] (d. 2006)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1516660/Wing-Cdr-Johnny-Checketts.html|title=Wing Cdr Johnny Checketts|date=2006-04-25|work=The Telegraph|access-date=2020-04-18|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107221059/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1516660/Wing-Cdr-Johnny-Checketts.html|archive-date=2016-11-07|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}</ref>
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[Tommy Henrich]], American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2009)
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[John Charles Daly]], South African–American journalist and game show host (d. 1991)
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[Jean Erdman]], American dancer and choreographer (d. 2020)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dancemagazine.com/jean-erdman-choreographer-and-theater-director-dies-at-104-2645934093.html|title=Jean Erdman, Choreographer and Theater Director, Dies at 104|date=May 6, 2020|website=Dance Magazine|access-date=February 15, 2021|archive-date=May 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200507133431/https://www.dancemagazine.com/jean-erdman-choreographer-and-theater-director-dies-at-104-2645934093.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/06/arts/dance/jean-erdman-dead.html|title=Jean Erdman, a Dancer Moved by Myth, Is Dead at 104|first=Margalit|last=Fox|newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 6, 2020|access-date=February 15, 2021|archive-date=December 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201226195054/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/06/arts/dance/jean-erdman-dead.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Leonore Annenberg]], American businesswoman and diplomat (d. 2009)
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[James O'Meara]], English soldier and pilot (d. 1974)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Karl Albrecht]], German businessman, co-founded [[Aldi]] (d. 2014)
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Buddy Rogers (wrestler)|Buddy Rogers]], American wrestler (d. 1992)
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Victor G. Atiyeh]], American businessman and politician, 32nd [[Governor of Oregon]] (d. 2014)
*  1923   &ndash; [[Forbes Burnham]], Guyanese lawyer and politician, 2nd [[President of Guyana]] (d. 1985)
*  1923   &ndash; [[Rena Vlahopoulou]], Greek actress (d. 2004)
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Gloria Vanderbilt]], American actress, fashion designer, and socialite (d. 2019)<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Robert Altman]], American director and screenwriter (d. 2006)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Zenari |first1=Vivian |title=Altman, Robert (1925–2006) |journal=Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism |date=2016 |doi=10.4324/9781135000356-REM1207-1|isbn=9781135000356 }}</ref>
*  1925   &ndash; [[Tochinishiki Kiyotaka]], Japanese sumo wrestler, the 44th [[Makuuchi#Yokozuna|Yokozuna]] (d. 1990)
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Matthew Bucksbaum]], American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded [[General Growth Properties]] (d. 2013)
*  1926   &ndash; [[Gillian Lynne]], English ballerina, choreographer, and director (d. 2018)
*  1926   &ndash; [[Richard Matheson]], American author and screenwriter (d. 2013)
*  1926   &ndash; [[Bob Richards]], American Olympic track and field athlete (d. 2023)
*  1926   &ndash; [[María de la Purísima Salvat Romero]], Spanish Roman Catholic nun; later canonized (d. 1998)
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Roy Cohn]], American lawyer and political activist (d. 1986)<ref>{{cite news |first=Joan |last=Mower |title=Roy Cohn, Ex-Aide to Joseph McCarthy, Dead at 59 |work=[[Associated Press]] |date=August 3, 1986 |url=https://www.apnews.com/f05ceb7d140f3cae111b379077101bea |access-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-date=September 29, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190929202039/https://www.apnews.com/f05ceb7d140f3cae111b379077101bea |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1927   &ndash; [[Ibrahim Ferrer]], Cuban singer and musician (d. 2005)
*  1927   &ndash; [[Hubert de Givenchy]], French fashion designer (d. 2018)<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1927   &ndash; [[Sidney Poitier]], Bahamian-American actor, director, and diplomat (d. 2022)<ref>{{cite book|first=Aram|last=Goudsouzian|title=Sidney Poitier: Man, Actor, Icon|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MrXqCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA7|date=20 January 2011|publisher=Univ of North Carolina Press|isbn=978-0-8078-7584-1|pages=7|access-date=24 January 2021|archive-date=20 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220220084859/https://books.google.com/books?id=MrXqCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA7|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Jean Kennedy Smith]], American diplomat, 25th [[United States Ambassador to Ireland]] (d. 2020)<ref>{{cite news|title=Jean Kennedy Smith, Kennedy sister and architect of peace in Northern Ireland, dies at 92|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/jean-kennedy-smith-kennedy-sister-and-architect-of-peace-in-northern-ireland-dies-at-92/2020/06/18/a236b0b0-b15a-11ea-8758-bfd1d045525a_story.html|first=Vincent P.|last=Bzdek|date=June 18, 2020|access-date=June 18, 2020|newspaper=The Washington Post|archive-date=June 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200618145038/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/jean-kennedy-smith-kennedy-sister-and-architect-of-peace-in-northern-ireland-dies-at-92/2020/06/18/a236b0b0-b15a-11ea-8758-bfd1d045525a_story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Amanda Blake]], American actress (d. 1989)
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[John Milnor]], American mathematician and academic
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Adrian Cristobal]], Filipino journalist and author (d. 2007)<ref>{{cite book|title=Philippine Journal of Education|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U5ecAAAAMAAJ|year=1998|page=411|access-date=2021-01-24|archive-date=2022-02-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220220084900/https://books.google.com/books?id=U5ecAAAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Bobby Unser]], American race car driver (d. 2021)<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Ellen Gilchrist]], American novelist, short story writer, and poet (d. 2024)
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Marj Dusay]], American actress (d. 2020)
*  1936   &ndash; [[Larry Hovis]], American actor and singer (d. 2003)
*  1936   &ndash; [[Shigeo Nagashima]], Japanese baseball player and coach
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Robert Huber]], German biochemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate
*  1937   &ndash; [[Roger Penske]], American race car driver and businessman<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1937   &ndash; [[Nancy Wilson (jazz singer)|Nancy Wilson]], American singer and actress (d. 2018)<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Herbert Kohler Jr.]], American businessman (d. 2022)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/16/business/herbert-kohler-dead.html |url-access=subscription |title=Herbert Kohler, Plumbing Mogul Who Created a Golf Mecca, Dies at 83|newspaper=The New York Times|last=Shanahan|first=Ed|date=September 16, 2022|access-date=September 20, 2022}}</ref>
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Jimmy Greaves]], English footballer and TV pundit (d. 2021)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=3056|title=Jimmy Greaves|website=Soccer Base|access-date=15 February 2020|archive-date=13 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913160114/https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=3056|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Lim Kit Siang]], Malaysian lawyer and politician<ref>{{cite book |last1=Leifer |first1=Michael |title=Dictionary of the Modern Politics of Southeast Asia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PQs_1X_z5boC&pg=PA166 |date=2013 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1135129385 |pages=166 |edition=3rd (revised)}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Ooi |first1=Kee Beng |title=The Right TO Differ: A Biographical Sketch of Lim Kit Siang |date=2011 |publisher=Research for Social Advancement |isbn=9789675942068 |pages=3 }}</ref>
*  1941   &ndash; [[Buffy Sainte-Marie]], Canadian singer-songwriter and producer<ref>{{cite book|author1=Norm N. Nite|author2=Ralph M. Newman|title=Rock on: the illustrated encyclopedia of rock 'n roll, the modern years|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sxwuFs6rSgAC|year=1978|publisher=T. Y. Crowell Co.|isbn=978-0-690-01196-8|page=415|access-date=2021-01-24|archive-date=2022-02-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220220084920/https://books.google.com/books?id=sxwuFs6rSgAC|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Phil Esposito]], Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1942   &ndash; [[Mitch McConnell]], American lawyer and politician<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1942   &ndash; [[Claude Miller]], French director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Antonio Inoki]], Japanese wrestler, mixed martial artist, and politician (d. 2022)
*  1943   &ndash; [[Mike Leigh]], English director and screenwriter<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Robert de Cotret]], Canadian economist and politician, 56th [[Secretary of State for Canada]] (d. 1999)
*  1944   &ndash; [[Lew Soloff]], American trumpet player, composer, and actor (d. 2015)
*  1944   &ndash; [[Willem van Hanegem]], Dutch footballer and coach
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Alan Hull]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1995)
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Brenda Blethyn]], English actress<ref name="AP"/>
*  1946   &ndash; [[Sandy Duncan]], American actress, singer, and dancer<ref name="AP"/>
*  1946   &ndash; [[J. Geils]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2017)
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Peter Osgood]], English footballer (d. 2006)
*  1947   &ndash; [[Peter Strauss]], American actor and producer<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Pierre Bouchard]], Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
*  1948   &ndash; [[Jennifer O'Neill]], American model and actress<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Eddie Hemmings (cricketer)|Eddie Hemmings]], English cricketer
*  1949   &ndash; [[Ivana Trump]], Czech-American socialite and model (d. 2022)<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Inventing Ivana |url=https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/2022/12/1/inventing-ivana |date=December 2022 |access-date=10 December 2022 |first1=Mark |last1=Seal |page=125 |issue=1|volume=65 |issn=0733-8899 |url-access=subscription |magazine=Vanity Fair |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20221210180550/https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/2022/12/1/inventing-ivana |archive-date= 10 December 2022 }}</ref>
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Walter Becker]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2017)
*  1950   &ndash; [[Peter Marinello]], Scottish footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=4809|title=Peter Marinello|website=Soccer Base|access-date=15 February 2020|archive-date=13 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913160118/https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=4809|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1950   &ndash; [[Tony Wilson]], English journalist and businessman (d. 2007)
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Edward Albert]], American actor (d. 2006)
*  1951   &ndash; [[Gordon Brown]], Scottish politician, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Gordon Brown {{!}} prime minister of United Kingdom  |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gordon-Brown |website=Britannica |access-date=20 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
*  1951   &ndash; [[Randy California]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1997)
*  1951   &ndash; [[Phil Neal]], English footballer and manager
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Poison Ivy (musician)|Poison Ivy]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Jon Brant]], American bass player
*  1954   &ndash; [[Anthony Head]], English actor<ref name="AP"/>
*  1954   &ndash; [[Patty Hearst]], American actress and author<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Glen Hanlon]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[James Wilby]], English actor<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Scott Brayton]], American race car driver (d. 1996)
*  1959   &ndash; [[David Corn]], American journalist and author
*  1959   &ndash; [[Bill Gullickson]], American baseball player
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Joel Hodgson]], American comedian, actor, and screenwriter<ref name="AP"/>
*  1960   &ndash; [[Cándido Muatetema Rivas]], Equatoguinean politician and diplomat, [[Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea]] (d. 2014)
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Steve Lundquist]], American swimmer
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Dwayne McDuffie]], American author, screenwriter, and producer, co-founded [[Milestone Media]] (d. 2011)
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Charles Barkley]], American basketball player and sportscaster<ref name="AP"/>
*  1963   &ndash; [[Ian Brown]], English singer-songwriter and musician<ref name="AP"/>
*  1963   &ndash; [[Joakim Nystrom]], Swedish tennis player
*  1963   &ndash; [[Mariliza Xenogiannakopoulou]], Greek lawyer and politician, [[Ministry of Health (Greece)|Greek Minister of Health]]
*  1963   &ndash; [[Cui Yongyuan]], Chinese former anchor
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Willie Garson]], American actor and director (d. 2021)
*  1964   &ndash; [[Tom Harris (British politician)|Tom Harris]], Scottish journalist and politician
*  1964   &ndash; [[Jeff Maggert]], American golfer
*  1964   &ndash; [[French Stewart]], American actor<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Cindy Crawford]], American model and businesswoman<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for February 20, 2023 includes celebrities Miles Teller, Olivia Rodrigo |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/02/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-february-20-2023-includes-celebrities-miles-teller-olivia-rodrigo.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=19 February 2024 |date=20 February 2023}}</ref>
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Paul Accola]], Swiss alpine skier
*  1967   &ndash; [[Kurt Cobain]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1994)<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1967   &ndash; [[David Herman]], American comedian and actor
*  1967   &ndash; [[Andrew Shue]], American actor and activist, founded [[Do Something]]<ref name="AP"/>
*  1967   &ndash; [[Lili Taylor]], American actress<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Kjell Ove Hauge]], Norwegian school principal and track and field athlete
*  1969   &ndash; [[Siniša Mihajlović]], Serbian footballer and manager (d. 2022)
*  1969   &ndash; [[Danis Tanović]], Bosnian director and screenwriter<ref>{{Cite web |title=Danis Tanović |url=https://www.romarchive.eu/en/collection/p/danis-tanovic/ |website=RomArchive}}</ref>
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Jari Litmanen]], Finnish footballer<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.palloliitto.fi/maajoukkueet/miesten_a-maajoukkue/pelaajat/litmanen_jari |title=Profile at FA of Finland's official website |language=fi |access-date=21 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090804215005/http://www.palloliitto.fi/maajoukkueet/miesten_a-maajoukkue/pelaajat/litmanen_jari |archive-date=4 August 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*  1971   &ndash; [[Joost van der Westhuizen]], South African rugby player (d. 2017)
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Andrea Savage]], American actress and comedian<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Karim Bagheri]], Iranian footballer and manager
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Liván Hernández]], Cuban-American baseball player
*  1975   &ndash; [[Brian Littrell]], American singer-songwriter and actor<ref>{{cite book| last =Netter| first =Matt| title =Backstreet Boys - Aaron Carter| publisher =Pocket Books| date =January 1999| location =New York| pages =[https://archive.org/details/backstreetboysaa0000nett/page/43 43–44]| url =https://archive.org/details/backstreetboysaa0000nett/page/43| isbn =0-671-03539-8}}</ref>
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Gail Kim]], Canadian wrestler
*  1977   &ndash; [[Stephon Marbury]], American basketball player<ref>{{basketballstats|nba=950|bbr=m/marbust01}}</ref>
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Lauren Ambrose]], American actress<ref name="AP"/>
*  1978   &ndash; [[Jay Hernandez]], American actor<ref name="AP"/>
*  1978   &ndash; [[Chelsea Peretti]], American actress, comedian, writer, and singer-songwriter<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Michael Zegen]], American actor<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Imanol Harinordoquy]], French rugby player
*  1980   &ndash; [[Luis Gabriel Rey]], Colombian footballer
*  1980   &ndash; [[Artur Boruc]], Polish footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Artur Boruc|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/4601/Artur-Boruc/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=20 February 2024}}</ref>
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Majandra Delfino]], American actress and singer-songwriter<ref name="AP"/>
*  1981   &ndash; [[Tony Hibbert]], English footballer
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[José Morales (catcher)|Jose Morales]], Puerto Rican baseball player
*  1983   &ndash; [[Justin Verlander]], American baseball player
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Brian McCann (baseball)|Brian McCann]], American baseball player<ref>{{baseballstats |mlb=435263}}</ref>
*  1984   &ndash; [[Trevor Noah]], South African comedian, actor, and television host<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Killian Dain]], Northern Irish wrestler<ref>{{cite web |title=Killian Dain |url=https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/23406370/wwe-profile-page-killian-dain |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=19 February 2024 |date=4 May 2018}}</ref>
*  1985   &ndash; [[Ryan Sweeney (baseball)|Ryan Sweeney]], American baseball player
*  1985   &ndash; [[Julia Volkova]], Russian singer and actress
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Julio Borbón]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Julio Borbon |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/julio-borbon-474865 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=19 February 2024}}</ref>
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Luke Burgess (rugby league)|Luke Burgess]], English rugby league player
*  1987   &ndash; [[Martin Hanzal]], Czech ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Martin Hanzal |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/martin-hanzal-8471691 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=19 February 2024}}</ref>
*  1987   &ndash; [[James Johnson (basketball, born 1987)|James Johnson]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=James Johnson |url=https://www.nba.com/player/201949/james-johnson |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=19 February 2024}}</ref>
*  1987   &ndash; [[Daniella Pineda]], American actress<ref name="AP"/>
*  1987   &ndash; [[Miles Teller]], American actor<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Ki Bo-bae]], South Korean archer
*  1988   &ndash; [[Jiah Khan]], Indian singer and actress (d. 2013)
*  1988   &ndash; [[Rihanna]], Barbadian singer, songwriter and actress<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Jack Falahee]], American actor and singer-songwriter<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Ciro Immobile]], Italian footballer
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Hidilyn Diaz]], Filipino weightlifter
*  1991   &ndash; [[Angelique van der Meet]], Dutch tennis player
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Jurickson Profar]], Curaçaoan baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jurickson Profar |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/jurickson-profar-595777 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=19 February 2024}}</ref>
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Kateryna Baindl]], Ukrainian tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kateryna Baindl {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/316739/kateryna-baindl |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref>
*  1994   &ndash; [[Luis Severino]], Dominican baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Luis Severino |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/luis-severino-622663 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=19 February 2024}}</ref>
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Elle Purrier St. Pierre]], American track and field athlete<ref>{{Cite web |title= Elle Purrier St. Pierre |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/147104 |website=olympedia.org |access-date=27 March 2024 }}</ref>
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Clarke Schmidt]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Clarke Schmidt |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/clarke-schmidt-657376 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=21 May 2024}}</ref>
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Emam Ashour]], Egyptian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations squads — List of Players: Egypt |url=https://images.cafonline.com/image/upload/caf-prd/cngdkfcfnjo83bvphxma.pdf |publisher=[[Confederation of African Football]] |page=3 |date=5 November 2019 |access-date=11 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105140641/https://images.cafonline.com/image/upload/caf-prd/cngdkfcfnjo83bvphxma.pdf |archive-date=5 November 2019 }}</ref>
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Jarrett Culver]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jarrett Culver |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1629633/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=19 February 2024}}</ref>
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Josh Sargent]], American soccer player<ref>{{cite web|title=Josh Sargent|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/51209/Josh-Sargent/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=20 February 2024}}</ref>
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Gavin Bazunu]], Irish footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Gavin Bazunu|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/63840/Gavin-Bazunu/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=20 February 2024}}</ref>
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Olivia Rodrigo]], American actress and singer<ref>{{cite tweet|first=Olivia|last=Rodrigo|user=Olivia_Rodrigo|number=1230693655121285124|date=February 20, 2020|title=I AM 17 YEARS OLD TODAY BUT I STILL DO NOT KNOW THE DIFFERENT STYLES OF EGGS. ONLY SCRAMBLED.|access-date=February 16, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9512983/olivia-rodrigo-drivers-license-number-one-hot-100-debut|title=Olivia Rodrigo's 'Drivers License' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|last=Trust|first=Gary|date=January 19, 2021|access-date=February 16, 2021|archive-date=February 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210217210828/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9512983/olivia-rodrigo-drivers-license-number-one-hot-100-debut/|url-status=live|url-access=subscription}} (under subheading "Four just before '04")</ref>
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Jared McCain]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jared McCain Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft ... |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/mccaija01.html |website=basketball-reference.com |access-date=February 19, 2024}}</ref>
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==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[789]] &ndash; [[Leo of Catania]], saint and bishop of Catania (b. 709)
* [[922]] &ndash; [[Theodora (wife of Romanos I)|Theodora]], Byzantine empress
*[[1054]] &ndash; [[Yaroslav the Wise]], grand prince of [[Veliky Novgorod]] and [[Kyiv]] (b. 978)
*[[1154]] &ndash; Saint [[Wulfric of Haselbury]] (b. c. 1080)
*[[1171]] &ndash; [[Conan IV, Duke of Brittany]] (b. 1138)
*[[1194]] &ndash; [[Tancred, King of Sicily]] (b. 1138)
*[[1258]] &ndash; [[Al-Musta'sim]], Iraqi caliph (b. 1213)
*[[1408]] &ndash; [[Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland]], English politician, [[Earl Marshal]] of England (b. 1341)<ref>{{cite web |title=Henry Percy, 1st earl of Northumberland {{!}} Lancastrian, Battle of Towton, Yorkist  |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henry-Percy-1st-Earl-of-Northumberland |website=Britannica |access-date=26 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1431]] &ndash; [[Pope Martin V]] (b. 1368)
*[[1458]] &ndash; [[Lazar Branković]], [[Despot (court title)|Despot]] of [[Serbia]]
*[[1513]] &ndash; [[John, King of Denmark|King John of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden]] (b. 1455)
*[[1524]] &ndash; [[Tecun Uman]], Mayan ruler (b. 1500)
*[[1579]] &ndash; [[Nicholas Bacon (Lord Keeper)|Nicholas Bacon]], English politician (b. 1509)

===1601–1900===
*[[1618]] &ndash; [[Philip William, Prince of Orange]] (b. 1554)
*[[1626]] &ndash; [[John Dowland]], English [[lute]] player and composer (b. 1563)
*[[1762]] &ndash; [[Tobias Mayer]], German astronomer and academic (b. 1723)
*[[1771]] &ndash; [[Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan]], French geophysicist and astronomer (b. 1678)
*[[1773]] &ndash; [[Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia]] (b. 1701)
*[[1778]] &ndash; [[Laura Bassi]], Italian physicist and scholar (b. 1711)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Laura-Bassi|title=Laura Bassi {{!}} Italian scientist|last=Gregersen|first=Erik|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en|access-date=2019-08-27|archive-date=2017-10-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003181343/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Laura-Bassi|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1790]] &ndash; [[Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor]] (b. 1741)
*[[1806]] &ndash; [[Lachlan McIntosh]], Scottish-American general and politician (b. 1725)
*[[1810]] &ndash; [[Andreas Hofer]], Tyrolean rebel leader (b. 1767)
*[[1850]] &ndash; [[Valentín Canalizo]], Mexican general and politician. 14th President (1843–1844) (b. 1794)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://presidentes.mx/valentin-canalizo|publisher=Presidentes.mx|language=es|title=Valentín Canalizo|access-date=May 27, 2019|archive-date=May 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526220351/http://presidentes.mx/valentin-canalizo|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[William Wallace Lincoln]], American son of [[Abraham Lincoln]] (b. 1850)
*[[1871]] &ndash; [[Paul Kane]], Irish-Canadian painter (b. 1810)
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[P. G. T. Beauregard]], American general (b. 1818)
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Frederick Douglass]], American author and activist (b. c. 1818)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Washakie]], American tribal leader (b. 1798)
===1901–present===
*[[1907]] &ndash; [[Henri Moissan]], French chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1852)
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[Klas Pontus Arnoldson]], Swedish journalist and politician, [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1844)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Jacinta and Francisco Marto|Jacinta Marto]], Portuguese saint (b. 1910)
*  1920   &ndash; [[Robert Peary]], American admiral and explorer (b. 1856)
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Takiji Kobayashi]], Japanese writer (b. 1903)
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Max Schreck]], German actor (b. 1879)
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Viktor Gutić]], Croatian fascist official (b. 1901)<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Vukliš|first1=Vladan|last2=Stošić|first2=Verica M.|year=2017|title=From the Abyss They Came, Into the Abyss They Were Thrown: Crime and Punishment in the WW2 Bosnian Frontier|journal=Topola|publisher=Memorial Zone Donja Gradina|location=Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina|volume=III|number=3|issn=2303-856X|url=https://www.academia.edu/34569535/From_the_abyss_they_came_into_the_abyss_they_were_thrown_Crime_and_punishment_in_the_WW2_Bosnian_Frontier|pp=36–37}}</ref>
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Sadri Maksudi Arsal]], Turkish scholar and politician (b. 1878)
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Percy Grainger]], Australian-American pianist and composer (b. 1882)
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Jacob Gade]], Danish violinist and composer (b. 1879)
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Michał Waszyński]], Polish film director and producer (b. 1904)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mazur |first1=Daria |title=Dybuk |date=2007 |publisher=Wydawn. Naukowe UAM |location=Poznań |isbn=9788323218302 |page=100 |language=pl}}</ref>
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Chester W. Nimitz]], American admiral (b. 1885)
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Anthony Asquith]], English director and screenwriter (b. 1902)
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Ernest Ansermet]], Swiss conductor (b. 1883)
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Maria Goeppert-Mayer]], German-American physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1906)<ref>{{cite web |title=The Nobel Prize in Physics 1963 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1963/mayer/biographical/ |website=NobelPrize.org |access-date=9 April 2022}}</ref>
*  1972   &ndash; [[Walter Winchell]], American journalist and actor (b. 1897)
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[René Cassin]], French lawyer and judge, [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1887)
*  1976   &ndash; [[Kathryn Kuhlman]], healing evangelist, known for belief in Holy Spirit (b. 1907)
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Nicolas de Gunzburg]], French-American banker and publisher (b. 1904)
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Wayne Boring]], American illustrator (b. 1905)
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[A. J. Casson]], Canadian painter (b. 1898)
*  1992   &ndash; [[Dick York]], American actor (b. 1928)
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Ferruccio Lamborghini]], Italian businessman, founded [[Lamborghini]] (b. 1916)
*  1993   &ndash; [[Ernest L. Massad]], American general (b. 1908)
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Solomon Asch]], American psychologist and academic (b. 1907)
*  1996   &ndash; [[Audrey Munson]], American model (b. 1891)
*  1996   &ndash; [[Toru Takemitsu]], Japanese pianist, guitarist, and composer (b. 1930)
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Sarah Kane]], English playwright (b. 1971)<ref>{{cite web |title=Of love and outrage: Sarah Kane obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/feb/23/guardianobituaries.lyngardner |website=the Guardian |access-date=20 February 2022 |language=en |date=23 February 1999}}</ref>
*  1999   &ndash; [[Gene Siskel]], American journalist and critic (b. 1946)
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Rosemary DeCamp]], American actress (b. 1910)
*  2001   &ndash; [[Donella Meadows]], American environmentalist, author, and academic (b. 1941)
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Mushaf Ali Mir]], Pakistani air marshal (b. 1947)
*  2003   &ndash; [[Maurice Blanchot]], French philosopher and author (b. 1907)
*  2003   &ndash; [[Orville Freeman]], American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 29th [[Governor of Minnesota]] (b. 1918)
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Sandra Dee]], American actress (b. 1942)
*  2005   &ndash; [[Josef Holeček (canoeist)|Josef Holeček]], Czechoslovakian canoeist (b. 1921)<ref>{{cite web|title=Josef Holeček|url=https://www.olympic.org/josef-holecek|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=24 April 2020|archive-date=13 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913095423/https://www.olympic.org/josef-holecek|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  2005   &ndash; [[John Raitt]], American actor and singer (b. 1917)
*  2005   &ndash; [[Hunter S. Thompson]], American journalist and author (b. 1937)
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Curt Gowdy]], American sportscaster (b. 1919)
*  2006   &ndash; [[Lucjan Wolanowski]], Polish journalist and author (b. 1920)
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Emily Perry (English actress)|Emily Perry]], English actress and dancer (b. 1907)
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[Larry H. Miller]], American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1944)
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[Alexander Haig]], American general and politician, 59th [[United States Secretary of State]] (b. 1924)
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Knut Torbjørn Eggen]], Norwegian footballer and manager (b. 1960)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Katie Hall (American politician)|Katie Hall]], American educator and politician (b. 1938)
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Kenji Eno]], Japanese game designer and composer (b. 1970)
*  2013   &ndash; [[David S. McKay]], American biochemist and geologist (b. 1936)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Antonio Roma]], Argentinian footballer (b. 1932)
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Rafael Addiego Bruno]], Uruguayan jurist and politician, [[List of Presidents of Uruguay|President of Uruguay]] (b. 1923)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Walter D. Ehlers]], American lieutenant, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (b. 1921)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Garrick Utley]], American journalist (b. 1939)
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Govind Pansare]], Indian author and activist (b. 1933)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Henry Segerstrom]], American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1923)
*  2015   &ndash; [[John C. Willke]], American physician, author, and activist (b. 1925)
*[[2016]] &ndash; [[Fernando Cardenal]], Nicaraguan priest and politician (b. 1934)
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[Vitaly Churkin]], Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the [[United Nations]] (b. 1952)
*  2017   &ndash; [[Mildred Dresselhaus]], American physicist (b. 1930)
*  2017   &ndash; [[Steve Hewlett (journalist)|Steve Hewlett]], British journalist (b. 1958)
*[[2020]] &ndash; [[Joaquim Pina Moura]], Portuguese [[Ministry of Economy (Portugal)|Minister of Economy and Treasury]] and [[Assembly of the Republic (Portugal)|MP]] (b. 1952)<ref>{{Cite news|last=Moura|first=Joaquin|url=https://africa21digital.com/2020/02/21/portugal-morreu-o-ex-ministro-joaquim-pina-moura/|title=Portugal: Former Minister Joaquim Pina Moura has died|date=February 21, 2020|work=AFRICA 21 DIGITAL|access-date=March 5, 2020|archive-date=February 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222191353/https://africa21digital.com/2020/02/21/portugal-morreu-o-ex-ministro-joaquim-pina-moura/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; [[Nurul Haque Miah]], Bangladeshi professor and writer (b. 1944)<ref>{{Cite web|title=রসায়ন বইয়ের বিখ্যাত লেখক প্রফেসর নূরুল হক মিয়া আর নেই|url=https://www.jugantor.com/national/395122/রসায়ন-বইয়ের-বিখ্যাত-লেখক-প্রফেসর-নূরুল-হক-মিয়া-আর-নেই|language=bn|access-date=20 February 2021|website=[[Jugantor]]|archive-date=9 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220109165922/https://www.jugantor.com/national/395122/%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%96%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4-%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%95-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%82%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%95-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%87|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  2021 &ndash; [[Mauro Bellugi]], Italian footballer (b. 1950)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Morto Mauro Bellugi, a novembre gli erano state amputate le gambe per il Covid|url=https://www.repubblica.it/sport/calcio/2021/02/20/news/morto_mauro_bellugi-288427250/|language=it|date=February 20, 2021|access-date=February 20, 2022|website=La Repubblica|archive-date=February 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228025910/https://www.repubblica.it/sport/calcio/2021/02/20/news/morto_mauro_bellugi-288427250/|url-status=live}}</ref> 
*[[2024]] &ndash; [[Andreas Brehme]], German footballer (b. 1960)<ref>{{Cite news|title=Andreas Brehme: Germany World Cup winner dies aged 63|work=BBC Sport |date=20 February 2024 |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/68345885|access-date=20 February 2024}}</ref>
*  2024 &ndash; [[Yoko Yamamoto]], Japanese actress (b. 1942)<ref>{{cite news |title=山本陽子さん死去 2月2日にテレビ出演も...熱海市内の病院で 64年映画「抜き射ちの竜 拳銃の歌」で頭角 |url=https://www.sanspo.com/article/20240222-NUB7I7XBDFKZLNPHZKYZHVIBZI/ |lang=ja |access-date=21 February 2024 |newspaper=[[Sankei Sports]] |date=22 February 2024}}</ref>
*  [[2025]] &ndash; [[David Boren]], American lawyer and politician, 21st [[Governor of Oklahoma]] (b. 1941)<ref>{{Cite news |last=McFadden |first=Robert D. |date=February 20, 2025 |title=David Boren, an Oklahoma Eminence as Governor and Senator, Dies at 83 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/us/politics/david-boren-dead.html |access-date=February 23, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*  2025 &ndash; [[Jerry Butler]], American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1939)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Farber |first=Jim |date=February 21, 2025 |title=Jerry Butler, Hitmaking Singer Known as the Iceman, Dies at 85 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/arts/music/jerry-butler-dead.html |access-date=February 23, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*  2025 &ndash; [[Peter Jason]], American actor (b. 1944)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Barnes |first=Mike |date=February 21, 2025 |title=Peter Jason, Actor in 'Deadwood' and Films for Walter Hill and John Carpenter, Dies at 80 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/peter-jason-dead-deadwood-walter-hill-john-carpenter-1236142564/ |access-date=February 23, 2025 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
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== Holidays and observances ==
*Christian [[feast day]]:
**[[Eleutherius of Tournai]]
**[[Eucherius of Orléans]]
**[[Francisco and Jacinta Marto|Francisco Marto and Jacinta Marto]]
**[[Frederick Douglass]] ([[Episcopal Church (USA)]])
**[[Wulfric of Haselbury]]
**[[February 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
*[[Maidan casualties|Day of Heavenly Hundred Heroes]] ([[Ukraine]])
*[[World Day of Social Justice]]<ref>{{cite web |title=International Days |url=https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/ |website=www.un.org |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=en |date=6 January 2015 |archive-date=28 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150328001659/https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
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*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/20 BBC: On This Day]
*{{NYT On this day|month=2|day=20}}
*[https://www.onthisday.com/events/february/20 Historical Events on February 20]

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