On this day: February 20
Events
Founding of FoxconnFebruary 20, 1974 · Companies- Release of The SmithsFebruary 20, 1984 · Music
First Nagorno-Karabakh WarFebruary 20, 1988 – May 16, 1994 · Wars & Conflicts- Release of RootsFebruary 20, 1996 · Music
Founding of KazMunayGasFebruary 20, 2002 · Companies- Release of Visionary: The Video SinglesFebruary 20, 2006 · Music
Release of The Sovereign's ServantFebruary 20, 2007 · Film- Release of Zombilation – The Greatest CutsFebruary 20, 2009 · Music
- Release of The Order: 1886February 20, 2015 · Gaming
Born on this day
Thomas CajetanFebruary 20, 1469 – August 1534 · Culture
Jan BlahoslavFebruary 20, 1523 – November 24, 1571 · Music
Charles Auguste de BériotFebruary 20, 1802 – April 8, 1870 · Music
Louis Le ChatelierFebruary 20, 1815 – November 10, 1873 · Science
Ludwig BoltzmannFebruary 20, 1844 – September 5, 1906 · Science
Mihály MunkácsyFebruary 20, 1844 – May 1, 1900 · Art
Joshua SlocumFebruary 20, 1844 – November 14, 1909 · Exploration
Alexey FavorskyFebruary 20, 1860 – August 8, 1945 · Science
Pompeu FabraFebruary 20, 1868 – December 25, 1948 · Science
Vilhelms PurvītisFebruary 20, 1872 – January 14, 1945 · Art
Nicolai HartmannFebruary 20, 1882 – October 9, 1950 · Culture
Peter FreuchenFebruary 20, 1886 – September 2, 1957 · Exploration
Louis KahnFebruary 20, 1901 – March 17, 1974 · Culture- Henry EyringFebruary 20, 1901 – December 26, 1981 · Science
René DubosFebruary 20, 1901 – February 20, 1982 · Culture
Abraham AlikhanovFebruary 20, 1904 – December 8, 1970 · Technology
Heinz ErhardtFebruary 20, 1909 – June 5, 1979 · Music
Ben KlassenFebruary 20, 1918 – August 6, 1993 · Culture
Joseph Albert WalkerFebruary 20, 1921 – June 8, 1966 · Science
Helen Murray FreeFebruary 20, 1923 – May 1, 2021 · Science
Gloria VanderbiltFebruary 20, 1924 – June 17, 2019 · Art
Robert AltmanFebruary 20, 1925 – November 20, 2006 · Film- Gianfranco ParoliniFebruary 20, 1925 – April 26, 2018 · Film
Ken OlsenFebruary 20, 1926 – February 6, 2011 · Technology
Sidney PoitierFebruary 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022 · Film
John MilnorFebruary 20, 1931 – present · Science
Robert HuberFebruary 20, 1937 – present · Science
Richard BeymerFebruary 20, 1938 – present · Film
Buffy Sainte-MarieFebruary 20, 1941 – present · Music
Claude MillerFebruary 20, 1942 – April 5, 2012 · Film
Mike LeighFebruary 20, 1943 – present · Film
Aleksandr Pavlovich AleksandrovFebruary 20, 1943 – present · Space
George F. SmootFebruary 20, 1945 – September 18, 2025 · Science
Riccardo CoccianteFebruary 20, 1946 – present · Music
Christopher A. PissaridesFebruary 20, 1948 – present · Politics
Jiří DrahošFebruary 20, 1949 – present · Science
Walter BeckerFebruary 20, 1950 – September 3, 2017 · Music
Gordon BrownFebruary 20, 1951 – present · Politics
Vasily TsibliyevFebruary 20, 1954 – present · Space
Larry CharlesFebruary 20, 1956 – present · Film
Fayez al-SarrajFebruary 20, 1960 – present · Culture
Ian BrownFebruary 20, 1963 – present · Music
Kurt CobainFebruary 20, 1967 – circa April 5, 1994 · Music
Danis TanovićFebruary 20, 1969 – present · Film
Anton ShkaplerovFebruary 20, 1972 – present · Space
Jay HernandezFebruary 20, 1978 – present · Film
Chelsea PerettiFebruary 20, 1978 – present · Film
Majandra DelfinoFebruary 20, 1981 – present · Music
Julia VolkovaFebruary 20, 1985 – present · Film
RihannaFebruary 20, 1988 – present · Music
Olivia RodrigoFebruary 20, 2003 – present · Music