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| February 20th, 2008 (February 20 2008) | Death | Emily Perry, English Actress (born in 1907) | |
| February 20th, 2008 (February 20 2008) | Death | Larry Davis (criminal) | |
| February 20th, 2007 (February 20 2007) | Death | F. Albert Cotton, American chemist (born in 1930) | |
| February 20th, 2007 (February 20 2007) | Death | Mike Awesome, Pro Wrestler (born in 1965) | |
| February 20th, 2006 (February 20 2006) | Death | Curt Gowdy, American sportscaster (born in 1919) | |
| February 20th, 2006 (February 20 2006) | Death | Lucjan Wolanowski, Polish journalist, writer and traveller (born in 1920) | |
| February 20th, 2005 (February 20 2005) | Event | Spain becomes the first country to vote in a referendum on ratification of the proposed Constitution of the European Union, passing it by a substantial margin, but on a low turnout. | |
| February 20th, 2005 (February 20 2005) | Death | Pam Bricker, American jazz singer and Thievery Corporation vocalist (born in 1954) | |
| February 20th, 2005 (February 20 2005) | Death | Sandra Dee, American actress (born in 1944) | |
| February 20th, 2005 (February 20 2005) | Death | John Raitt, American actor (born in 1917) | |
| February 20th, 2005 (February 20 2005) | Death | Hunter S. Thompson, American journalist and author (born in 1937) | Hunter S. Thompson Quotes |
| February 20th, 2005 (February 20 2005) | Death | Tom Willmore, English geometer (born in 1919) | |
| February 20th, 2003 (February 20 2003) | Death | Maurice Blanchot, French author (born in 1907) | |
| February 20th, 2003 (February 20 2003) | Death | Orville Freeman, American politician (born in 1918) | |
| February 20th, 2003 (February 20 2003) | Death | Harry Jacunski, American football player | |
| February 20th, 2003 (February 20 2003) | Death | Ty Longley, American guitarist (Great White) (born in 1971) | |
| February 20th, 2003 (February 20 2003) | Death | Mushaf Ali Mir, Pakistani Chief of the Air Staff (born in 1947) | |
| February 20th, 2002 (February 20 2002) | Event | In Reqa Al-Gharbiya, Egypt, a fire on a train injures over 65 and kills at least 370. | |
| February 20th, 2001 (February 20 2001) | Death | Rosemary DeCamp, American actress (born in 1910) | |
| February 20th, 2000 (February 20 2000) | Death | Anatoly Sobchak, Russian politician (born in 1937) | |
| February 20th, 1999 (February 20 1999) | Death | Sarah Kane, English playwright (born in 1971) | |
| February 20th, 1999 (February 20 1999) | Death | Gene Siskel, American film critic (born in 1946) | |
| February 20th, 1998 (February 20 1998) | Event | American figure skater Tara Lipinski becomes the youngest gold-medalist at the Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. | |
| February 20th, 1997 (February 20 1997) | Death | Zachary Breaux, American jazz guitarist (born in 1960) | |
| February 20th, 1996 (February 20 1996) | Death | Solomon Asch, American psychologist (born in 1907) | Solomon Quotes |
| February 20th, 1996 (February 20 1996) | Death | Toru Takemitsu, Japanese composer (born in 1930) | |
| February 20th, 1994 (February 20 1994) | Death | Burt Lancaster, American actor (born in 1913) | |
| February 20th, 1993 (February 20 1993) | Death | Ferruccio Lamborghini, Italian automobile manufacturer (born in 1916) | |
| February 20th, 1992 (February 20 1992) | Death | Roberto D Aubuisson, Salvadoran politician (born in 1944) | |
| February 20th, 1992 (February 20 1992) | Death | Dick York, American actor (born in 1928) | |
| February 20th, 1991 (February 20 1991) | Event | A gigantic statue of Albania s long-time dictator, Enver Hoxha, is brought down in the Albanian capital, Tirana, by mobs of angry protesters. | |
| February 20th, 1989 (February 20 1989) | Birth | Melanie Leishman, Canadian actress | |
| February 20th, 1988 (February 20 1988) | Birth | Rihanna, Barbadian singer | Rihanna Quotes |
| February 20th, 1987 (February 20 1987) | Event | Unabomber: In Salt Lake City, Utah, a bomb explodes in a computer store. | |
| February 20th, 1986 (February 20 1986) | Birth | Dilaver Guclu, Turkish footballer | |
| February 20th, 1985 (February 20 1985) | Birth | Ryan Sweeney, American baseball player | |
| February 20th, 1985 (February 20 1985) | Birth | Yulia Volkova, Russian singer (t.A.T.u.) | |
| February 20th, 1985 (February 20 1985) | Death | Clarence "Ducky" Nash, American voice actor (born in 1904) | |
| February 20th, 1984 (February 20 1984) | Death | Paul Dirac, British theoretical physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics (born in 1902) | Paul Dirac Quotes |
| February 20th, 1983 (February 20 1983) | Birth | Jose Morales, Puerto Rican baseball player | |
| February 20th, 1983 (February 20 1983) | Birth | Justin Verlander, American baseball player | |
| February 20th, 1983 (February 20 1983) | Death | Fritz Koberle, Austrian-Brazilian physician (born in 1910) | |
| February 20th, 1982 (February 20 1982) | Birth | Jason Hirsh, American baseball player | |
| February 20th, 1981 (February 20 1981) | Birth | Tony Hibbert, English footballer | |
| February 20th, 1981 (February 20 1981) | Birth | Chris Thile, American musician | |
| February 20th, 1981 (February 20 1981) | Death | Baron Nicolas de Gunzburg, magazine editor, socialite (born in 1904) | |
| February 20th, 1980 (February 20 1980) | Birth | Artur Boruc, Polish footballer | |
| February 20th, 1980 (February 20 1980) | Birth | Massimo Donati, Italian footballer | |
| February 20th, 1980 (February 20 1980) | Birth | Imanol Harinordoquy, French rugby union footballer | |
| February 20th, 1978 (February 20 1978) | Birth | Lauren Ambrose, American actress | Ambrose Quotes |
| February 20th, 1978 (February 20 1978) | Birth | Jakki Degg, English glamour model/actress | |
| February 20th, 1978 (February 20 1978) | Birth | Jay Hernandez, American actor | |
| February 20th, 1978 (February 20 1978) | Birth | Julia Jentsch, German actress | |
| February 20th, 1977 (February 20 1977) | Birth | Bartosz Kizierowski, Polish swimmer | |
| February 20th, 1977 (February 20 1977) | Birth | Stephon Marbury, American basketball player | |
| February 20th, 1977 (February 20 1977) | Birth | T.J. Slaughter, American football player | |
| February 20th, 1977 (February 20 1977) | Birth | Amal Hijazi, Lebanese singer and model | |
| February 20th, 1976 (February 20 1976) | Event | The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization disbands. | |
| February 20th, 1976 (February 20 1976) | Birth | Rohan Gavaskar, Left-handed batsman, India ODI 2004 (son of Sunil Gavaskar) | |
| February 20th, 1976 (February 20 1976) | Birth | Ed Graham, English drummer (The Darkness) | |
| February 20th, 1976 (February 20 1976) | Birth | Gail Kim, Canadian professional wrestler | |
| February 20th, 1976 (February 20 1976) | Death | Rene Cassin, French judge, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (born in 1887) | |
| February 20th, 1976 (February 20 1976) | Death | Kathryn Kuhlman, American evangelist (born in 1907) | |
| February 20th, 1975 (February 20 1975) | Birth | Livan Hernandez, Cuban baseball player | |
| February 20th, 1975 (February 20 1975) | Birth | Brian Littrell, American singer (Backstreet Boys) | |
| February 20th, 1974 (February 20 1974) | Birth | Ophelie Winter, French actress | |
| February 20th, 1972 (February 20 1972) | Birth | Brent Gretzky, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| February 20th, 1972 (February 20 1972) | Birth | K-OS, Canadian musician/rapper | |
| February 20th, 1972 (February 20 1972) | Death | Maria Goeppert-Mayer, German physicist, Nobel laureate (born in 1906) | |
| February 20th, 1972 (February 20 1972) | Death | Walter Winchell, American journalist (born in 1897) | Walter Winchell Quotes |
| February 20th, 1971 (February 20 1971) | Birth | Jari Litmanen, Finnish footballer | |
| February 20th, 1971 (February 20 1971) | Birth | Shawn McKenzie, American programmer | |
| February 20th, 1970 (February 20 1970) | Death | Sophie Treadwell, American playwright and journalist (born in 1885) | |
| February 20th, 1969 (February 20 1969) | Birth | Vaginal Davis, American drag queen and performance artist | |
| February 20th, 1969 (February 20 1969) | Birth | Gedo, Japanese professional wrestler | |
| February 20th, 1969 (February 20 1969) | Birth | Danis Tanovic, Bosnian film director and screenwriter | |
| February 20th, 1969 (February 20 1969) | Birth | Tommy Vardell, National Football League fullback | |
| February 20th, 1969 (February 20 1969) | Death | Ernest Ansermet, Swiss conductor (born in 1883) | |
| February 20th, 1968 (February 20 1968) | Birth | Ted Hankey, English darts player | |
| February 20th, 1968 (February 20 1968) | Death | Anthony Asquith, British film director and writer (born in 1902) | |
| February 20th, 1967 (February 20 1967) | Birth | Kurt Cobain, American musician (Nirvana) (died in 1994) | |
| February 20th, 1967 (February 20 1967) | Birth | Katherine Soucie, American voice actress | |
| February 20th, 1967 (February 20 1967) | Birth | Andrew Shue, American television actor | |
| February 20th, 1967 (February 20 1967) | Birth | Lili Taylor, American actress | |
| February 20th, 1966 (February 20 1966) | Birth | Cindy Crawford, American model | |
| February 20th, 1966 (February 20 1966) | Death | Chester Nimitz, American admiral (born in 1885) | |
| February 20th, 1965 (February 20 1965) | Event | Ranger 8 crashes into the moon after a successful mission of photographing possible landing sites for the Apollo program astronauts. | |
| February 20th, 1965 (February 20 1965) | Death | Fred Immler, German actor (born in 1880) | |
| February 20th, 1964 (February 20 1964) | Birth | French Stewart, American actor | |
| February 20th, 1964 (February 20 1964) | Birth | Rodney Rowland, American actor | |
| February 20th, 1963 (February 20 1963) | Birth | Charles Barkley, American basketball player | Charles Barkley Quotes |
| February 20th, 1963 (February 20 1963) | Birth | Ian Brown, English singer (The Stone Roses) | |
| February 20th, 1963 (February 20 1963) | Birth | Jon Lynn Christensen, former Nebraska Congressman | |
| February 20th, 1963 (February 20 1963) | Birth | Marilisa Xenogiannakopoulou, Greek politician | |
| February 20th, 1963 (February 20 1963) | Death | Ferenc Fricsay, Hungarian conductor (born in 1914) | |
| February 20th, 1963 (February 20 1963) | Death | Jacob Gade, Danish composer(born in 1879) | |
| February 20th, 1962 (February 20 1962) | Event | Mercury program: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn orbits the earth three times in 4 hours, 55 minutes, becoming the first American to orbit the earth. | |
| February 20th, 1962 (February 20 1962) | Birth | Kenn Nesbitt, American children s author | |
| February 20th, 1961 (February 20 1961) | Death | Percy Grainger, Australian composer (born in 1882) | |
| February 20th, 1960 (February 20 1960) | Birth | Joel Hodgson, American comedian (Mystery Science Theater 3000) | |
| February 20th, 1960 (February 20 1960) | Birth | Kee Marcello, Swedish guitarist | |
| February 20th, 1959 (February 20 1959) | Event | The Avro Arrow program to design and manufacture supersonic jet fighters in Canada is cancelled by the Diefenbaker government amid much political debate. | |
| February 20th, 1959 (February 20 1959) | Birth | Bill Gullickson, American baseball player | |
| February 20th, 1957 (February 20 1957) | Birth | Glen Hanlon, Canadian ice hockey coach | |
| February 20th, 1957 (February 20 1957) | Birth | Charlie Adler, American voice actor | |
| February 20th, 1956 (February 20 1956) | Birth | Rick Green, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| February 20th, 1954 (February 20 1954) | Birth | Jon Brant, American musician (Cheap Trick) | |
| February 20th, 1954 (February 20 1954) | Birth | Anthony Stewart Head, English actor | |
| February 20th, 1954 (February 20 1954) | Birth | Patty Hearst, American socialite | |
| February 20th, 1953 (February 20 1953) | Birth | Riccardo Chailly, Italian conductor | |
| February 20th, 1953 (February 20 1953) | Birth | Poison Ivy, American musician (The Cramps) | |
| February 20th, 1952 (February 20 1952) | Event | Emmett Ashford becomes the first African-American umpire in organized baseball by being authorized to be a substitute umpire in the Southwestern International League. | |
| February 20th, 1951 (February 20 1951) | Birth | Edward Albert, American actor (died in 2006) | |
| February 20th, 1951 (February 20 1951) | Birth | Gordon Brown, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | |
| February 20th, 1951 (February 20 1951) | Birth | Randy California, American guitarist (Spirit) (died in 1997) | |
| February 20th, 1951 (February 20 1951) | Birth | Phil Neal, English footballer | |
| February 20th, 1950 (February 20 1950) | Birth | Walter Becker, American guitarist (Steely Dan) | |
| February 20th, 1950 (February 20 1950) | Birth | Ken Shimura, Japanese performer and actor | |
| February 20th, 1950 (February 20 1950) | Birth | Tony Wilson, British journalist and impresario (died in 2007) | |
| February 20th, 1949 (February 20 1949) | Birth | Ivana Trump, Czech-born American socialite | |
| February 20th, 1948 (February 20 1948) | Birth | Pierre Bouchard, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| February 20th, 1948 (February 20 1948) | Birth | Jennifer O Neill, Brazilian-born actress | |
| February 20th, 1947 (February 20 1947) | Event | State of Prussia ceases to exist. | |
| February 20th, 1947 (February 20 1947) | Birth | Andre van Duin, Dutch comedian | |
| February 20th, 1947 (February 20 1947) | Birth | Eggert Magnusson, Icelandic football executive | |
| February 20th, 1947 (February 20 1947) | Birth | Peter Osgood, English footballer (died in 2006) | |
| February 20th, 1947 (February 20 1947) | Birth | Peter Strauss, American actor | |
| February 20th, 1946 (February 20 1946) | Birth | Brenda Blethyn, English actress | |
| February 20th, 1946 (February 20 1946) | Birth | Richard Cocciante, French-Italian singer and songwriter | |
| February 20th, 1946 (February 20 1946) | Birth | Sandy Duncan, American singer and actress | |
| February 20th, 1946 (February 20 1946) | Birth | J. Geils, American guitarist (The J. Geils Band) | |
| February 20th, 1945 (February 20 1945) | Birth | Andrew Bergman, American screenwriter and film director | |
| February 20th, 1945 (February 20 1945) | Birth | Brion James, American actor (died in 1999) | |
| February 20th, 1945 (February 20 1945) | Birth | Annu Kapoor, Indian actor | |
| February 20th, 1944 (February 20 1944) | Event | World War II: The "Big Week" began with American bomber raids on German aircraft manufacturing centers. | |
| February 20th, 1944 (February 20 1944) | Event | World War II: The United States takes Eniwetok Island. | |
| February 20th, 1944 (February 20 1944) | Birth | Robert de Cotret, French Canadian politician (died in 1999) | |
| February 20th, 1944 (February 20 1944) | Birth | Willem van Hanegem, Dutch footballer and coach | |
| February 20th, 1943 (February 20 1943) | Event | American movie studio executives agree to allow the Office of War Information to censor movies. | |
| February 20th, 1943 (February 20 1943) | Event | The Paricutin volcano begins to form in Paricutin, Mexico. | |
| February 20th, 1943 (February 20 1943) | Birth | Antonio Inoki, Japanese professional wrestler | |
| February 20th, 1943 (February 20 1943) | Birth | Mike Leigh, British film director | |
| February 20th, 1942 (February 20 1942) | Event | Lieutenant Edward O Hare becomes America s first World War II flying ace. | |
| February 20th, 1942 (February 20 1942) | Birth | Phil Esposito, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| February 20th, 1942 (February 20 1942) | Birth | Charlie Gillett, British radio DJ | |
| February 20th, 1942 (February 20 1942) | Birth | Mitch McConnell, American politician | |
| February 20th, 1942 (February 20 1942) | Birth | Claude Miller, French film director and screenwriter | |
| February 20th, 1941 (February 20 1941) | Birth | Lim Kit Siang, Democratic Socialist opposition party in Malaysia | |
| February 20th, 1941 (February 20 1941) | Birth | Buffy Sainte-Marie, Canadian singer | |
| February 20th, 1941 (February 20 1941) | Death | La Bolduc, French Canadian singer and songwriter (born in 1894) | |
| February 20th, 1940 (February 20 1940) | Birth | Jimmy Greaves, English footballer | |
| February 20th, 1939 (February 20 1939) | Birth | Frank Arundel, English footballer | |
| February 20th, 1938 (February 20 1938) | Birth | Richard Beymer, American actor | |
| February 20th, 1937 (February 20 1937) | Birth | Robert Huber, German chemist, Nobel laureate | |
| February 20th, 1937 (February 20 1937) | Birth | Roger Penske, American racing driver, race team owner and entrepreneur | |
| February 20th, 1937 (February 20 1937) | Birth | Nancy Wilson, American singer | |
| February 20th, 1936 (February 20 1936) | Birth | Marj Dusay, American actress | |
| February 20th, 1936 (February 20 1936) | Birth | Larry Hovis, American actor (died in 2003) | |
| February 20th, 1936 (February 20 1936) | Birth | Shigeo Nagashima, Japanese baseball player and coach | |
| February 20th, 1935 (February 20 1935) | Event | Caroline Mikkelsen becomes the first woman to set foot in Antarctica. | |
| February 20th, 1934 (February 20 1934) | Birth | Bobby Unser, American racing driver | |
| February 20th, 1933 (February 20 1933) | Event | The Congress of the United States proposes the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution, which would end Prohibition in the United States. | |
| February 20th, 1932 (February 20 1932) | Birth | Adrian Cristobal, Filipino writer (died in 2007) | |
| February 20th, 1931 (February 20 1931) | Event | California gets the go-ahead by the U.S. Congress to build the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. | |
| February 20th, 1930 (February 20 1930) | Birth | Willie Cunningham, Northern Irish footballer | |
| February 20th, 1929 (February 20 1929) | Birth | Amanda Blake, American actress (died in 1989) | |
| February 20th, 1927 (February 20 1927) | Birth | Roy Cohn, American lawyer (died in 1986) | |
| February 20th, 1927 (February 20 1927) | Birth | Ibrahim Ferrer, Cuban musician (Buena Vista Social Club) (died in 2005) | |
| February 20th, 1927 (February 20 1927) | Birth | Sidney Poitier, American actor | |
| February 20th, 1926 (February 20 1926) | Birth | Richard Matheson, American author | |
| February 20th, 1925 (February 20 1925) | Birth | Robert Altman, American film director (died in 2006) | |
| February 20th, 1925 (February 20 1925) | Birth | Heinz Kluncker, German trade union leader | |
| February 20th, 1924 (February 20 1924) | Birth | Gloria Vanderbilt, American socialite and clothing designer | |
| February 20th, 1923 (February 20 1923) | Birth | Forbes Burnham, President of Guyana (died in 1985) | |
| February 20th, 1920 (February 20 1920) | Birth | Evgeny Dragunov, Russian weapons designer (died in 1991) | |
| February 20th, 1920 (February 20 1920) | Death | Robert Peary, American explorer (born in 1856) | |
| February 20th, 1918 (February 20 1918) | Birth | Leonore Annenberg American Billionaire | |
| February 20th, 1916 (February 20 1916) | Death | Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish writer and pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (born in 1844) | |
| February 20th, 1914 (February 20 1914) | Birth | John Daly, South African-born broadcaster (died in 2001) | |
| February 20th, 1913 (February 20 1913) | Event | King O Malley drives in the first survey peg to mark commencement of work on the construction of Canberra. | |
| February 20th, 1912 (February 20 1912) | Birth | Pierre Boulle, French author (died in 1994) | |
| February 20th, 1909 (February 20 1909) | Event | Publication of the Futurist Manifesto in the French journal Le Figaro. | |
| February 20th, 1907 (February 20 1907) | Birth | Malcolm Atterbury, American actor (died in 1992) | |
| February 20th, 1907 (February 20 1907) | Death | Henri Moissan, French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born in 1852) | |
| February 20th, 1906 (February 20 1906) | Birth | Gale Gordon, American television and radio actor (died in 1995) | |
| February 20th, 1905 (February 20 1905) | Death | Jeremiah W. Farnham, American merchant captain | |
| February 20th, 1904 (February 20 1904) | Birth | Alexei Kosygin, Premier of the Soviet Union (died in 1980) | |
| February 20th, 1902 (February 20 1902) | Birth | Ansel Adams, American photographer (died in 1984) | |
| February 20th, 1901 (February 20 1901) | Event | The legislature of Hawaii Territory convenes for the first time. | |
| February 20th, 1901 (February 20 1901) | Birth | Cecil Harmsworth King, English newspaper owner (died in 1987) | |
| February 20th, 1901 (February 20 1901) | Birth | Muhammad Naguib, President of Egypt (died in 1984) | |
| February 20th, 1899 (February 20 1899) | Birth | Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, American businessman (died in 1992) | |
| February 20th, 1898 (February 20 1898) | Birth | Enzo Ferrari, Italian automobile manufacturer, designer and racing car driver (died in 1988) | |
| February 20th, 1898 (February 20 1898) | Birth | Jimmy Yancey, American pianist (died in 1951) | |
| February 20th, 1895 (February 20 1895) | Death | Frederick Douglass, American abolitionist writer (born in 1818) | Frederick Douglass Quotes |
| February 20th, 1893 (February 20 1893) | Birth | Russel Crouse, American playwright (died in 1966) | |
| February 20th, 1893 (February 20 1893) | Birth | Elizabeth Holloway Marston, American psychologist (died in 1993) | |
| February 20th, 1893 (February 20 1893) | Death | P.G.T. Beauregard, American Confederate general (born in 1818) | |
| February 20th, 1888 (February 20 1888) | Birth | Georges Bernanos, French writer (died in 1948) | |
| February 20th, 1887 (February 20 1887) | Birth | Vincent Massey, Governor-General of Canada (died in 1967) | |
| February 20th, 1880 (February 20 1880) | Birth | Jacques d Adelsward-Fersen, French aristocrat and novelist (died in 1923) | |
| February 20th, 1873 (February 20 1873) | Event | The University of California opens its first medical school in San Francisco, California. | |
| February 20th, 1872 (February 20 1872) | Event | In New York City the Metropolitan Museum of Art opens. | |
| February 20th, 1871 (February 20 1871) | Death | Paul Kane, Irish-born painter (born in 1810) | |
| February 20th, 1867 (February 20 1867) | Birth | Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife (died in 1931) | |
| February 20th, 1866 (February 20 1866) | Birth | Carl Westman, Swedish architect and designer (died in 1936) | |
| February 20th, 1864 (February 20 1864) | Event | American Civil War: Battle of Olustee occursthe largest battle fought in Florida during the war. | |
| February 20th, 1850 (February 20 1850) | Birth | Neree Beauchemin, Canadian physician and poet (died in 1931) | |
| February 20th, 1848 (February 20 1848) | Birth | Edward Henry Harriman, American railroad executive (died in 1909) | |
| February 20th, 1844 (February 20 1844) | Birth | Ludwig Boltzmann, Austrian physicist (died in 1906) | |
| February 20th, 1844 (February 20 1844) | Birth | Joshua Slocum, Canadian seaman and adventurer (died in 1909) | |
| February 20th, 1839 (February 20 1839) | Birth | Benjamin Waugh, American minister; founder of the NSPCC (died in 1908) | |
| February 20th, 1835 (February 20 1835) | Event | Concepcion, Chile is destroyed by an earthquake. | |
| February 20th, 1819 (February 20 1819) | Birth | Alfred Escher, Swiss politician, railroad entrepreneur (died in 1882) | |
| February 20th, 1816 (February 20 1816) | Event | Gioachino Rossini s The Barber of Seville debuts at Teatro Argentina, with a fiasco. | Gioachino Rossini Quotes |
| February 20th, 1810 (February 20 1810) | Event | Andreas Hofer, Tyrolean patriot and leader of rebellion against Napoleon s forces, was executed. | |
| February 20th, 1810 (February 20 1810) | Death | Andreas Hofer, Tyrolean national hero (executed) (born in 1767) | |
| February 20th, 1806 (February 20 1806) | Death | Lachlan McIntosh, Scottish-born American military and political leader (born in 1725) | |
| February 20th, 1803 (February 20 1803) | Death | Marie Dumesnil, French actress (born in 1713) | |
| February 20th, 1802 (February 20 1802) | Birth | Charles de Beriot, Belgian violinist (died in 1870) | |
| February 20th, 1798 (February 20 1798) | Event | Louis Alexandre Berthier removes Pope Pius VI from power. | |
| February 20th, 1794 (February 20 1794) | Birth | William Carleton, Irish novelist (died in 1869) | Will Carleton Quotes |
| February 20th, 1792 (February 20 1792) | Event | The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by President George Washington. | George Washington Quotes |
| February 20th, 1790 (February 20 1790) | Death | Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (born in 1741) | |
| February 20th, 1778 (February 20 1778) | Death | Laura Bassi, Italian scholar (born in 1711) | |
| February 20th, 1773 (February 20 1773) | Death | King Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia (born in 1701) | |
| February 20th, 1771 (February 20 1771) | Death | Jean Jacques d Ortous de Mairan, French geophysicist (born in 1678) | |
| February 20th, 1762 (February 20 1762) | Death | Tobias Mayer, German astronomer (born in 1723) | |
| February 20th, 1757 (February 20 1757) | Birth | John Mad Jack Fuller, English philanthropist (died in 1834) | |
| February 20th, 1753 (February 20 1753) | Birth | Louis Alexandre Berthier, French marshal (died in 1815) | |
| February 20th, 1751 (February 20 1751) | Birth | Johann Heinrich Vo?, German poet (died in 1826) | |
| February 20th, 1745 (February 20 1745) | Birth | Henry James Pye, English poet (died in 1813) | Henry James Quotes |
| February 20th, 1631 (February 20 1631) | Birth | Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds, English statesman (died in 1712) | |
| February 20th, 1626 (February 20 1626) | Death | John Dowland, English composer and lutenist (born in 1563) | John Dowland Quotes |
| February 20th, 1618 (February 20 1618) | Death | Philip William, Prince of Orange (born in 1554) | |
| February 20th, 1579 (February 20 1579) | Death | Nicholas Bacon, English politician (born in 1509) | |
| February 20th, 1547 (February 20 1547) | Event | Edward VI of England is crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey. | Edward Abbey Quotes |
| February 20th, 1524 (February 20 1524) | Death | Tecun Uman, last leader of the Quiche-Maya | |
| February 20th, 1472 (February 20 1472) | Event | Orkney and Shetland are left by Norway to Scotland, due to a dowry payment. | |
| February 20th, 1431 (February 20 1431) | Death | Pope Martin V (born in 1368) | |
| February 20th, 1408 (February 20 1408) | Death | Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English statesman (born in 1342) | |
| February 20th, 1258 (February 20 1258) | Death | Al-Musta sim, last Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad | |
| February 20th, 1194 (February 20 1194) | Death | King Tancred of Sicily | |
| February 20th, 1171 (February 20 1171) | Death | Conan IV, Duke of Brittany (born in 1138) | |
| February 20th, 1154 (February 20 1154) | Death | Saint Wulfric of Haselbury Plucknett | |
| February 20th, 0702 (February 20 0702) | Death | K inich Kan B alam II, king of the Maya state of Palenque (born in 635) | |
