Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: February 20
February 20, 2025 is the 51st day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 314 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Thursday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Pisces is your zodiac sign. Amethyst is your modern birthstone. Bloodstone is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: February 20
- 1472 –Orkney and Shetland are pawned by Norway to Scotland in lieu of a dowry for Margaret of Denmark.
- 1685 –René-Robert Cavelier establishes Fort St. Louis at Matagorda Bay thus forming the basis for France’s claim to Texas.
- 1792 –The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by President George Washington.
- 1813 –Manuel Belgrano defeats the royalist army of Pío de Tristán during the Battle of Salta.
- 1933 –The Congress of the United States proposes the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution that will end Prohibition in the United States.
- 1935 –Caroline Mikkelsen becomes the first woman to set foot in Antarctica.
- 1943 –American movie studio executives agree to allow the Office of War Information to censor movies.
- 1943 –The Parícutin volcano begins to form in Parícutin, Mexico.
- 1962 –Mercury program: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the earth, making three orbits in 4 hours, 55 minutes.
- 1985 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Ox in Chinese astrology.
Who were born on February 20?
- 1887 –Vincent Massey, Governor-General of Canada (d. 1967)
- 1918 –Leonore Annenberg, American billionaire (d. 2009)
- 1932 –Adrian Cristobal, Filipino writer (d. 2007)
- 1946 –Brenda Blethyn, English actress
- 1946 –Sandy Duncan, American singer and actress
- 1953 –Riccardo Chailly, Italian conductor
- 1961 –Imogen Stubbs, British actress
- 1967 –David Herman, American comedian
- 1971 –Calpernia Addams, transgender activist
- 1982 –Jason Hirsh, American baseball player
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