Today in History, English
Today in History, English


IDTimeCategoryEvent
19621February 20Event2009 – 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.
19622February 20Event2010 – In Madeira Island, Portugal, heavy rain causes floods and mudslides, resulting in at least 43 deaths, in the worst disaster in the history of the archipelago.
19623February 20Event2013 – The smallest extrasolar planet, Kepler-37b is discovered.
19624February 20Event2014 – Dozens of Euromaidan anti-government protesters died in Ukraine's capital Kiev, many reportedly killed by snipers.
19625February 20Event2015 – Two trains collide in the Swiss town of Rafz resulting in as many as 49 people injured and Swiss Federal Railways cancelling some services.
19626February 20Birth1631 – Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds, English politician, Treasurer of the Navy (d. 1712)
19627February 20Birth1633 – Jan de Baen, Dutch painter (d. 1702)
19628February 20Birth1705 – Nicolas Chédeville, French musette player and composer (d. 1782)
19629February 20Birth1726 – William Prescott, American colonel (d. 1795)
19630February 20Birth1745 – Henry James Pye, English poet and politician (d. 1813)
19631February 20Birth1751 – Johann Heinrich Voss, German poet, translator, and academic (d. 1826)
19632February 20Birth1753 – Louis-Alexandre Berthier, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (d. 1815)
19633February 20Birth1757 – John 'Mad Jack' Fuller, English philanthropist and politician (d. 1834)
19634February 20Birth1759 – Johann Christian Reil, German physician, physiologist, and anatomist (d. 1813)
19635February 20Birth1761 – Ludwig Abeille, German pianist and composer (d. 1838)
19636February 20Birth1763 – Adalbert Gyrowetz, Bohemian composer (d. 1850)
19637February 20Birth1792 – Eliza Courtney, French daughter of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire (d. 1859)
19638February 20Birth1794 – William Carleton, Irish author (d. 1869)
19639February 20Birth1802 – Charles Auguste de Bériot, Belgian violinist and composer (d. 1870)
19640February 20Birth1819 – Alfred Escher, Swiss businessman and politician (d. 1882)
19641February 20Birth1839 – Benjamin Waugh, English activist, founded the NSPCC (d. 1908)
19642February 20Birth1844 – Ludwig Boltzmann, Austrian physicist and philosopher (d. 1906)
19643February 20Birth1844 – Joshua Slocum, Canadian sailor and adventurer (d. 1909)
19644February 20Birth1848 – E. H. Harriman, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1909)
19645February 20Birth1850 – Nérée Beauchemin, Canadian physician and poet (d. 1931)
19646February 20Birth1857 – Bunny Lucas, English cricketer (d. 1923)
19647February 20Birth1860 – Karl Mantzius, Danish actor and director (d. 1921)
19648February 20Birth1866 – Carl Westman, Swedish architect, designed the Stockholm Court House and Röhsska Museum (d. 1936)
19649February 20Birth1867 – Louise, Princess Royal of England (d. 1931)
19650February 20Birth1870 – Jay Johnson Morrow, American military engineer and politician, 3rd Governor of the Panama Canal Zone (d. 1937)

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