20 February
From Kook Science
20 February (the Twentieth of February, February 20th, &c.) is the fifty-first day of the year and the twentieth day of the month of February under the Gregorian calendar, as first promulgated by Pope Gregory XIII, Bishop of Rome, in 1582 A.D., as well as the earlier Julian calendar, as first promulgated by Julius Caesar in 45 B.C. The date of 20 February is followed by either 314 days or 315 days during leap years, which are calculated differently in Gregorian and Julian calendars; in both calendars, regardless of its leap year status, the date that follows is 21 February and the date that precedes it is 19 February.
Note that for the purposes of the following indices, the Gregorian date trumps the Julian date, unless otherwise indicated.
Births
- Semyon Kirlian (1898-1978), Kirlian photography
- Rog Phillips (1909-1966), magazine writer
- P.V. Glob (1911-1985), archaeologist