Did you know that February 20, 1956 was not only a very special day, but also a very unique one? Here are 14 funny facts about this unique day that will help you understand why it's so special. It's very important to pay attention to these facts because otherwise you might miss out on something truly amazing.
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We have calculated and figured out your birthday for the next 10 years. Prepare yourself to welcome your upcoming birthdays with your family and close friends. You will get many gifts from people who love and care about you. There are 253 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 70 years old. There have been 25315 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 8439 days, which is equivalent to 23.12 years. You spent 33.51% of your life sleeping!
Year | Day | Your Age |
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2026 | Friday | 70 Years Old |
2027 | Saturday | 71 Years Old |
2028 | Sunday | 72 Years Old |
2029 | Tuesday | 73 Years Old |
2030 | Wednesday | 74 Years Old |
2031 | Thursday | 75 Years Old |
2032 | Friday | 76 Years Old |
2033 | Sunday | 77 Years Old |
2034 | Monday | 78 Years Old |
2035 | Tuesday | 79 Years Old |
According to western astrology, the zodiac sign of people born on February 20
The gemstone for people born on February 20, 1956 is amethyst. Its color is so deep that early legends associated this stone with Bacchus, the Roman god of wine. People believed that wearing amethyst would prevent drunkenness. Others thought amethyst would keep the wearer clear-headed and sharp-witted during battle and business.
When you were born, there were many famous people in history who were born on the same day as you but in different years. The following are famous people in history who commemorate birthdays on February 20
Year | Name |
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1927 | Ibrahim Ferrer, Cuban singer and musician (d. 2005) |
1927 | Roy Cohn, American lawyer and political activist (d. 1986) |
1927 | Sidney Poitier, Bahamian-American actor, director, and diplomat (d. 2022) |
1928 | Jean Kennedy Smith, American diplomat, 25th United States Ambassador to Ireland (d. 2020) |
1929 | Amanda Blake, American actress (d. 1989) |
1931 | John Milnor, American mathematician and academic |
1932 | Adrian Cristobal, Filipino journalist and author (d. 2007) |
1934 | Bobby Unser, American race car driver (d. 2021) |
1935 | Ellen Gilchrist, American novelist, short story writer, and poet (d. 2024) |
1936 | Larry Hovis, American actor and singer (d. 2003) |
Did you know that on February 20
Year | Name |
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2015 | John C. Willke, American physician, author, and activist (b. 1925) |
2016 | Fernando Cardenal, Nicaraguan priest and politician (b. 1934) |
2017 | Mildred Dresselhaus, American physicist (b. 1930) |
2017 | Steve Hewlett, British journalist (b. 1958) |
2017 | Vitaly Churkin, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the United Nations (b. 1952) |
2020 | Joaquim Pina Moura, Portuguese Minister of Economy and Treasury and MP (b. 1952) |
2021 | Mauro Bellugi, Italian footballer (b. 1950) |
2021 | Nurul Haque Miah, Bangladeshi professor and writer (b. 1944) |
2024 | Andreas Brehme, German footballer (b. 1960) |
History has been made on your birthday. The following are important historical events that occurred on February 20
Year | Event |
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1944 | World War II: The "Big Week" began with American bomber raids on German aircraft manufacturing centers. |
1944 | World War II: The United States takes Eniwetok Atoll. |
1952 | Emmett Ashford becomes the first African-American umpire in organized baseball by being authorized to be a substitute umpire in the Southwestern International League. |
1956 | The United States Merchant Marine Academy becomes a permanent Service Academy. |
1959 | The Avro Arrow program to design and manufacture supersonic jet fighters in Canada is cancelled by the Diefenbaker government amid much political debate. |
1962 | Mercury program: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the Earth, making three orbits in four hours, 55 minutes. |
1965 | Ranger 8 crashes into the Moon after a successful mission of photographing possible landing sites for the Apollo program astronauts. |
1968 | The China Academy of Space Technology, China's main arm for the research, development, and creation of space satellites, is established in Beijing. |
1971 | The United States Emergency Broadcast System is accidentally activated in an erroneous national alert. |
1979 | An earthquake cracks open the Sinila volcanic crater on the Dieng Plateau, releasing poisonous H2S gas and killing 149 villagers in the Indonesian province of Central Java. |
In 1956, there were many popular baby names. For baby boys, Michael is the most used. A total of 90,665 baby boys were named Michael in 1956. The rest were named James, Robert, David and John. While the popular baby girl name in 1956 was Mary. There were 61,743 baby girls named Mary that year. While the rest were named Debra, Linda, Deborah and Susan. These statistics are obtained from ssa.gov which compiles popular baby names of the last century in United States.
Based on World Population Data, in 1956 there were 2,822,443,254 babies born into the world. If we take the mean value, we get 235,203,605. This shows that there were 235,203,605 babies born every month in 1956. It can also be concluded that there are 7,840,121 babies born every day and 5,445 babies born every minute which is mean that 91 babies born every second in the year 1956. Maybe one of them is you.
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