Born on 20 February 1997

At A Glance

20 February 1997 at a glance

Day of the week

20 February 1997 was a Thursday.

Irish Chart Song in 1997

The Irish chart song for 1997 was “Barbie Girl” by Aqua.

Top Film of 1997

The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1997 was Titanic.

Star sign

The star sign for 20 February is Pisces.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 20 February 1997 fell in the Year of the Ox.

Birthstone

The birthstone for February is Amethyst.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 20 February 1997 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 20 February

• 1986 The Soviet Union launches its Mir spacecraft. Remaining in orbit for 15 years, it is occupied for ten of those years.
• 1988 The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast votes to secede from Azerbaijan and join Armenia, triggering the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.
• 1991 In the Albanian capital Tirana, a gigantic statue of Albania's long-time leader, Enver Hoxha, is brought down by mobs of angry protesters.
• 1998 American figure skater Tara Lipinski, at the age of 15, becomes the youngest Olympic figure skating gold-medalist at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
• 2005 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.

Famous people born on 20 February

• Justin Verlander, American baseball player (born 1983)
• Olivia Rodrigo, American actress and singer (born 2003)
• Kurt Cobain, American musician (1967–1994)
• Rihanna, Barbadian singer, songwriter, businesswoman, and actress (born 1988)

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