About February 20th

Sun Sign
♓ Pisces
Water · Neptune
compassionate, artistic, intuitive, gentle
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Birthstone
Amethyst
Purple
Clarity, calm, inner peace
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Birth Flower
Violet
Primrose
Faithfulness, loyalty, modesty
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Celtic Tree
Ash
Nion
artistic, imaginative, intuitive, free-thinking
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235 Notable deaths

Top causes of death

11 Myocardial Infarction
5 Disease
4 Pneumonia
4 Stroke
3 Heart Failure

Top death years

7 2005
6 2025
6 2024
6 2019
5 2001

Deaths by gender

193 Male
42 Female

Top death places

6 Rome
5 Moscow
5 Paris
4 Geneva
4 Los Angeles

Top 5 notable deaths.

Frederick Douglass

African-american social reformer, writer, and abolitionist (c. 1818–1895).

Born February 14th, 1818 in Talbot County.

Died February 20th, 1895 at 77 years old in Washington, D.C. (myocardial infarction).

Hunter S. Thompson

American journalist and author (1937–2005).

Born July 18th, 1937 in Louisville.

Died February 20th, 2005 at 67 years old in Woody Creek.

Deng Xiaoping

Chinese politician and paramount leader from 1978 to 1989.

Born August 22nd, 1909 in Guang'an.

Died February 20th, 1997 at 87 years old in Beijing (Parkinson's disease).

Sandra Dee

American actress and model (1942–2005).

Born April 23rd, 1942 in Bayonne.

Died February 20th, 2005 at 62 years old in Thousand Oaks (pneumonia).

Dick York

American radio, stage, film, and television actor (1928-1992).

Born September 4th, 1928 in Fort Wayne.

Died February 20th, 1992 at 63 years old in East Grand Rapids (pulmonary emphysema).

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Top birth years

14 1967
13 1988
11 1987
11 1978
11 1981

Birthdays by gender

480 Male
160 Female
2 Trans Woman

It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time. Samuel Johnson