20th February

EastEnders history

 * 1975 - Tanya Cross is born.
 * 1983 - Ronny Ferreira is born.
 * 1990 - First appearance of Phil Mitchell.
 * 1992 - Michelle Fowler finds out about Mark's HIV.
 * 2000 - Residents of Albert Square are locked inside The Queen Victoria following an unexploded bomb from World War Two being found and having to be disposed.
 * 2003 - Kat Slater has a miscarriage.
 * 2006 - Ian Beale gets word that his mother Kathy Beale has died in a car crash in South Africa.
 * 2014 - A market protest occurs on Bridge Street Market.

Real world

 * 1985 - On the television show Breakfast Time Paul Burden asked members of the public what they thought about the soap EastEnders after its first transmission the previous day.

Episodes
Episodes were broadcast on 20th February on the following years:


 * 1980s - 1986
 * 1990s - 1990, 1992, 1995, 1996 and 1997
 * 2000s - 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2009
 * 2010s - 2012, 2014, 2015 and 2018