Historical Events In February - 20

1942  On this day in history guido Gasperini, composer, dies at 76   

1943  Allied troops occupy Kasserine pass in Tunisia on February - 20.   

1943  On this day in history new volcano Paracutin erupts in farmer's corn patch (México)   

1943  On this day in history phil Wrigley &B Rickey charter All-American Girls Softball League   

1944  On February - 20 batman &Robin comic strip premieres in newspapers   

1944  On this day in history hMS WARWICK, sunk off Trevose Head, north Cornwall, south west England by 1 torpedo from German U-413.   

1944  On this day in history u.S. warplanes begin bombing German manufacturing plants during WWII.   

1944  US takes Eniwetok Island on this day in history.   

1944  On this day in history batman & Robin comic strip premieres in newspapers   

1946  Hugh Allen, musician, dies on this day in history.   

1947  On February - 20 chemical mixing error causes explosion that destroys 42 blocks in Los Angeles CA   

1947  Lord Mountbatten appointed as last viceroy of India on this day in history.   

1947  Chemical mixing error causes explosion that destroys 42 blocks in LA on this day in history.   

1948  On this day in history czechoslovakia's non-communist minister resigns   

1949  1st International Pancake Race held (Liberal Ks) on this day in history.   

1950  Dylan Thomas arrives in NYC for his 1st US poetry reading tour on this day in history.   

1951  Howard Brockway, composer, dies at 80 on February - 20.   

1952  "African Queen" opens at Capitol Theater in New York NY on this day in history.   

1952  "African Queen" opens at Capitol Theater in NYC on February - 20.   

1953  August A Busch buys the Cards for $3.75 million on this day in history.   

1954  On February - 20 general Zahedi wins election in Persia   

1954  Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Serbin Golf Open on this day in history.   

1955  Fay Crocker wins LPGA Serbin Golf Open on this day in history.   

1958  Thurston Hall, actor (Mr Schuyler-Topper), dies at 75 on February - 20.   

1959  Ray McDonald, dancer, dies of barbituate overdose at 38 on February - 20.   

1960  On February - 20 leonard Woolley, archaeologist, dies   

1961  On this day in history otto E Huiswoud, [Frank Billings], editor (Negro Worker), dies at 67   

1962  On this day in history john Glenn becomes the first U.S. astronaut to orbit the Earth, aboard the spacecraft Friendship Seven.   

1962  John Glenn, the American astronaut, orbits the Earth three times on February - 20.   

1962  On February - 20 halliwell Hobbes, dies at 64   

1964  On February - 20 r T Stanyforth, English cricket wicketkeeper (S Africa 1927-28), dies   

1965  On this day in history beatles record "That Means a Lot"   

1965  On this day in history ranger 8 makes hard landing on the Moon, returns photos, other data   

1966  On this day in history author Valery Tarsis banished in USSR   

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1494  On February - 20 birth of johan Friis, chancellor (Denmark, helped formed Lutheranism)   

1507  Gentile Bellini, Italian artist (Sultan Mohammed II) was born on February - 20.   

1523  On this day in history birth of jan Blahoslav, Czech humanist/bishop (Bohemian brothers)   

1632  On this day in history birth of thomas Osborne, Duke of Leeds, English PM (1690-94)/founder (Tories)   

1633  On February - 20 birth of jan de Baen, portrait painter/etcher   

1656  On this day in history birth of johannes Schenck, German/Neth composer, baptised   

1734  On February - 20 birth of franz Ignaz Beck, composer   

1745  On this day in history birth of johann Peter Salomon, composer   

1054  On February - 20 yaroslav I, the Wise, ruler (Kiev), dies   

1154  Death of Saint Wulfric of Haselbury Plucknett on February - 20.   

1171  Death of Conan IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1138) on this day in history.   

1194  On February - 20 tancredo of Lecce, King of Sicily, dies   

1258  On this day in history death of al-Musta'sim, last Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad   

1408  On this day in history death of henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English statesman (b. 1342)   

1431  On this day in history martinus V, [Oddo Colonna], Italian Pope, dies   

1524  On this day in history death of tecún Umán, last leader of the Quiché-Maya