Historical Events In February - 20

1942  On February - 20 guido Gasperini, composer, dies at 76  

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

1943  On February - 20 new volcano Paracutin erupts in farmer's corn patch (México)  

1943  On February - 20 phil Wrigley &B Rickey charter All-American Girls Softball League  

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

1944  On February - 20 hMS WARWICK, sunk off Trevose Head, north Cornwall, south west England by 1 torpedo from German U-413.  

1944  U.S. warplanes begin bombing German manufacturing plants during WWII on February - 20.  

1944  On this day in history uS takes Eniwetok Island  

1944  Batman & Robin comic strip premieres in newspapers on February - 20.  

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

1947  On this day in history 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  Czechoslovakia's non-communist minister resigns on this day in history.  

1949  1st International Pancake Race held (Liberal Ks) on February - 20.  

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

1951  On this day in history howard Brockway, composer, dies at 80  

1952  "African Queen" opens at Capitol Theater in New York NY on February - 20.  

1952  On this day in history "African Queen" opens at Capitol Theater in NYC  

1953  August A Busch buys the Cards for $3.75 million on February - 20.  

1954  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1959  On February - 20 ray McDonald, dancer, dies of barbituate overdose at 38  

1960  On February - 20 leonard Woolley, archaeologist, dies  

1961  On February - 20 otto E Huiswoud, [Frank Billings], editor (Negro Worker), dies at 67  

1962  John Glenn becomes the first U.S. astronaut to orbit the Earth, aboard the spacecraft Friendship Seven on February - 20.  

1962  John Glenn, the American astronaut, orbits the Earth three times on this day in history.  

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  Beatles record "That Means a Lot" on February - 20.  

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

1966  Author Valery Tarsis banished in USSR on this day in history.  

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

1507  On this day in history birth of gentile Bellini, Italian artist (Sultan Mohammed II)  

1523  Jan Blahoslav, Czech humanist/bishop (Bohemian brothers) was born on February - 20.  

1632  Thomas Osborne, Duke of Leeds, English PM (1690-94)/founder (Tories) was born on February - 20.  

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  Johann Peter Salomon, composer was born on February - 20.  

1054  On this day in history yaroslav I, the Wise, ruler (Kiev), dies  

1154  On this day in history death of saint Wulfric of Haselbury Plucknett  

1171  On February - 20 death of conan IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1138)  

1194  Tancredo of Lecce, King of Sicily, dies on this day in history.  

1258  On February - 20 death of al-Musta'sim, last Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad  

1408  On February - 20 death of henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English statesman (b. 1342)  

1431  Martinus V, [Oddo Colonna], Italian Pope, dies on this day in history.  

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