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Historical Events In February - 20

Tuesday, 19 March 2024

1966  Chester W Nimitz, US admiral (WW II), dies at 80 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1968  On this day in history john Cleese (Monty Python) marries Connie Booth  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1968  State troopers used tear gas to stop demonstration at Alcorn A &M on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1968  On this day in history anthony Asquith, dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1969  On this day in history ernest Ansermet, Swiss conductor/composer, dies at 85  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1970  Albert Louis Wolff, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1971  On February - 20 major General Idi Amin Dada appoints himself President of Uganda  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1971  On February - 20 national Emergency Center erroneously orders US radio &TV stations to go off the air; The mistake wasn't resolved for 30 minutes  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1972  On February - 20 herbert Menges, composer, dies at 69  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1973  Brigitte Reimann, writer, dies at 39 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1974  On this day in history cher files for separation from husband Sonny Bono  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1974  On this day in history the S-3A Viking ASW aircraft was officially introduced in the Navy in ceremonies at NAS North Island VS-41 accepted the first aircaraft  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1974  David Monrad Johansen, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1975  Margaret Thatcher elected leader of British Conservative Party on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1975  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1975  On this day in history edgar "Cookie" Fairchild, bandleader (Jerry Colonna Show), dies at 76  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1976  On February - 20 kathryn Kuhlman, religious leader/faith healer, dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1978  4th People's Choice Awards Star Wars, Carol Burnett &Bob Hope on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1978  Egypt announces it is pulling its diplomats out of Cyprus on February - 20.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1980  On February - 20 alice Longworth Roosevelt, youngest daughter of Theodore, dies at 96  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1981  On this day in history flight readiness firing of Columbia's main engines; 20 seconds  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1983  Japan launches Tenma satellite to study x-rays (450/570 km) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1983  James G Richardson, (Tim Cassidy-Sierra), dies at 37 in ski accident on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1984  Fikret Dzhamil Amirov, composer, dies at 61 on February - 20.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1985  On this day in history clarence Nash, voice (Donald Duck), dies at 80 of leukemia, in Calif  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1986  Mike Tyson sexually harasses a woman in Albany NY on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1986  On February - 20 the Channel Tunnel project was given the official go ahead  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1986  On this day in history francisco Paolo Mignone, composer, dies at 88  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1987  On this day in history bomb blamed on Unabomber explodes by computer store in Salt Lake City  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1987  David Hartman quits ABC's "Good Morning America," after 11 years on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1987  Ivan Brkanovic, composer, dies at 80 on February - 20.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1988  500 die in heavy rains in Rio de Janeiro Brazil on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1988  Brian Boitano wins Olympics gold medal in figure skating at Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1988  Peter Kalikow purchases New York Post from Rupert Murdoch for $37.6 million on February - 20.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous Birthdays In February - 20

Famous People Born On This Day In History

1494  On this day in history birth of johan Friis, chancellor (Denmark, helped formed Lutheranism)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1507  Gentile Bellini, Italian artist (Sultan Mohammed II) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1523  Jan Blahoslav, Czech humanist/bishop (Bohemian brothers) was born on February - 20.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1632  On February - 20 birth of thomas Osborne, Duke of Leeds, English PM (1690-94)/founder (Tories)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1633  Jan de Baen, portrait painter/etcher was born on February - 20.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1656  Johannes Schenck, German/Neth composer, baptised was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1734  Franz Ignaz Beck, composer was born on February - 20.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1745  On this day in history birth of johann Peter Salomon, composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In February - 20

Famous People Died On This Day In History

1054  On February - 20 yaroslav I, the Wise, ruler (Kiev), dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1154  On this day in history death of saint Wulfric of Haselbury Plucknett  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1171  On February - 20 death of conan IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1138)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1194  Tancredo of Lecce, King of Sicily, dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1258  Death of Al-Musta'sim, last Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1408  Death of Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English statesman (b. 1342) on February - 20.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1431  On this day in history martinus V, [Oddo Colonna], Italian Pope, dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1524  Death of Tecún Umán, last leader of the Quiché-Maya on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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