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Friday, 20 February 2026
1943 FDR, Churchill and Stalin agree to Operation Overlord (D-Day) 
1944 Béla Bartòk's Concerto for orchestra, premieres.
1945 Bette Midler actress was born this day
1945 Bette Midler, American actress and singer is born.
1945 CFL Grey Cup: Toronto beats Winnipeg, 35-0 at Toronto.
1945 Harvey Bartlett Gaul, composer, dies at 64
1946 Australia compile 645 v India at the Gabba (Bradman 187)
1947 Marine Helicopter Experimental Squadron, HMX-1, was established at MCAS Quantico,its mission was to develop techniques and tactics for the various uses of helicopters in amphibious operations
1947 Bradman scores 185 in the 1st Cricket Test v India at the Gabba.
1947 Aleister Edward S Crowley, British occultist, dies at 72.
1948 Arabic Congress names Abdullah of Trans Jordan, King of Palestine
1949 WBNG TV channel 12 in Binghamton, NY (CBS) begins broadcasting
1950 Ernest John Moeran, British composer, dies at 55
1951 Golden Gate Bridge closes due to high winds.
1951 17th Heisman Trophy Award: Dick Kazmaier, Princeton (HB).
1951 Felix Petyrek, composer, dies at 59
1952 The New York Daily News reports the inaugural successful sexual reassignment operation
1952 Victor E Orlando, Italian premier (1917-19), dies at 92
1953 Red Sox trade M McDermott and Tom Umphlett for Wash's Jackie Jensen.
1954 Nationalist China and US sign dike agreement
1955 Rosa Parks (black) arrested for refusing to move to back of the bus
1955 Rosa Parks, a black seamstress during segragation, refuses to give her bus seat to a white man, an event that sparked the Montgomery (Alabama) bus boycott, one of the critical events in the U.S. civil rights fight.
1955 The inaugural remote-control railroad passenger car went into service on this day.
1958 Central African Rep made autonomous member of Fr Comm (Nat'l Day).
1958 Our Lady of Angels School burns, killing 92 students and 3 nuns (Chic).
1959 12 nations sign a treaty for scientific peaceful use of Antarctica.
1959 The inaugural color photograph of Earth from outer space.
1959 Twelve countries sign a treaty to protect Antarctica, as a preserve for scientific research
1960 Carol Alt supermodel was born this day.
1960 Ion Vasilescu, composer, dies at 57.
1962 Grey Cup halted by fog, resumed next day (Winnipeg 28, Hamilton 27)
1963 Nagaland is recorded as becoming a state of the Indian union.
1963 Wendell Scott took inaugural place in the Grand National race in Jacksonville, Florida, becoming the inaugural black driver ever to win a NASCAR event
1965 Airlift of refugees from Cuba to US began.
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