Page 7: Historical Events In February - 20

1942  Guido Gasperini, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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  Phil Wrigley &B Rickey charter All-American Girls Softball League on this day in history.   

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

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

1944  On February - 20 u.S. warplanes begin bombing German manufacturing plants during WWII.   

1944  US takes Eniwetok Island on this day in history.   

1944  Batman & Robin comic strip premieres in newspapers on this day in history.   

1946  Hugh Allen, musician, dies on February - 20.   

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  Czechoslovakia's non-communist minister resigns on February - 20.   

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 February - 20.   

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 this day in history.   

1953  On February - 20 august A Busch buys the Cards for $3.75 million   

1954  General Zahedi wins election in Persia on this day in history.   

1954  On this day in history babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Serbin Golf Open   

1955  On this day in history fay Crocker wins LPGA Serbin Golf Open   

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  Leonard Woolley, archaeologist, dies on February - 20.   

1961  Otto E Huiswoud, [Frank Billings], editor (Negro Worker), dies at 67 on February - 20.   

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

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

1962  On this day in history halliwell Hobbes, dies at 64   

1964  R T Stanyforth, English cricket wicketkeeper (S Africa 1927-28), dies on February - 20.   

1965  On February - 20 beatles record "That Means a Lot"   

1965  On February - 20 ranger 8 makes hard landing on the Moon, returns photos, other data   

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

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1494  Johan Friis, chancellor (Denmark, helped formed Lutheranism) was born on February - 20.   

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

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 this day in history birth of jan de Baen, portrait painter/etcher   

1656  On February - 20 birth of johannes Schenck, German/Neth composer, baptised   

1734  Franz Ignaz Beck, composer was born on this day in history.   

1745  On February - 20 birth of johann Peter Salomon, composer   

1054  Yaroslav I, the Wise, ruler (Kiev), dies on this day in history.   

1154  On February - 20 death of saint Wulfric of Haselbury Plucknett   

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

1194  Tancredo of Lecce, King of Sicily, dies on February - 20.   

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

1524  Death of Tecún Umán, last leader of the Quiché-Maya on February - 20.