Historical Events In February - 20

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

1943  Allied troops occupy Kasserine pass in Tunisia on this day in history.  

1943  New volcano Paracutin erupts in farmer's corn patch (México) on this day in history.  

1943  Phil Wrigley &B Rickey charter All-American Girls Softball League on February - 20.  

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

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

1947  On this day in history lord Mountbatten appointed as last viceroy of India  

1947  Chemical mixing error causes explosion that destroys 42 blocks in LA on February - 20.  

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

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

1950  Dylan Thomas arrives in NYC for his 1st US poetry reading tour on February - 20.  

1951  Howard Brockway, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

1954  On February - 20 babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Serbin Golf Open  

1955  Fay Crocker wins LPGA Serbin Golf Open on February - 20.  

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1962  On this day in history john Glenn, the American astronaut, orbits the Earth three times  

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

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

1966  On February - 20 author Valery Tarsis banished in USSR  

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

1507  On February - 20 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  Jan de Baen, portrait painter/etcher was born on February - 20.  

1656  Johannes Schenck, German/Neth composer, baptised was born on this day in history.  

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

1745  Johann Peter Salomon, composer was born on February - 20.  

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 February - 20.  

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

1258  Death of Al-Musta'sim, last Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad on this day in history.  

1408  Death of Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English statesman (b. 1342) on this day in history.  

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