Historical Events In February - 20

1989  Total eclipse of the Moon on February - 20.  

1991  On this day in history slovenia dissolves all its links with the former Yugoslavia  

1992  On February - 20 orthodox patriarch Shenouda III visits Netherlands  

1992  Ross Perot says he'll run for President on Larry King Show on this day in history.  

1992  On this day in history andrew Schenck, conducter, dies of melanoma at 51  

1994  3 Afghans take 70 Pakistani children hostage on this day in history.  

1994  On this day in history pope John Paul II demands juristic discrimination of homosexuals  

1998  On February - 20 tara Lipinski wins Olympics figure skating gold medal  

1998  On February - 20 uN Secretary-General Kofi Annan lands in Baghdad, for peace negotiations  

1999  Fifteen-year-old U.S. figure skater Tara Lipinski becomes the youngest gold medal winner in Winter Olympics history, as she wins the ladies figure skating category at Nagano, Japan on this day in history.  

2005  On February - 20 early Legislative elections in Portugal resulted in a landslide victory for José Sócrates and the Socialist Party.  

2005  On this day in history spanish referendum on the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe, passing it by a substantial margin, but on a low turnout.  

2012  On February - 20 scientists successfully regenerate Silene stenophylla from a 31,800 year old piece of fruit, greatly surpassing the previous record of 2,000 years  

2013  On February - 20 estonia becomes the first country to establish a national system of fast chargers for electric cars  

2017  On this day in history famine is declared in Unity State, South Sudan, affecting 4.9 million  

2018  Queen of England, Elizabeth II makes surprise appearance at London fashion week on February - 20.  

2018  On this day in history venezuela becomes the first country to launch a virtual currency, the petro, to counteract their financial crisis  

2019  On this day in history a major fire in Dhaka, Bangladesh kills at least 78 people.  

2020  On February - 20 new Bank of England £20 note with painter JMW Turner released, replacing earlier one with economist Adam Smith  

2021  On this day in history australian Open Women's Tennis: Naomi Osaka of Japan wins her 4th major and second Australian title; beats American Jennifer Brady 6-4, 6-3  

2021  2020–21 H5N8 outbreak: 7 people test positive for H5N8 bird flu at a poultry farm in southern Russia, becoming the first known human cases on February - 20.  

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1494  Johan Friis, chancellor (Denmark, helped formed Lutheranism) was born on this day in history.  

1507  Gentile Bellini, Italian artist (Sultan Mohammed II) was born on February - 20.  

1523  On this day in history birth of jan Blahoslav, Czech humanist/bishop (Bohemian brothers)  

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  Johannes Schenck, German/Neth composer, baptised was born on February - 20.  

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

1745  On this day in history birth of johann Peter Salomon, composer  

1054  Yaroslav I, the Wise, ruler (Kiev), dies on February - 20.  

1154  Death of Saint Wulfric of Haselbury Plucknett on February - 20.  

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  Death of Al-Musta'sim, last Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad on February - 20.  

1408  Death of Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English statesman (b. 1342) on February - 20.  

1431  On February - 20 martinus V, [Oddo Colonna], Italian Pope, dies  

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