
February 20 is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 314 days remaining, 315 in leap years. ==Events== * 1472 - Orkney and Shetland are annexed to the crown of Scotland. * 1547 - Edward VI of England is crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey. * 1724 - The premiere of ''Giulio Cesare'', an Italian language opera by George Frideric Handel, takes place in London. * 1725 - The first reported case of white men scalping Native Americans takes place in New Hampshire colony. * 1792 - The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Postal Service, is signed by President George Washington. * 1809 - A decision by the Supreme Court of the United States states that the power of the federal government is greater than any individual state. * 1810 - Andreas Hofer, Tyrolean patriot and leader of rebellion against Napoleon I of France's forces, was execution (legal). * 1835 - Concepción, Chile is destroyed by an earthquake * 1864 - Battle of Olustee * 1872 - In New York City the Metropolitan Museum of Art opens. * 1873 - The University of California opens its first medical school in San Francisco, California. * 1901 - The legislature of Hawaii Territory convenes for the first time. * 1913 - King O'Malley drove in the first Surveying peg to mark commencement of work on the construction of Canberra. * 1921 - ''The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (movie)'' film, starring Rudolph Valentino, premieres. * 1931 - California gets the go-ahead by the Congress of the United States to build the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. * 1942 - Lieutenant Edward O'Hare becomes America's first World War II flying ace. * 1943 - American movie studio executives agree to allow the Office of War Information to censor movies. * 1943 - Paricutín volcano begins to form in Paricutín, México. * 1944 - World War II: "Big Week" begins with American bomber raids on Nazi aircraft manufacturing centers. * 1944 - World War II: The United States takes Eniwetok Island. * 1952 - Emmett L. Ashford becomes the first African-American umpire in organized baseball by being authorized to be a substitute umpire in the Southwestern International League. * 1952 - The film ''The African Queen'' opens at Capitol Theatre in New York City. * 1959 - The Avro Arrow programme to design and manufacture supersonic fighter aircraft in Canada was cancelled by the John George Diefenbaker government amid much political debate. * 1962 - Mercury program: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn orbits the earth three times in 4 hours, 55 minutes, becoming the first American to orbit the earth. * 1965 - Ranger 8 crashes into the moon after a successful mission of photographing possible landing sites for the Apollo program astronauts. * 1974 - Science fiction writer Philip K. Dick claimed he began experiencing intense gnostic visions on this date. * 1976 - The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization disbands. * 1987 - Unabomber: In Salt Lake City, Utah, in the United States, a bomb explodes in a computer store. * 1992 - Ross Perot announced his intention to run in the U.S. presidential election, 1992 on CNN's ''Larry King Live''. * 2001 - FBI agent Robert Hanssen is arrested and charged with spying for Russia for 15 years. * 2002 - In Reqa Al-Gharbiya, Egypt, a fire on a train injures over 65 and kills at least 370. * 2003 - In Rhode Island, in the United States, The Station nightclub fire kills about 100 and injures over 200. * 2005 - Spain becomes the first country to vote in a Spanish referendum on the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe of the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe of the European Union, passing it by a substantial margin, but on a low turnout. * 2005 - Jeff Gordon wins his third Daytona 500. == Births == * 1745 - Henry James Pye, English poet (d. 1813) * 1751 - Johann Heinrich Voss, German poet (d. 1826) * 1757 - John 'Mad Jack' Fuller, philanthropist and patron of the arts and sciences (d. 1834) * 1839 - Revd Benjamin Waugh, founder of the NSPCC (d. 1908) * 1844 - Ludwig Boltzmann, physicist (d. 1906) * 1844 - Joshua Slocum, seaman and adventurer (d. 1909) * 1848 - Edward Henry Harriman, railroad executive (d. 1909) * 1887 - Carl Ebert, opera manager and director (d. 1980) * 1887 - Vincent Massey, Governor-General of Canada (d. 1967) * 1888 - Georges Bernanos, French writer (d. 1948) * 1902 - Ansel Adams, American photographer (d. 1984) * 1904 - Alexei Kosygin, Premier of the Soviet Union (d. 1980) * 1909 - Heinz Erhardt, German comedian (d. 1979) * 1912 - Pierre Boulle, author (d. 1994) *1914 - John Charles Daly, South African-American broadcaster (d. 2001) * 1924 - Gloria Vanderbilt, clothing designer and entrepreneur * 1925 - Robert Altman, film director *1925 - Whitney Blake, American actress (d. 2002) * 1925 - Heinz Kluncker, labor union leader * 1926 - Richard Matheson, author * 1926 - Rob Richards, track and field athlete * 1927 - Sidney Poitier, actor *1927 - Roy Cohn, American lawyer, and anti-Communist (d. 1986) *1931 - Amanda Blake, American actress (d. 1989) * 1934 - Bobby Unser, American automobile racer *1936 - Larry Hovis, American actor (d. 2003) * 1937 - Roger Penske, automobile racer * 1937 - Nancy Wilson (singer), singer *1938 - Richard Beymer, American actor * 1941 - Buffy Sainte-Marie, American singer * 1942 - Phil Esposito, hockey player * 1943 - Mike Leigh, director *1945 - Brion James, American actor (d. 1999) * 1946 - Brenda Blethyn, actress * 1946 - Jerome Geils, musician (J. Geils Band) *1946 - Sandy Duncan, American singer and actress * 1947 - Peter Osgood, English footballer * 1947 - Peter Strauss, actor *1948 - Jennifer O'Neill, actress *1949 - Ivana Trump, Czech skier, fashion model, and socialite * 1951 - Gordon Brown, British politician * 1951 - Randy California, guitarist * 1954 - Anthony Stewart Head, actor * 1954 - Patty Hearst, socialite * 1955 - Kelsey Grammer, actor *1959 - Scott Brayton, auto racer (d. 1996) * 1963 - Charles Barkley, American basketball player * 1966 - Cindy Crawford, American model * 1967 - Kurt Cobain, American musician (d. 1994) * 1971 - Jari Litmanen, Finnish footballer * 1975 - Brian Littrell, musician (Backstreet Boys) * 1977 - Stephon Marbury, basketball player * 1980 - Imanol Harinordoquy, French rugby player * 1985 - Yulia Olegovna Volkova, musician (t.A.T.u.) ==Deaths== * 702 - Chan Bahlum II, king of the Maya state of Palenque (b. 635) * 1171 - Conan IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1138) * 1194 - Tancred, King of Sicily * 1258 - Al-Musta'sim, last Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad * 1408 - Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland (b. 1342) * 1431 - Pope Martin V * 1513 - King Christian II of Denmark (b. 1455) * 1579 - Nicholas Bacon, English politician (b. 1509) * 1626 - John Dowland, English composer and lutenist (b. 1563) * 1773 - King Charles Emmanuel III of Savoy (b. 1701) * 1790 - Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1741) * 1810 - Andreas Hofer, Tyrolean national hero (executed) * 1871 - Paul Kane, painter (b. 1810) * 1893 - P.G.T. Beauregard, American Confederate general (b. 1818) * 1895 - Frederick Douglass, American abolitionist writer (b. ca. 1818) * 1907 - Henri Moissan, French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852) * 1920 - Robert Peary, explorer (b. 1856) * 1961 - Percy Grainger, Australian composer (b. 1882) * 1966 - Chester Nimitz, American admiral (b. 1885) * 1968 - Anthony Asquith, director, writer (b. 1902) * 1969 - Ernest Ansermet, Swiss conductor (b. 1883) * 1970 - Sophie Treadwell, American playwright and journalist (b. 1885) * 1972 - Walter Winchell, American journalist (b. 1897) *1975 - Robert Strauss, American politician, diplomat *1980 - Joseph Banks Rhine, parapsychologist and extra-sensory perception researcher (b. 1895). *1983 - Ray Vitte, American actor * 1985 - Clarence Nash, The Walt Disney Company voice actor (b. 1904) * 1992 - Dick York, actor (b. 1928) *1992 - Roberto D'Aubuisson, Salvadoran politician * 1993 - Ferrucio Lamborghini, Italian automobile manufacturer * 1996 - Toru Takemitsu, Japanese composer (b. 1930) * 1996 - Solomon Asch, psychologist (b. 1907) * 1999 - Sarah Kane, playwright (b. 1971) * 1999 - Gene Siskel, film critic (b. 1946) *2000 - Anatoly Sobchak, Russian politician *2001 - Rosemary DeCamp, American actress * 2003 - Maurice Blanchot, author (b. 1907) * 2003 - Orville Freeman, American politician (b. 1918) * 2003 - Willi Hoss, politician * 2003 - Harry Jacunski, NFL player * 2003 - Ty Longley, guitarist for the heavy-metal band Great White * 2003 - Ulrich Roski, singer and cabaret artist * 2005 - Sandra Dee, American actress(b. 1944) * 2005 - Hunter S. Thompson, American journalist and author. (b. 1937) * 2005 - John Raitt, actor (b. 1917) ==Holidays and observances== Hooty Hoo Day...all across America, people step outside at 12 noon and holler "HOOTY HOO" in order to chase away the winter. == External links == * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/20 BBC: On This Day] * [http://www.tnl.net/when/2/20 Today in History: February 20] ---- February 19 - February 21 - January 20 - March 20 -- historical anniversaries simple:February 20
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February 20 is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 314 days remaining, 315 in leap years. ==Events== * 1472 - Orkney and Shetland are annexed to the crown of Scotland. * 1547 - Edward VI of England is crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey. * 1724 - The premiere of ''Giulio Cesare'', an Italian language opera by George Frideric Handel, takes place in London. * 1725 - The first reported case of white men scalping Native Americans takes place in New Hampshire colony. * 1792 - The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Postal Service, is signed by President George Washington. * 1809 - A decision by the Supreme Court of the United States states that the power of the federal government is greater than any individual state. * 1810 - Andreas Hofer, Tyrolean patriot and leader of rebellion against Napoleon I of France's forces, was execution (legal). * 1835 - Concepción, Chile is destroyed by an earthquake * 1864 - Battle of Olustee * 1872 - In New York City the Metropolitan Museum of Art opens. * 1873 - The University of California opens its first medical school in San Francisco, California. * 1901 - The legislature of Hawaii Territory convenes for the first time. * 1913 - King O'Malley drove in the first Surveying peg to mark commencement of work on the construction of Canberra. * 1921 - ''The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (movie)'' film, starring Rudolph Valentino, premieres. * 1931 - California gets the go-ahead by the Congress of the United States to build the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. * 1942 - Lieutenant Edward O'Hare becomes America's first World War II flying ace. * 1943 - American movie studio executives agree to allow the Office of War Information to censor movies. * 1943 - Paricutín volcano begins to form in Paricutín, México. * 1944 - World War II: "Big Week" begins with American bomber raids on Nazi aircraft manufacturing centers. * 1944 - World War II: The United States takes Eniwetok Island. * 1952 - Emmett L. Ashford becomes the first African-American umpire in organized baseball by being authorized to be a substitute umpire in the Southwestern International League. * 1952 - The film ''The African Queen'' opens at Capitol Theatre in New York City. * 1959 - The Avro Arrow programme to design and manufacture supersonic fighter aircraft in Canada was cancelled by the John George Diefenbaker government amid much political debate. * 1962 - Mercury program: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn orbits the earth three times in 4 hours, 55 minutes, becoming the first American to orbit the earth. * 1965 - Ranger 8 crashes into the moon after a successful mission of photographing possible landing sites for the Apollo program astronauts. * 1974 - Science fiction writer Philip K. Dick claimed he began experiencing intense gnostic visions on this date. * 1976 - The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization disbands. * 1987 - Unabomber: In Salt Lake City, Utah, in the United States, a bomb explodes in a computer store. * 1992 - Ross Perot announced his intention to run in the U.S. presidential election, 1992 on CNN's ''Larry King Live''. * 2001 - FBI agent Robert Hanssen is arrested and charged with spying for Russia for 15 years. * 2002 - In Reqa Al-Gharbiya, Egypt, a fire on a train injures over 65 and kills at least 370. * 2003 - In Rhode Island, in the United States, The Station nightclub fire kills about 100 and injures over 200. * 2005 - Spain becomes the first country to vote in a Spanish referendum on the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe of the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe of the European Union, passing it by a substantial margin, but on a low turnout. * 2005 - Jeff Gordon wins his third Daytona 500. == Births == * 1745 - Henry James Pye, English poet (d. 1813) * 1751 - Johann Heinrich Voss, German poet (d. 1826) * 1757 - John 'Mad Jack' Fuller, philanthropist and patron of the arts and sciences (d. 1834) * 1839 - Revd Benjamin Waugh, founder of the NSPCC (d. 1908) * 1844 - Ludwig Boltzmann, physicist (d. 1906) * 1844 - Joshua Slocum, seaman and adventurer (d. 1909) * 1848 - Edward Henry Harriman, railroad executive (d. 1909) * 1887 - Carl Ebert, opera manager and director (d. 1980) * 1887 - Vincent Massey, Governor-General of Canada (d. 1967) * 1888 - Georges Bernanos, French writer (d. 1948) * 1902 - Ansel Adams, American photographer (d. 1984) * 1904 - Alexei Kosygin, Premier of the Soviet Union (d. 1980) * 1909 - Heinz Erhardt, German comedian (d. 1979) * 1912 - Pierre Boulle, author (d. 1994) *1914 - John Charles Daly, South African-American broadcaster (d. 2001) * 1924 - Gloria Vanderbilt, clothing designer and entrepreneur * 1925 - Robert Altman, film director *1925 - Whitney Blake, American actress (d. 2002) * 1925 - Heinz Kluncker, labor union leader * 1926 - Richard Matheson, author * 1926 - Rob Richards, track and field athlete * 1927 - Sidney Poitier, actor *1927 - Roy Cohn, American lawyer, and anti-Communist (d. 1986) *1931 - Amanda Blake, American actress (d. 1989) * 1934 - Bobby Unser, American automobile racer *1936 - Larry Hovis, American actor (d. 2003) * 1937 - Roger Penske, automobile racer * 1937 - Nancy Wilson (singer), singer *1938 - Richard Beymer, American actor * 1941 - Buffy Sainte-Marie, American singer * 1942 - Phil Esposito, hockey player * 1943 - Mike Leigh, director *1945 - Brion James, American actor (d. 1999) * 1946 - Brenda Blethyn, actress * 1946 - Jerome Geils, musician (J. Geils Band) *1946 - Sandy Duncan, American singer and actress * 1947 - Peter Osgood, English footballer * 1947 - Peter Strauss, actor *1948 - Jennifer O'Neill, actress *1949 - Ivana Trump, Czech skier, fashion model, and socialite * 1951 - Gordon Brown, British politician * 1951 - Randy California, guitarist * 1954 - Anthony Stewart Head, actor * 1954 - Patty Hearst, socialite * 1955 - Kelsey Grammer, actor *1959 - Scott Brayton, auto racer (d. 1996) * 1963 - Charles Barkley, American basketball player * 1966 - Cindy Crawford, American model * 1967 - Kurt Cobain, American musician (d. 1994) * 1971 - Jari Litmanen, Finnish footballer * 1975 - Brian Littrell, musician (Backstreet Boys) * 1977 - Stephon Marbury, basketball player * 1980 - Imanol Harinordoquy, French rugby player * 1985 - Yulia Olegovna Volkova, musician (t.A.T.u.) ==Deaths== * 702 - Chan Bahlum II, king of the Maya state of Palenque (b. 635) * 1171 - Conan IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1138) * 1194 - Tancred, King of Sicily * 1258 - Al-Musta'sim, last Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad * 1408 - Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland (b. 1342) * 1431 - Pope Martin V * 1513 - King Christian II of Denmark (b. 1455) * 1579 - Nicholas Bacon, English politician (b. 1509) * 1626 - John Dowland, English composer and lutenist (b. 1563) * 1773 - King Charles Emmanuel III of Savoy (b. 1701) * 1790 - Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1741) * 1810 - Andreas Hofer, Tyrolean national hero (executed) * 1871 - Paul Kane, painter (b. 1810) * 1893 - P.G.T. Beauregard, American Confederate general (b. 1818) * 1895 - Frederick Douglass, American abolitionist writer (b. ca. 1818) * 1907 - Henri Moissan, French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852) * 1920 - Robert Peary, explorer (b. 1856) * 1961 - Percy Grainger, Australian composer (b. 1882) * 1966 - Chester Nimitz, American admiral (b. 1885) * 1968 - Anthony Asquith, director, writer (b. 1902) * 1969 - Ernest Ansermet, Swiss conductor (b. 1883) * 1970 - Sophie Treadwell, American playwright and journalist (b. 1885) * 1972 - Walter Winchell, American journalist (b. 1897) *1975 - Robert Strauss, American politician, diplomat *1980 - Joseph Banks Rhine, parapsychologist and extra-sensory perception researcher (b. 1895). *1983 - Ray Vitte, American actor * 1985 - Clarence Nash, The Walt Disney Company voice actor (b. 1904) * 1992 - Dick York, actor (b. 1928) *1992 - Roberto D'Aubuisson, Salvadoran politician * 1993 - Ferrucio Lamborghini, Italian automobile manufacturer * 1996 - Toru Takemitsu, Japanese composer (b. 1930) * 1996 - Solomon Asch, psychologist (b. 1907) * 1999 - Sarah Kane, playwright (b. 1971) * 1999 - Gene Siskel, film critic (b. 1946) *2000 - Anatoly Sobchak, Russian politician *2001 - Rosemary DeCamp, American actress * 2003 - Maurice Blanchot, author (b. 1907) * 2003 - Orville Freeman, American politician (b. 1918) * 2003 - Willi Hoss, politician * 2003 - Harry Jacunski, NFL player * 2003 - Ty Longley, guitarist for the heavy-metal band Great White * 2003 - Ulrich Roski, singer and cabaret artist * 2005 - Sandra Dee, American actress(b. 1944) * 2005 - Hunter S. Thompson, American journalist and author. (b. 1937) * 2005 - John Raitt, actor (b. 1917) ==Holidays and observances== Hooty Hoo Day...all across America, people step outside at 12 noon and holler "HOOTY HOO" in order to chase away the winter. == External links == * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/20 BBC: On This Day] * [http://www.tnl.net/when/2/20 Today in History: February 20] ---- February 19 - February 21 - January 20 - March 20 -- historical anniversaries simple:February 20
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