Page 7: Historical Events In February - 20

1942  On this day in history guido Gasperini, composer, dies at 76   

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

1943  On February - 20 new volcano Paracutin erupts in farmer's corn patch (México)   

1943  On February - 20 phil Wrigley &B Rickey charter All-American Girls Softball League   

1944  Batman &Robin comic strip premieres in newspapers on February - 20.   

1944  HMS WARWICK, sunk off Trevose Head, north Cornwall, south west England by 1 torpedo from German U-413 on this day in history.   

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

1944  On February - 20 uS takes Eniwetok Island   

1944  On this day in history batman & Robin comic strip premieres in newspapers   

1946  Hugh Allen, musician, dies on this day in history.   

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

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  1st International Pancake Race held (Liberal Ks) on this day in history.   

1950  Dylan Thomas arrives in NYC for his 1st US poetry reading tour on this day in history.   

1951  On this day in history howard Brockway, composer, dies at 80   

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

1952  On this day in history "African Queen" opens at Capitol Theater in NYC   

1953  August A Busch buys the Cards for $3.75 million on this day in history.   

1954  General Zahedi wins election in Persia on February - 20.   

1954  Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Serbin Golf Open on February - 20.   

1955  Fay Crocker wins LPGA Serbin Golf Open on this day in history.   

1958  Thurston Hall, actor (Mr Schuyler-Topper), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1959  Ray McDonald, dancer, dies of barbituate overdose at 38 on February - 20.   

1960  Leonard Woolley, archaeologist, dies on this day in history.   

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 February - 20.   

1962  John Glenn, the American astronaut, orbits the Earth three times on this day in history.   

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

1964  On February - 20 r T Stanyforth, English cricket wicketkeeper (S Africa 1927-28), dies   

1965  Beatles record "That Means a Lot" on this day in history.   

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

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  On February - 20 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  Johannes Schenck, German/Neth composer, baptised was born on this day in history.   

1734  On this day in history birth of franz Ignaz Beck, composer   

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

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

1154  Death of Saint Wulfric of Haselbury Plucknett on this day in history.   

1171  On this day in history death of conan IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1138)   

1194  On this day in history tancredo of Lecce, King of Sicily, dies   

1258  On this day in history death of al-Musta'sim, last Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad   

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

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