Page 7: Historical Events In February - 20

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

1943  On February - 20 allied troops occupy Kasserine pass in Tunisia   

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

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  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  US takes Eniwetok Island on February - 20.   

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 February - 20.   

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

1948  Czechoslovakia's non-communist minister resigns on this day in history.   

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

1950  On this day in history dylan Thomas arrives in NYC for his 1st US poetry reading tour   

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

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 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  On this day in history thurston Hall, actor (Mr Schuyler-Topper), dies at 75   

1959  On February - 20 ray McDonald, dancer, dies of barbituate overdose at 38   

1960  Leonard Woolley, archaeologist, dies on February - 20.   

1961  On this day in history otto E Huiswoud, [Frank Billings], editor (Negro Worker), dies at 67   

1962  On February - 20 john Glenn becomes the first U.S. astronaut to orbit the Earth, aboard the spacecraft Friendship Seven.   

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

1962  On February - 20 halliwell Hobbes, dies at 64   

1964  R T Stanyforth, English cricket wicketkeeper (S Africa 1927-28), dies on this day in history.   

1965  Beatles record "That Means a Lot" on February - 20.   

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

1966  Author Valery Tarsis banished in USSR on February - 20.   

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

1507  On February - 20 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 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  On this day in history birth of johannes Schenck, German/Neth composer, baptised   

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

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

1054  On February - 20 yaroslav I, the Wise, ruler (Kiev), dies   

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

1171  On February - 20 death of conan IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1138)   

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

1258  On February - 20 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  Death of Tecún Umán, last leader of the Quiché-Maya on this day in history.