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

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

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 February - 20.   

1944  U.S. warplanes begin bombing German manufacturing plants during WWII on February - 20.   

1944  US takes Eniwetok Island on February - 20.   

1944  On February - 20 batman & Robin comic strip premieres in newspapers   

1946  On this day in history hugh Allen, musician, dies   

1947  On this day in history 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  On February - 20 chemical mixing error causes explosion that destroys 42 blocks in LA   

1948  On February - 20 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 February - 20.   

1951  Howard Brockway, composer, dies at 80 on February - 20.   

1952  On this day in history "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 February - 20.   

1954  On this day in history general Zahedi wins election in Persia   

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

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

1958  On February - 20 thurston Hall, actor (Mr Schuyler-Topper), dies at 75   

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 February - 20.   

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

1962  Halliwell Hobbes, dies at 64 on February - 20.   

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 this day in history.   

1966  On this day in history author Valery Tarsis banished in USSR   

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1494  Johan Friis, chancellor (Denmark, helped formed Lutheranism) was born on February - 20.   

1507  On February - 20 birth of gentile Bellini, Italian artist (Sultan Mohammed II)   

1523  On February - 20 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 February - 20 birth of jan de Baen, portrait painter/etcher   

1656  On February - 20 birth of johannes Schenck, German/Neth composer, baptised   

1734  Franz Ignaz Beck, composer was born on February - 20.   

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

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

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

1171  Death of Conan IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1138) on February - 20.   

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

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 February - 20.   

1431  Martinus V, [Oddo Colonna], Italian Pope, dies on this day in history.   

1524  On February - 20 death of tecún Umán, last leader of the Quiché-Maya