Page 7: Historical Events In February - 20

1942  Guido Gasperini, composer, dies at 76 on February - 20.   

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

1943  On this day in history 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  On February - 20 hMS WARWICK, sunk off Trevose Head, north Cornwall, south west England by 1 torpedo from German U-413.   

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

1944  On February - 20 uS takes Eniwetok Island   

1944  Batman & Robin comic strip premieres in newspapers on this day in history.   

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

1947  On this day in history chemical mixing error causes explosion that destroys 42 blocks in Los Angeles CA   

1947  On February - 20 lord Mountbatten appointed as last viceroy of India   

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

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

1949  On February - 20 1st International Pancake Race held (Liberal Ks)   

1950  Dylan Thomas arrives in NYC for his 1st US poetry reading tour on February - 20.   

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

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

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

1958  Thurston Hall, actor (Mr Schuyler-Topper), dies at 75 on February - 20.   

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

1960  On February - 20 leonard Woolley, archaeologist, dies   

1961  Otto E Huiswoud, [Frank Billings], editor (Negro Worker), dies at 67 on February - 20.   

1962  On this day in history john Glenn becomes the first U.S. astronaut to orbit the Earth, aboard the spacecraft Friendship Seven.   

1962  John Glenn, the American astronaut, orbits the Earth three times on February - 20.   

1962  Halliwell Hobbes, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

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  On February - 20 ranger 8 makes hard landing on the Moon, returns photos, other data   

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

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1494  On February - 20 birth of johan Friis, chancellor (Denmark, helped formed Lutheranism)   

1507  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  Franz Ignaz Beck, composer was born on February - 20.   

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

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 February - 20.   

1194  Tancredo of Lecce, King of Sicily, dies on February - 20.   

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

1524  Death of Tecún Umán, last leader of the Quiché-Maya on this day in history.