Page 7: Historical Events In February - 20

1942  On February - 20 guido Gasperini, composer, dies at 76   

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 this day in history phil Wrigley &B Rickey charter All-American Girls Softball League   

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

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  U.S. warplanes begin bombing German manufacturing plants during WWII on this day in history.   

1944  On February - 20 uS takes Eniwetok Island   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1947  Chemical mixing error causes explosion that destroys 42 blocks in LA on this day in history.   

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  On February - 20 howard Brockway, composer, dies at 80   

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

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 February - 20.   

1954  General Zahedi wins election in Persia on this day in history.   

1954  On this day in history babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Serbin Golf Open   

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

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

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

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

1965  On this day in history beatles record "That Means a Lot"   

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

1966  Author Valery Tarsis banished in USSR on this day in history.   

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1494  On this day in history birth of johan Friis, chancellor (Denmark, helped formed Lutheranism)   

1507  Gentile Bellini, Italian artist (Sultan Mohammed II) was born on this day in history.   

1523  On this day in history birth of jan Blahoslav, Czech humanist/bishop (Bohemian brothers)   

1632  Thomas Osborne, Duke of Leeds, English PM (1690-94)/founder (Tories) was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history yaroslav I, the Wise, ruler (Kiev), dies   

1154  On this day in history death of saint Wulfric of Haselbury Plucknett   

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

1194  Tancredo of Lecce, King of Sicily, dies on this day in history.   

1258  Death of Al-Musta'sim, last Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad on February - 20.   

1408  On this day in history death of henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English statesman (b. 1342)   

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

1524  Death of Tecún Umán, last leader of the Quiché-Maya on February - 20.