February 20 Events |
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| February 20th, 2005 (February 20 2005) | Event | Spain becomes the first country to vote in a referendum on ratification of the proposed Constitution of the European Union, passing it by a substantial margin, but on a low turnout. | |
| February 20th, 2002 (February 20 2002) | Event | In Reqa Al-Gharbiya, Egypt, a fire on a train injures over 65 and kills at least 370. | |
| February 20th, 1998 (February 20 1998) | Event | American figure skater Tara Lipinski becomes the youngest gold-medalist at the Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. | |
| February 20th, 1991 (February 20 1991) | Event | A gigantic statue of Albania s long-time dictator, Enver Hoxha, is brought down in the Albanian capital, Tirana, by mobs of angry protesters. | |
| February 20th, 1987 (February 20 1987) | Event | Unabomber: In Salt Lake City, Utah, a bomb explodes in a computer store. | |
| February 20th, 1976 (February 20 1976) | Event | The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization disbands. | |
| February 20th, 1965 (February 20 1965) | Event | Ranger 8 crashes into the moon after a successful mission of photographing possible landing sites for the Apollo program astronauts. | |
| February 20th, 1962 (February 20 1962) | Event | Mercury program: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn orbits the earth three times in 4 hours, 55 minutes, becoming the first American to orbit the earth. | |
| February 20th, 1959 (February 20 1959) | Event | The Avro Arrow program to design and manufacture supersonic jet fighters in Canada is cancelled by the Diefenbaker government amid much political debate. | |
| February 20th, 1952 (February 20 1952) | Event | Emmett Ashford becomes the first African-American umpire in organized baseball by being authorized to be a substitute umpire in the Southwestern International League. | |
| February 20th, 1947 (February 20 1947) | Event | State of Prussia ceases to exist. | |
| February 20th, 1944 (February 20 1944) | Event | World War II: The "Big Week" began with American bomber raids on German aircraft manufacturing centers. | |
| February 20th, 1944 (February 20 1944) | Event | World War II: The United States takes Eniwetok Island. | |
| February 20th, 1943 (February 20 1943) | Event | American movie studio executives agree to allow the Office of War Information to censor movies. | |
| February 20th, 1943 (February 20 1943) | Event | The Paricutin volcano begins to form in Paricutin, Mexico. | |
| February 20th, 1942 (February 20 1942) | Event | Lieutenant Edward O Hare becomes America s first World War II flying ace. | |
| February 20th, 1935 (February 20 1935) | Event | Caroline Mikkelsen becomes the first woman to set foot in Antarctica. | |
| February 20th, 1933 (February 20 1933) | Event | The Congress of the United States proposes the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution, which would end Prohibition in the United States. | |
| February 20th, 1931 (February 20 1931) | Event | California gets the go-ahead by the U.S. Congress to build the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. | |
| February 20th, 1913 (February 20 1913) | Event | King O Malley drives in the first survey peg to mark commencement of work on the construction of Canberra. | |
| February 20th, 1909 (February 20 1909) | Event | Publication of the Futurist Manifesto in the French journal Le Figaro. | |
| February 20th, 1901 (February 20 1901) | Event | The legislature of Hawaii Territory convenes for the first time. | |
| February 20th, 1873 (February 20 1873) | Event | The University of California opens its first medical school in San Francisco, California. | |
| February 20th, 1872 (February 20 1872) | Event | In New York City the Metropolitan Museum of Art opens. | |
| February 20th, 1864 (February 20 1864) | Event | American Civil War: Battle of Olustee occursthe largest battle fought in Florida during the war. | |
| February 20th, 1835 (February 20 1835) | Event | Concepcion, Chile is destroyed by an earthquake. | |
| February 20th, 1816 (February 20 1816) | Event | Gioachino Rossini s The Barber of Seville debuts at Teatro Argentina, with a fiasco. | Gioachino Rossini Quotes |
| February 20th, 1810 (February 20 1810) | Event | Andreas Hofer, Tyrolean patriot and leader of rebellion against Napoleon s forces, was executed. | |
| February 20th, 1798 (February 20 1798) | Event | Louis Alexandre Berthier removes Pope Pius VI from power. | |
| February 20th, 1792 (February 20 1792) | Event | The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by President George Washington. | George Washington Quotes |
| February 20th, 1547 (February 20 1547) | Event | Edward VI of England is crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey. | Edward Abbey Quotes |
| February 20th, 1472 (February 20 1472) | Event | Orkney and Shetland are left by Norway to Scotland, due to a dowry payment. | |
