473 Historic Events for February 20
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Birth |
Barbara Laine Ellis, singer
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Birth |
Christoph Eschenbach, Breslau, Germany, pianist/conductor
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Birth |
RA Weiss, director (Institute of Cancer Research)
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Birth |
V Payne, British headmistress (Malvern Girls' College)
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Larry Clinton and his Orchestra record "Limehouse Blues"
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Birth |
Jimmy Greaves, British broadcaster/soccer player
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Nazis order Polish Jews barred from using public transportation
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Romania breaks relations with Netherlands
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1st transport of Jews to concentration camps leave Plotsk Poland
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| 1941 |
Birth |
Buffy Sainte-Marie, Maine, folksinger (Now That the Buffalo Are Gone)
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| 1942 |
Birth |
Claude Miller, director (Garde a Vue, Little Thief, Wild Child)
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| 1942 |
Death |
Guido Gasperini, composer, dies at 76
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Birth |
Mitch McConnell, (Sen-R-KY, 1985- )
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| 1942 |
Birth |
Phil Esposito, NHL center/GM (Bruins, Rangers)
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| 1942 |
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Lt E H O'Hare single-handedly shoots down 5 Japanese heavy bombers
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| 1942 |
Birth |
Charlie Gillett, Lancashire, rock broadcaster (Sound of the City)
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| 1942 |
Birth |
Peter Strauss, Croton-on-Hudson NY, actor (Rich Man Poor Man)
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| 1942 |
Birth |
David O'Dowd, Chief Constable (Northamptonshire)
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| 1943 |
Birth |
Aleksandr Pavlovich Alexandrov, Russian, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-9, TM-3)
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| 1943 |
Birth |
Lord McNally
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| 1943 |
Birth |
Mike Leigh, dramatist/director (High Hopes, Secrets and Lies)
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Birth |
Antonio Inoki, [Kanji Rikidozan], wrestler (NJPW/JWA)
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Phil Wrigley and B Rickey charter All-American Girls Softball League
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New volcano Paracutin erupts in farmer's corn patch (M‚xico)
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| 1943 |
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Allied troops occupy Kasserine pass in Tunisia
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