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02/20/1912
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Argentina beat the MCC in their inaugural cricket 1st-class fixture
Type: Event
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02/20/1913
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Nadine Conner, US, opera singer (Carmen, La Boh‚me)
Type: Birth
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02/20/1913
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Rex Tucker, TV writer/director
Type: Birth
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02/20/1913
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Jozef Kresanek, composer
Type: Birth
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02/20/1913
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Mary Durack, poet
Type: Birth
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02/20/1914
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Willem J H Baart, Dutch vicar (Cuentanan di Nanzi)
Type: Birth
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02/20/1914
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Marion Kettlewell, British director (WRNS)
Type: Birth
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02/20/1914
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John Daly, S Africa, newscaster/TV game show host (What's My Line)
Type: Birth
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02/20/1915
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Philip Friend, Horsham England, actor (Vulture, Fur Collar)
Type: Birth
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02/20/1915
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Panama-Pacific International Exposition opens in SF
Type: Event
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02/20/1916
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Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish politician (Nobel 1908), dies at 71
Type: Death
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02/20/1916
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Jackie Gleason, Bkln NY, comedian (Ralph Kramden-Honeymooners)
Type: Birth
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02/20/1916
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Paul Tripp, NYC, TV host (Mr I Magination)
Type: Birth
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02/20/1916
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Julius Juzeliunas, composer
Type: Birth
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02/20/1917
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Frederick Page, CEO (British Aerospace Aircraft Group)
Type: Birth
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02/20/1917
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Kern, Bolton and Wodehouse's musical "Oh, Boy!," premieres in NYC
Type: Event
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02/20/1917
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Ammunitions ship explodes in Archangelsk harbor, about 1,500 die
Type: Event
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02/20/1919
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French premier Clemenceau injured during assassination attempt
Type: Event
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02/20/1920
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Robert E Peary, US pole explorer (North Pole, 6/4/1909), dies at 63
Type: Death
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02/20/1920
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Armin Schibler, Dutch Swiss composer (Devil in the Winter Palace)
Type: Birth
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02/20/1920
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Liesbeth Tonckens, [Wilhelmina], actress/lecturer (Free People)
Type: Birth
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02/20/1921
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Ruth Gipps, British(?) conductor/composer
Type: Birth
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02/20/1921
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Joseph Albert Walker, Wash DC, test pilot (X-15)
Type: Birth
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02/20/1921
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Nurv Shiner, singer
Type: Birth
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02/20/1921
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Riza Khan Pahlevi seizes control of Iran
Type: Event
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02/20/1921
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Amanda Blake, [Beverly], Buffalo NY, actress (Kitty Russell-Gunsmoke)
Type: Birth
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02/20/1922
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Vilinus, Lithuania, agrees to separate from Poland
Type: Event
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02/20/1922
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WOR-AM in New York City begins radio transmissions
Type: Event
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02/20/1922
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Marc Connelly and George Kaufman's "To the Ladies," premieres in NYC
Type: Event
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02/20/1923
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Christy Mathewson becomes pres of Boston Braves
Type: Event
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02/20/1923
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Forbes Burnham, premier Guyana (1964-85)
Type: Birth
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02/20/1924
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Sidney Poitier, actor (Porgy and Bess, A Raisin in the Sun) or 1927
Type: Birth
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02/20/1924
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Gloria Vanderbilt, don't my jeans look great (poor little rich girl)
Type: Birth
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02/20/1925
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Pramudya Ananta Tur, Javanese author (Anak semua bangsa)
Type: Birth
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02/20/1925
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Alex La Guma, Cape Town South Africa, novelist (A Walk in the Night)
Type: Birth
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02/20/1925
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Robert Altman, Kansas City MO, director (Nashville, M*A*S*H)
Type: Birth
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02/20/1926
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Kenneth H Olsen, US, engineer/founder (Digital Equipment Corp)
Type: Birth
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02/20/1926
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Edgar Meuli, cricketer (opened NZ batting in Test v S Africa 1953)
Type: Birth
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02/20/1926
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Robert Eugene Richards, Ill, pole vaulter (Olympic-gold-48, 52, 56)
Type: Birth
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02/20/1926
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Cameron Rusby, British Vice-Admiral
Type: Birth
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02/20/1927
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Roy Cohn, lawyer, "grand inquisitor" (for Sen Joseph McCarthy)
Type: Birth
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02/20/1927
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Golfers in SC arrested for violating Sabbath
Type: Event
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02/20/1928
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Elroy Face, baseball pitcher (Pittsburgh Pirates)
Type: Birth
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02/20/1928
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Donald Longmore, British cardiac surgeon
Type: Birth
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02/20/1929
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Red Sox announce they will play Sunday games at Braves Field
Type: Event
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02/20/1929
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American Samoa organizes as territory of US
Type: Event
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02/20/1929
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Toshiro Mayuzumi, Yokohama Japan, composer (Sphenogramme)
Type: Birth
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02/20/1930
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Capelle soccer team forms
Type: Event
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02/20/1930
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Patricia Smith, New Haven Ct, actress (Bob Newhart Show)
Type: Birth
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02/20/1930
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Bill Walker, British MP
Type: Birth
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