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02/20/1931
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Congress allows California to build Oakland-Bay Bridge
Type: Event
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02/20/1932
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Japanese troops occupy Tunhua China
Type: Event
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02/20/1933
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Curom, Cura‡aose Broadcast System starts: Princess Juliana's speech
Type: Event
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02/20/1933
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House of Reps completes congressional action to repeal Prohibition
Type: Event
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02/20/1933
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Sidney Howard's "Alien Corn," premieres in NYC
Type: Event
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02/20/1933
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Hannes Postma, Dutch graphic artist
Type: Birth
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02/20/1934
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Virgil Thomson's opera "4 Saints in 3 Acts" opens in NYC
Type: Event
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02/20/1934
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Bobby Unser, auto racer (1968, 75, 81 Indianapolis 500)
Type: Birth
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02/20/1934
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Lady Wharton
Type: Birth
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02/20/1935
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Karoline Mikkelson is 1st woman on Antarctica
Type: Event
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02/20/1936
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Larry Hovis, Wapito Wash, comedian (Gomer Pyle, Hogan's Heroes)
Type: Birth
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02/20/1936
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Marj Dusay, [Mahoney], Russell Ks, actress (Kate-Bret Maverick)
Type: Birth
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02/20/1936
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Roy Beggs, British MP
Type: Birth
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02/20/1936
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John Hope, president of Atlanta University, dies at 67
Type: Death
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02/20/1937
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1st automobile/airplane combination tested, Santa Monica, Ca
Type: Event
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02/20/1937
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David Ackles, Illinois, vocalist/songwriter (American Gothic)
Type: Birth
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02/20/1937
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Nancy Wilson, Chillicothe Ohio, jazz vocalist (Feel Like Making Love)
Type: Birth
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02/20/1937
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Robert Huber, Munich Germany, biochemist (Nobel 1988)
Type: Birth
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02/20/1937
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Roger Penske, auto racer
Type: Birth
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02/20/1937
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"Barlow" Carkeek, Aust cricket wicketkeeper (1912 series), dies
Type: Death
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02/20/1938
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UK Foreign Sec Eden resigns, says PM Chamberlain appeased Germany
Type: Event
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02/20/1938
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Jack Bicknell, WLAF head coach (Barcelona Dragons)
Type: Birth
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02/20/1938
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Mona Mitchell, Lady-in-Waiting to Princess Alexandra
Type: Birth
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02/20/1939
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Barbara Ellis, Olympia Wa, rocker (Fleetwoods)
Type: Birth
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02/20/1939
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Roy George Elroy Josephs, jazz dance teacher
Type: Birth
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02/20/1940
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Larry Clinton and his Orchestra record "Limehouse Blues"
Type: Event
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02/20/1940
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Barbara Laine Ellis, singer
Type: Birth
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02/20/1940
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Christoph Eschenbach, Breslau, Germany, pianist/conductor
Type: Birth
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02/20/1940
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Jimmy Greaves, British broadcaster/soccer player
Type: Birth
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02/20/1940
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RA Weiss, director (Institute of Cancer Research)
Type: Birth
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02/20/1940
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V Payne, British headmistress (Malvern Girls' College)
Type: Birth
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02/20/1941
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1st transport of Jews to concentration camps leave Plotsk Poland
Type: Event
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02/20/1941
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Nazis order Polish Jews barred from using public transportation
Type: Event
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02/20/1941
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Romania breaks relations with Netherlands
Type: Event
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02/20/1941
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Buffy Sainte-Marie, Maine, folksinger (Now That the Buffalo Are Gone)
Type: Birth
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02/20/1942
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Lt E H O'Hare single-handedly shoots down 5 Japanese heavy bombers
Type: Event
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02/20/1942
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Charlie Gillett, Lancashire, rock broadcaster (Sound of the City)
Type: Birth
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02/20/1942
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Claude Miller, director (Garde a Vue, Little Thief, Wild Child)
Type: Birth
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02/20/1942
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David O'Dowd, Chief Constable (Northamptonshire)
Type: Birth
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02/20/1942
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Mitch McConnell, (Sen-R-KY, 1985- )
Type: Birth
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02/20/1942
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Peter Strauss, Croton-on-Hudson NY, actor (Rich Man Poor Man)
Type: Birth
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02/20/1942
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Phil Esposito, NHL center/GM (Bruins, Rangers)
Type: Birth
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02/20/1942
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Guido Gasperini, composer, dies at 76
Type: Death
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02/20/1943
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Allied troops occupy Kasserine pass in Tunisia
Type: Event
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02/20/1943
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New volcano Paracutin erupts in farmer's corn patch (M‚xico)
Type: Event
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02/20/1943
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Phil Wrigley and B Rickey charter All-American Girls Softball League
Type: Event
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02/20/1943
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Aleksandr Pavlovich Alexandrov, Russian, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-9, TM-3)
Type: Birth
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02/20/1943
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Antonio Inoki, [Kanji Rikidozan], wrestler (NJPW/JWA)
Type: Birth
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02/20/1943
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Lord McNally
Type: Birth
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02/20/1943
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Mike Leigh, dramatist/director (High Hopes, Secrets and Lies)
Type: Birth
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