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02/20/1944
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Batman and Robin comic strip premieres in newspapers
Type: Event
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02/20/1944
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US takes Eniwetok Island
Type: Event
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02/20/1944
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Lew Soloff, Bkln NY, rocker (Blood, Sweat and Tears)
Type: Birth
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02/20/1944
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Roger Knapman, British MP
Type: Birth
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02/20/1944
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Willem van Hanegem, Dutch soccer champ/coach (Feyenoord)
Type: Birth
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02/20/1945
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Alan Hull, singer/composer
Type: Birth
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02/20/1945
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Andrew Bergman, director/screenwriter (Soapdish, Honeymoon in Vegas)
Type: Birth
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02/20/1946
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Brenda Blethyn, actress (Secrets and Lies)
Type: Birth
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02/20/1946
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J[erome] Geils, NYC, rock guitarist (J Geils Band-Centerfold)
Type: Birth
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02/20/1946
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Mieke H A Boers-Wijnberg, Dutch MP (CDA)
Type: Birth
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02/20/1946
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Sandy Duncan, Henderson Tx, actress (Hogan Family)
Type: Birth
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02/20/1946
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Hugh Allen, musician, dies
Type: Death
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02/20/1947
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Chemical mixing error causes explosion that destroys 42ý blocks in LA
Type: Event
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02/20/1947
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Lord Mountbatten appointed as last viceroy of India
Type: Event
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02/20/1947
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Andr‚ van Duin, [Kyvon], Dutch entertainer (Bloemkoole)
Type: Birth
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02/20/1947
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Jennifer O'Neill, Rio de Janeiro Brazil, actress (Summer of '42)
Type: Birth
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02/20/1948
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Czechoslovakia's non-communist minister resigns
Type: Event
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02/20/1948
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A C Fabian, astronomer
Type: Birth
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02/20/1948
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Barry Wordsworth, conductor
Type: Birth
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02/20/1948
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Billy Zoom, musician
Type: Birth
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02/20/1948
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Gerda Boykin, LPGA golfer
Type: Birth
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02/20/1948
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John Browne, group chief executive, British Petroleum Company
Type: Birth
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02/20/1949
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1st International Pancake Race held (Liberal Ks)
Type: Event
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02/20/1949
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Eddie Hemmings, cricket off-spinner (immense England)
Type: Birth
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02/20/1949
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Ivana Trump, Gottwaldov Cz, ex-wife of Donald Trump (1st Wives Club)
Type: Birth
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02/20/1950
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Dylan Thomas arrives in NYC for his 1st US poetry reading tour
Type: Event
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02/20/1950
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WOL-AM in Washington DC swaps calls with WWDC
Type: Event
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02/20/1950
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John Voldstad, Oslo Norway, actor (Darryl-Newhart)
Type: Birth
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02/20/1950
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Walter Becker, NYC, rock bassist (Steely Dan-Peg)
Type: Birth
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02/20/1951
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Bonnie Lauer, LPGA golfer
Type: Birth
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02/20/1951
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Edward Albert, LA Ca, actor (Jeff-Falcon Crest, Butterflies are Free)
Type: Birth
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02/20/1951
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Gordon Brown, British MP
Type: Birth
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02/20/1951
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Kathy Baillie, Morristown NJ, country vocalist (Baille Boys-Oh Heart)
Type: Birth
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02/20/1951
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Phil Neal, English soccer player
Type: Birth
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02/20/1951
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Randy California, [Wolfe], Cal, guitarist (Spirit-I Got a Line on You)
Type: Birth
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02/20/1951
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Howard Brockway, composer, dies at 80
Type: Death
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02/20/1952
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"African Queen" opens at Capitol Theater in NYC
Type: Event
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02/20/1952
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1st black umpire in organized baseball certified (Emmett Ashford)
Type: Event
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02/20/1952
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Catherine Cummins, Clintwood Va, 1st of 5 siblings born on 2/20
Type: Birth
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02/20/1953
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August A Busch buys the Cards for $3.75 million
Type: Event
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02/20/1953
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US Court of Appeals rules that Organized Baseball is a sport and not a business, affirming the 25-year-old Supreme Court ruling
Type: Event
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02/20/1953
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Carol Cummins, Clintwood Va, 2nd of 5 siblings born on 2/20
Type: Birth
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02/20/1953
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Riccardo Chailly, Milan Italy, conductor (West Berlin Symph Orch)
Type: Birth
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02/20/1954
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Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Serbin Golf Open
Type: Event
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02/20/1954
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General Zahedi wins election in Persia
Type: Event
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02/20/1954
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Anthony Stewart Head, actor (Buffy Vampire Slayer)
Type: Birth
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02/20/1954
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Jon Brant, rock bassist (Cheap Trick)
Type: Birth
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02/20/1954
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Patty Hearst Shaw, SF, famous kidnap hostage (Tanya)
Type: Birth
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02/20/1954
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Vasili Vasilyevich Tsibliyev, Rus col/cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-17, TM-25)
Type: Birth
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02/20/1955
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Fay Crocker wins LPGA Serbin Golf Open
Type: Event
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