473 Historic Events for February 20
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| 1912 |
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Argentina beat the MCC in their inaugural cricket 1st-class fixture
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| 1913 |
Birth |
Nadine Conner, US, opera singer (Carmen, La Boh‚me)
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| 1913 |
Birth |
Rex Tucker, TV writer/director
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| 1913 |
Birth |
Jozef Kresanek, composer
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| 1913 |
Birth |
Mary Durack, poet
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| 1914 |
Birth |
Willem J H Baart, Dutch vicar (Cuentanan di Nanzi)
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| 1914 |
Birth |
Marion Kettlewell, British director (WRNS)
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| 1914 |
Birth |
John Daly, S Africa, newscaster/TV game show host (What's My Line)
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| 1915 |
Birth |
Philip Friend, Horsham England, actor (Vulture, Fur Collar)
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| 1915 |
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Panama-Pacific International Exposition opens in SF
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| 1916 |
Death |
Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish politician (Nobel 1908), dies at 71
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| 1916 |
Birth |
Jackie Gleason, Bkln NY, comedian (Ralph Kramden-Honeymooners)
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| 1916 |
Birth |
Paul Tripp, NYC, TV host (Mr I Magination)
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| 1916 |
Birth |
Julius Juzeliunas, composer
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| 1917 |
Birth |
Frederick Page, CEO (British Aerospace Aircraft Group)
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| 1917 |
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Kern, Bolton and Wodehouse's musical "Oh, Boy!," premieres in NYC
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| 1917 |
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Ammunitions ship explodes in Archangelsk harbor, about 1,500 die
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| 1919 |
Event |
French premier Clemenceau injured during assassination attempt
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| 1920 |
Death |
Robert E Peary, US pole explorer (North Pole, 6/4/1909), dies at 63
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| 1920 |
Birth |
Armin Schibler, Dutch Swiss composer (Devil in the Winter Palace)
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| 1920 |
Birth |
Liesbeth Tonckens, [Wilhelmina], actress/lecturer (Free People)
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| 1921 |
Birth |
Ruth Gipps, British(?) conductor/composer
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| 1921 |
Birth |
Joseph Albert Walker, Wash DC, test pilot (X-15)
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| 1921 |
Birth |
Nurv Shiner, singer
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| 1921 |
Event |
Riza Khan Pahlevi seizes control of Iran
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