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Birthday February 20, 1844 Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann, Austrian physicist (statistical mechanics) |
Birthday February 20, 1886 Bela Kun, head of Hungarian Soviet Republic (1919) |
Birthday February 20, 1898 Enzo Ferrari, Car manufacturer |
Birthday February 20, 1899 Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, US sportsman |
Birthday February 20, 1902 Ansel Adams is born |
Birthday February 20, 1902 Ansel Adams, knows how to handle a camera |
Birthday February 20, 1921 Joseph A. Walker, X-15 pilot |
Birthday February 20, 1924 Gloria Vanderbilt, Don't my jeans look great |
Birthday February 20, 1925 Director Robert Altman, M*A*S*H |
Birthday February 20, 1927 Sidney Poitier, Actor (Porgy & Bess & A Raisin in the Sun) |
Birthday February 20, 1931 Amanda Blake, Actress (Miss Kitty on Gunsmoke) |
Birthday February 20, 1934 Bobby Unser, auto racer |
Birthday February 20, 1937 Nancy Wilson, jazz singer in Chillicothe Ohio |
Birthday February 20, 1941 Buffy Sainte-Marie, folk singer in Maine |
Birthday February 20, 1942 Phil Esposito, NHL player |
Birthday February 20, 1946 Sandy Duncan, in Texas |
Birthday February 20, 1949 Jennifer O'Neill, Actress (Summer of '42) in Rio de Janeiro Brazil |
Birthday February 20, 1954 Patty Hearst, in San Francisco -- famous kidnap hostage |
History February 20, 1725 American colonists practice scalping |
History February 20, 1792 Postal Service Act regulates United States Post Office Department |
History February 20, 1792 George Washington signs the Postal Service Act |
History February 20, 1864 Battle of Olustee |
History February 20, 1919 Amir of Afghanistan is assassinated |
History February 20, 1942 Pilot O'Hare becomes first American WWII flying ace |
History February 20, 1950 Dylan Thomas arrives in New York |
History February 20, 1962 An American orbits earth |
History February 20, 1968 Hearings begin on American policy in Vietnam |
History February 20, 1974 Atlanta Constitution editor is kidnapped |
History February 20, 1976 SEATO disbands |
History February 20, 1986 Chunnel plans announced |
History February 20, 1992 John Singleton nominated for Best Director Oscar |
History February 20, 1997 Kramer on Seinfeld adopts a highway |
History February 20, 1998 Tara Lipinski becomes youngest Olympic figure skating gold medalist |
History February 20, 2003 Fire engulfs nightclub during Great White show |
History February 20, 2003 Rhode Island nightclub burns |