February 20

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on February 20. From 1900 until now. February 20 is under the sign of Pisces. Famous birthdays on this day include Rihanna (1988), Kurt Cobain (1967) and Kurt Cobain (1967). Several movies were released around February 20 over the years, such as Donnie Brasco in 1997 directed by Mike Newell and The Man Without a Past in 2002 directed by Aki Kaurismäki.
But much more happened on February 20 over the years: find out below

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2019 The Southern Poverty Law Center reports a 30 percent increase in U.S. hate groups over the past four years with a 7% increase in 2018 alone. (NPR)
2018 Syrian Civil War: Turkish military operation in Afrin: Pro-Syrian government forces are sent to help the Kurdish YPG fight against Turkey and the Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army in the Afrin Region. This action opens up a new front in the war. (The Independent)
2017 Gunmen attack a Vietnamese vessel near Tawi-Tawi, Philippines, killing at least one sailor and abducting seven others, according to the Philippine Coast Guard. Abu Sayyaf militants are suspected of being behind the attack. (Reuters)
2016 Libyan Civil War (2014–present): Two Serbian embassy staff abducted in Libya in November 2015 are believed to have been among dozens killed in yesterday's U.S. airstrike on a ISIL camp in Sabratha, according to Serbia's Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić. (Reuters)At least 14 people are killed and 32 wounded in battles in the eastern city of Benghazi, most in the Boatni neighborhood, between the Libyan National Army and Islamist militants. (Reuters)
2015 Al Qubbah bombings: Multiple car bombs kill at least 45 and wound 30 in the eastern Libyan town of Al Qubbah. (BBC), (AP)
2014 Euromaidan:: A shaky truce is broken with police and protesters renewing clashes on Kiev's Maidan Nezalezhnosti, with scores of deaths reported. (Kiev Post), (Associated Press)The mayor of Kiev, Volodymyr Makeyenko, announces he is stepping down from his post and leaving the Ukraine's ruling party Party of Regions. (RIA Novosty)The European Union imposes sanctions against Ukraine including asset freezes and visa bans. (BBC)
2013 The 2013 BRIT Awards are held in London with Ben Howard winning best British male artist and British breakthrough act, Emeli Sande winning best British female act and album of the year for Our Version of Events and Mumford & Sons winning Best British group. (The Daily Telegraph)
2012 South Korea proceeds with live-fire drills near the disputed Korean sea border despite threats from North Korea of ampquotmercilessampquot strikes in retaliation. (AP via News Limited)
2011 Arab Spring:
2010 Former U.S. secretary of state Alexander Haig dies at age 85 in Baltimore of complications from an infection.
2009 Swedish carmaker Saab (a unit of American carmaker General Motors) files for protection from creditors while it tries to find a new partner and raise funds.
2008 In Wisconsin and Hawaii, Democratic caucuses Barack Obama over Hillary Clinton for Presidential candidate. John McCain wins Wisconsin on the Republican side.
2007 The United Nations Security Council unanimously approves an African Union force to help stabilise Somalia. (AP via the Guardian)
2006 Retired scientist Don Kennedy suggests the entire population of Tuvalu should move to the Fijian island of Kioa, to preserve Tuvaluan culture as their homeland becomes uninhabitable due to rising sea levels. (Pacific Magazine)
2005 Spain becomes the first country to vote in a referendum on ratification of the proposed Constitution of the European Union, passing it by a substantial margin, but on a low turnout.
2004 Stanislaw Ryniak (88), the first person imprisoned at the Nazi death camp of Auschwitz, is buried in Wrocław, Poland. (AP)
2003 During a Great White concert in West Warwick, Rhode Island, a pyrotechnics display sets the club ablaze, killing 100 and injuring over 200 others.
2002 Robert William Pickton the most prolific serial killer in Canadian history is arrested and charged with the first two (of twenty-seven) counts of first-degree murder.
1998 UN Secretary General Kofi Annan lands in Baghdad, for peace negotiations
1997 Stanley opens at Circle in the Square Theater, New York City
1994 Pope John Paul II demands juristic discrimination of homosexuals.
1993 Lisa Walters wins LPGA Itoki Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open.
1992 Private Lives opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 37 performances
1991 Taking Steps opens at Circle in the Square Theater NYC for 78 performances
1989 Members of 1949 Oklahoma football team cancel an April reunion because of the deplorable conduct of Oklahoma players.
1988 Peter Kalikow purchases New York Post from Rupert Murdoch for US$37.6 million.
1987 Bomb blamed on Unabomber explodes by computer store in Salt Lake City, Utah.
1986 Mike Tyson sexually harasses a woman in Albany, New York
1985 Minolta releases the Maxxum 7000, world's first autofocus single-lens reflex camera.
1983 Japan launches Tenma satellite to study x-rays (450 / 570 km)
1982 New York Islanders wins then NHL record 15th straight game
1981 James Sanford equals 50 metre indoor world record (5.61 seconds).
1980 Actress Susan Dey (LA Law) weds producer Bernard Sofronski
1978 Bob Backland beats Billy Graham in New York, to become WWF wrestling champion.
1977 My Fair Lady closes at St. James Theater NYC after 384 performances
1976 Muhammad Ali knocks out Jan Pierre Coopman in five rounds for heavyweight boxing title.
1975 Margaret Thatcher elected leader of British Conservative Party.
1974 Cher files for separation from husband Sonny Bono
1973 10th time New York Islanders shut-out - 4-0 versus Pittsburgh Penguins.
1972 1st time Cleveland Cavaliers beat the New York Knicks (111-109)
1971 National Emergency Center erroneously orders US radio and TV stations to go off the air; the mistake isn't resolved for 30 minutes.
1968 State troopers used tear gas to stop demonstration at Alcorn A&M
1966 Author Valery Tarsis banished in the USSR
1965 Beatles record That Means a Lot
1963 Willie Mays (San Francisco Giants) signs a record US$100,000 per year contract.
1962 John Glenn is 1st American to orbit Earth (Friendship 7)
1959 The Canadian Government cancels the CF-105 Arrow project.
1958 LA Coliseum Comm approves 2-yr pact allows Dodgers to use facility
1957 Hughie Tayfield takes 9-113 versus England, 13 wickets for match.
1956 WOSU TV channel 34 in Columbus, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting
1955 Fay Crocker wins LPGA Serbin Golf Open.
1954 General Zahedi wins election in Persia.
1953 US Court of Appeals rules that Organized Baseball is a sport and not a business, affirming the 25-year-old Supreme Court ruling.
1952 1st black umpire in organized baseball certified (Emmett Ashford)
1950 Dylan Thomas arrives in NYC for his 1st US poetry reading tour
1949 First International Pancake Race held (Liberal, Kansas, USA).
1947 Lord Mountbatten appointed as last viceroy of India.
1946 An explosion kills more than 400 coal miners in West Germany.
1944 Batman and Robin comic strip premieres in newspapers
1943 Allied troops occupy Kasserine pass in Tunisia.
1942 Lieutenant E H O'Hare single-handedly shoots down five Japanese heavy bombers.
1941 Romania breaks relations with Netherlands.
1940 Larry Clinton and his Orchestra record Limehouse Blues
1938 UK Foreign Secretary Eden resigns, says Prime Minister Chamberlain appeased Germany
1937 First automobile/airplane combination tested, Santa Monica, California.
1936 John Hope, president of Atlanta University, dies at age 67.
1935 Karoline Mikkelson is 1st woman on Antarctica
1933 House of Representatives completes congressional action to repeal Prohibition.
1932 Japanese troops occupy Tunhua, China.
1931 Congress allows California to build Oakland-Bay Bridge
1930 Capelle soccer team forms.
1929 American Samoa organized as a territory of US.
1928 A hung parliament is produced in Japan after the general election.
1927 Golfers in South Carolina are arrested for violating Sabbath.
1926 Berlin International Green Week in Berlin starts for its first time
1923 Christy Mathewson becomes president of Boston Braves.
1922 WOR-AM in New York City begins radio transmissions
1921 Riza Khan Pahlevi seizes control of Iran.
1920 An earthquake hits Gori Georgia, killing 114.
1919 French premier Clemenceau injured during assassination attempt.
1917 Ammunitions ship explodes in Archangelsk harbor, about 1,500 die.
1915 (to December 4) The Panama-Pacific International Exposition opens in San Francisco. The event is held to celebrate the completion of the Panama Canal, and the 400th anniversary of Vasco Nunez de Balboa's discovery of the Pacific Ocean.
1913 King O'Malley drives in the first survey peg to mark commencement of work on the construction of Canberra.
1910 Boutros Ghali, the first native-born prime minister of Egypt, is assassinated.
1909 Publication of the Futurist Manifesto in the French journal Le Figaro.
1903 Nick Young remains as National League president as AG Spalding ends challenge.
1902 Heavy surf breaks over Seal Rocks and damages Sutro Baths, San Francisco.
1901 The legislature of Hawaii Territory convenes for the first time.
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