02-20-2005, 05:51 AM
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February 20th
1626 ~ Death of John Dowland, Composer and lutenist.
1742 ~ The premiere of Giulio Cesare, an opera by George Frideric Handel, took place in London.
1835 ~ Concepción, Chile was destroyed by an earthquake
19002 ~ Birthday of Ansel Adams, Photographer.
1904 ~ Birthday of Alexei Kosygin, Premier of the Soviet Union.
1927 ~ Birthday of Sidney Poitier, Actor.
1952 ~ The film The African Queen opened in New York City.
1962 ~ Mercury program: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn orbited the earth three times in 4 hours, 55 minutes, to become the first American to orbit the earth.
1966 ~ Death of Chester Nimitz, American admiral.
2001 ~ FBI agent Robert Hanssen was arrested and charged with spying for Russia for 15 years.
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