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February 20th
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February 20th is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar.  There are 314 days remaining until the end of the
calendar year (315 in leap years).

Births
1942
- Mitch McConnell, U.S. Senator (Kentucky)
1949 - Ivana Trump, Olympic athlete, socialite
1951 - Gordon Brown, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1963 - Charles Barkley, professional basketball player
1966 - Cindy Crawford, model
1967 - Andrew Shue, actor (Melrose Place)
1967 - Kurt Cobain, sing, songwriter, musician (Nirvana)
1988 - Rihanna, R&B recording artist,  model

Deaths
2005
- Hunter S. Thompson, journalist, author (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas)
2009 - Socks, First Cat (U.S. President Bill Clinton family's pet cat)

Events
1792
- George Washington signs the Postal Service Act that establishes the U.S. Post Office Department.
1872 - The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York City.
1962 - Astronaut John Glenn orbits the earth, becoming the first American to do so.
1987 - A bomb sent by the Unabomber explodes in a computer store in Salt Lake City, Utah.
1988 - Brian Boitano wins Olympic gold in men's figure skating and would be the last American until Evan Lysacek's victory
in 2010.
1992 - Ross Perot announces his candidacy for the Presidency of the United States on CNN's Larry King Live.
1998 - American figure skater Tara Lipinski becomes the youngest gold-medalist at the Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan
at age of 15.
2003 - A pyrotechnics display sets The Station night club on fire during a Great White concert in West Warwick, Rhode
Island, killing 100 and injuring over 300 others.
2009 - The final episode of Late Night with Conan O'Brien airs on NBC television.
Calendar
January
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
February
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29
March
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
April
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
May
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
June
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
July
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
August
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
September
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
October
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
November
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
December
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
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