On This Day
February 20
1872 Metropolitan Museum of Art Opens in New York City
1939 The Nazi hold a rally in Madison Square Gardens.
1944 Batman & Robin comic strip debuts in News papers
1959 The aircraft CF-105 Arrow project was disbanded by orders of Canadian Prime Minister John Diefenbaker.
1960 Jimi Hendrix plays his first gig
1964 Get a Job a song by the The Silhouettes is released
1978 Bob Backland becomes WWF Champion by defeating Billy Graham
1995 The Notorious BIG release the song Big Poppa
1996 JAY-Z releases the single Dead Presidents
1996 Lord Finesse drops the album The Awakening
Happy Birthday
1927 Sidney Poitier actor starred in The Defiant Ones, A Raisin in the Sun, The Greatest Story Ever Told, In the Heat of the Night, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. First African American actor to win a Oscar and a Golden Globe.
1941 Buffy Sainte Marie singer
1942 Phil Esposito NHL Hockey Hall of fame, 2 x Stanley Cup Champion
1952 Ivana Trump Skier, model, X wife of Donald Tump
1963 Charles Barkley NBA Basketball great Philadelphia 76ers, Phoenix Suns & Houston Rockets. 1993 NBA MVP, 2 x Olympic gold medals.
1966 Cindy Crawford model, actress
1967 Kurt Cobain musical legend, Nirvana
1972 K-os rapper
1977 Gail Kim wrestler 1 x WWE Women's Championship,
1978 Jakki Degg model
1984 Trevor Noah TV Host comedian.
1988 Rihanna R&B Singer
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