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February 20
1792 - President George Washington signed the Post Office Act, establishing a permanent Post Office Department.
1809 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled the power of the federal government is greater than that of any individual state.
1862 - William Wallace Lincoln, the 11-year-old son of President Abraham Lincoln and first lady Mary Todd Lincoln, died at the White House, apparently of typhoid fever.
1895 - Frederick Douglass, abolitionist, author and orator, died.
1905 - The U.S. Supreme Court, in Jacobson v. Massachusetts, upheld on a 7-2 vote, compulsory vaccination laws intended to protect the public's health.
1907 - President Theodore Roosevelt signed an immigration act which excluded "idiots, imbeciles, feeble-minded persons, epileptics, and insane persons" from being admitted to the United States.
1933 - Congress proposed the 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution to repeal Prohibition.
1938 - Anthony Eden resigned as British foreign secretary following British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's decision to negotiate with Italian dictator Benito Mussolini.
1962 - Astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth as he flew aboard Project Mercury's Friendship 7 spacecraft, which circled the globe three times in a flight lasting 4 hours, 55 minutes and 23 seconds before splashing down safely in the Atlantic Ocean 800 miles southeast of Bermuda.
1965 - America's Ranger 8 spacecraft crashed on the moon, as planned, after sending back thousands of pictures of the lunar surface.
1987 - A bomb left by Unabomber Ted Kaczynski exploded behind a computer store in Salt Lake City, seriously injuring store owner Gary Wright.
2003 - A fire at a nightclub in Warwick, Rhode Island killed 100 people and injured another 150.
2020 - A poll by the Associated Press and the NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found more Americans expressing some concern about catching the flu than about catching the coronavirus.
Birthdays
21 - Olivia Rodrigo (singer)
23 - Lilla Crawford (actress)
35 - Jack Falahee (actor)
36 - Rihanna (singer)
36 - Tracy Spiridakos (actress)
37 - Miles Teller (actor)
37 - Daniella Pineda (actress)
39 - Jake Richardson (actor)
40 - Trevor Noah (comedian/TV host)
41 - Justin Verlander (baseball player)
41 - Jessie Mueller (actress/singer)
43 - Jocko Sims (actor)
45 - Michael Zegen (actor)
46 - Chelsea Peretti (actress)
46 - Jay Hernandez (actor)
46 - Lauren Ambrose (actress)
49 - Brian Littrell (singer)
51 - Andrea Savage (actress)
57 - Lili Taylor (actress)
57 - Andrew Shue (actor)
58 - Cindy Crawford (model)
59 - Ron Eldard (actor)
60 - French Stewart (actor)
61 - Charles Barkley (basketball player)
64 - Joel Hodgson (comedian)
66 - James Wilby (actor)
67 - Leland Martin (singer)
70 - Anthony Head (actor)
77 - Peter Strauss (actor)
78 - Sandy Duncan (actress)
78 - Brenda Blethyn (actress)
82 - Phil Esposito (hockey player)
87 - Roger Penske (race car driver/owner)
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Today in Sports History - February 20
1887 - The first minor league baseball association was organized in Pittsburgh.
1930 - Clint Benedict (Montreal Maroons) became the first goalie to wear a mask in the NHL. Benedict wore the mask temporarily during an injury.
1943 - Phil Wrigley and Branch Rickey chartered the All-American Girls Softball League.
1953 - A U.S. Court of Appeals rules that organized baseball is a sport and not a business, affirming a 25-year-old Supreme Court ruling exempting baseball from anti-trust laws.
1963 - Willie Mays becomes baseball's highest-paid player, agreeing to a $100,000 per year contract with the San Francisco Giants.
1974 - Gordie Howe came out of retirement to play for the Houston Aeros with his two sons.
1993 - The New York Islanders retired Billy Smith's #31.
1997 - Barry Bonds signs a record two-year, $22.9 million contract with the San Francisco Giants.
1998 - Tara Lipinski of the U.S. won the ladies' figure skating gold medal at the Nagano Olympics; Michelle Kwan won the silver.
2021 - Naomi Osaka won her fourth Grand Slam trophy by pulling away to beat Jennifer Brady 6-4, 6-3 in the Australian Open final.
2022 - The Winter Olympic Games close in Beijing, China; Norway finishes the games with a record 16 gold medals.
1792 - President George Washington signed the Post Office Act, establishing a permanent Post Office Department.
1809 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled the power of the federal government is greater than that of any individual state.
1862 - William Wallace Lincoln, the 11-year-old son of President Abraham Lincoln and first lady Mary Todd Lincoln, died at the White House, apparently of typhoid fever.
1895 - Frederick Douglass, abolitionist, author and orator, died.
1905 - The U.S. Supreme Court, in Jacobson v. Massachusetts, upheld on a 7-2 vote, compulsory vaccination laws intended to protect the public's health.
1907 - President Theodore Roosevelt signed an immigration act which excluded "idiots, imbeciles, feeble-minded persons, epileptics, and insane persons" from being admitted to the United States.
1933 - Congress proposed the 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution to repeal Prohibition.
1938 - Anthony Eden resigned as British foreign secretary following British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's decision to negotiate with Italian dictator Benito Mussolini.
1962 - Astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth as he flew aboard Project Mercury's Friendship 7 spacecraft, which circled the globe three times in a flight lasting 4 hours, 55 minutes and 23 seconds before splashing down safely in the Atlantic Ocean 800 miles southeast of Bermuda.
1965 - America's Ranger 8 spacecraft crashed on the moon, as planned, after sending back thousands of pictures of the lunar surface.
1987 - A bomb left by Unabomber Ted Kaczynski exploded behind a computer store in Salt Lake City, seriously injuring store owner Gary Wright.
2003 - A fire at a nightclub in Warwick, Rhode Island killed 100 people and injured another 150.
2020 - A poll by the Associated Press and the NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found more Americans expressing some concern about catching the flu than about catching the coronavirus.
Birthdays
21 - Olivia Rodrigo (singer)
23 - Lilla Crawford (actress)
35 - Jack Falahee (actor)
36 - Rihanna (singer)
36 - Tracy Spiridakos (actress)
37 - Miles Teller (actor)
37 - Daniella Pineda (actress)
39 - Jake Richardson (actor)
40 - Trevor Noah (comedian/TV host)
41 - Justin Verlander (baseball player)
41 - Jessie Mueller (actress/singer)
43 - Jocko Sims (actor)
45 - Michael Zegen (actor)
46 - Chelsea Peretti (actress)
46 - Jay Hernandez (actor)
46 - Lauren Ambrose (actress)
49 - Brian Littrell (singer)
51 - Andrea Savage (actress)
57 - Lili Taylor (actress)
57 - Andrew Shue (actor)
58 - Cindy Crawford (model)
59 - Ron Eldard (actor)
60 - French Stewart (actor)
61 - Charles Barkley (basketball player)
64 - Joel Hodgson (comedian)
66 - James Wilby (actor)
67 - Leland Martin (singer)
70 - Anthony Head (actor)
77 - Peter Strauss (actor)
78 - Sandy Duncan (actress)
78 - Brenda Blethyn (actress)
82 - Phil Esposito (hockey player)
87 - Roger Penske (race car driver/owner)
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Today in Sports History - February 20
1887 - The first minor league baseball association was organized in Pittsburgh.
1930 - Clint Benedict (Montreal Maroons) became the first goalie to wear a mask in the NHL. Benedict wore the mask temporarily during an injury.
1943 - Phil Wrigley and Branch Rickey chartered the All-American Girls Softball League.
1953 - A U.S. Court of Appeals rules that organized baseball is a sport and not a business, affirming a 25-year-old Supreme Court ruling exempting baseball from anti-trust laws.
1963 - Willie Mays becomes baseball's highest-paid player, agreeing to a $100,000 per year contract with the San Francisco Giants.
1974 - Gordie Howe came out of retirement to play for the Houston Aeros with his two sons.
1993 - The New York Islanders retired Billy Smith's #31.
1997 - Barry Bonds signs a record two-year, $22.9 million contract with the San Francisco Giants.
1998 - Tara Lipinski of the U.S. won the ladies' figure skating gold medal at the Nagano Olympics; Michelle Kwan won the silver.
2021 - Naomi Osaka won her fourth Grand Slam trophy by pulling away to beat Jennifer Brady 6-4, 6-3 in the Australian Open final.
2022 - The Winter Olympic Games close in Beijing, China; Norway finishes the games with a record 16 gold medals.
