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February 20
1792 - President George Washington signed the Post Office Act, establishing a permanent Post Office Department.
1809 - The Supreme Court ruled the power of the federal government is greater than that of any individual state.
1839 - Congress prohibited dueling in the District of Columbia.
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 Douglas, abolitionist, author and orator, died.
1905 - The U.S. Supreme Court, in Jacobson v. Massachusetts, upheld, 7-2, compulsory vaccination laws intended to protect the public’s health.
1938 - British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden resigned in protest over Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's decision to negotiate with Italian dictator Benito Mussolini.
1942 - Lt. Edward “Butch” O’Hare became the U.S. Navy’s first flying ace of World War II by shooting down five Japanese bombers while defending the aircraft carrier USS Lexington in the South Pacific.
1944 - During World War II, U.S. bombers began raiding German aircraft manufacturing centers in a series of attacks that became known as "Big Week."
1959 - The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 600 for the first time, at 602.21.
1962 - Astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth as he flew aboard the Friendship 7 Mercury capsule.
1965 - The Ranger 8 spacecraft crashed on the moon after sending back thousands of pictures of the lunar surface.
1971 - The National Emergency Warning Center in Colorado erroneously ordered U.S. radio and TV stations off the air; some stations heeded the alert, which was not lifted for about 40 minutes.
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 in a nightclub in Warwick, Rhode Island., killed 100 and injured over 150.
2007 - In a victory for President George W. Bush, a divided federal appeals court ruled that Guantanamo Bay detainees could not use the U.S. court system to challenge their indefinite imprisonment.
2019 - Police in Chicago said “Empire” actor Jessie Smollett was charged with making a false police report when he said he’d been attacked by two men who hurled racist and anti-gay slurs and looped a rope around his neck. (Prosecutors would drop the case in March.)
Birthdays
24 - Mabel McVey (singer)
26 - Skye Wheatley (reality star)
29 - Lucy Watson (reality star)
31 - Jack Falahee (actor)
32 - Rihanna (singer)
35 - Jake Richardson (actor)
36 - Trevor Noah (comedian/TV host)
37 - Justin Verlander (baseball player)
37 - Jessie Mueller (singer/actress)
39 - Jocko Sims (actor)
39 - Majandra Delfino (actress)
41 - Michael Zegen (actor)
42 - Chelsea Peretti (actress)
42 - Jay Hernandez (actor)
42 - Lauren Ambrose (actress)
43 - Gail Kim (professional wrestler)
45 - Brian Littrell (singer)
47 - Andrea Savage (actress)
53 - Lili Taylor (actress)
53 - Andrew Shue (actor)
54 - Cindy Crawford (model)
55 - Ron Eldard (actor)
56 - French Stewart (actor)
56 - Willie Garson (actor)
57 - Ian Brown (musician)
57 - Charles Barkley (basketball player)
62 - James Wilby (actor)
66 - Anthony Head (actor)
69 - John Voldstad (actor)
71 - Ivana Trump (entrepreneur)
73 - Peter Strauss (actor)
74 - Sandy Duncan (actress)
74 - Brenda Blethyn (actress)
78 - Phil Esposito (hockey player)
83 - Roger Penske (racing hall of famer)
86 - Bobby Unser (racing hall of famer)
93 - Sidney Poitier (actor)
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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 & not a business, affirming the 25-year-old Supreme Court ruling
1958 - Racing jockey Eddie Arcaro got win number 4,000, as he rode the winner at Santa Anita race track in Southern California.
1963 - Willie Mays signs with the San Francisco Giants and becomes the first player in MLB history to earn more than $100,000 per season.
1971 - Phil Esposito (Boston Bruins) became the quickest NHL player to reach 50 goals in a season.
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 (San Francisco Giants) signed a contract worth $22.9 million over 2 years.
1998 - American Tara Lipinski became at age 15 the youngest gold medalist in Winter Olympics history when she won the ladies' figure skating title at Nagano, Japan.
2000 - Country superstar Garth Brooks began training with the New York Mets.
2004 - Defenseman Sergei Zubov (Dallas Stars) posted his 600th point.
1792 - President George Washington signed the Post Office Act, establishing a permanent Post Office Department.
1809 - The Supreme Court ruled the power of the federal government is greater than that of any individual state.
1839 - Congress prohibited dueling in the District of Columbia.
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 Douglas, abolitionist, author and orator, died.
1905 - The U.S. Supreme Court, in Jacobson v. Massachusetts, upheld, 7-2, compulsory vaccination laws intended to protect the public’s health.
1938 - British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden resigned in protest over Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's decision to negotiate with Italian dictator Benito Mussolini.
1942 - Lt. Edward “Butch” O’Hare became the U.S. Navy’s first flying ace of World War II by shooting down five Japanese bombers while defending the aircraft carrier USS Lexington in the South Pacific.
1944 - During World War II, U.S. bombers began raiding German aircraft manufacturing centers in a series of attacks that became known as "Big Week."
1959 - The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 600 for the first time, at 602.21.
1962 - Astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth as he flew aboard the Friendship 7 Mercury capsule.
1965 - The Ranger 8 spacecraft crashed on the moon after sending back thousands of pictures of the lunar surface.
1971 - The National Emergency Warning Center in Colorado erroneously ordered U.S. radio and TV stations off the air; some stations heeded the alert, which was not lifted for about 40 minutes.
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 in a nightclub in Warwick, Rhode Island., killed 100 and injured over 150.
2007 - In a victory for President George W. Bush, a divided federal appeals court ruled that Guantanamo Bay detainees could not use the U.S. court system to challenge their indefinite imprisonment.
2019 - Police in Chicago said “Empire” actor Jessie Smollett was charged with making a false police report when he said he’d been attacked by two men who hurled racist and anti-gay slurs and looped a rope around his neck. (Prosecutors would drop the case in March.)
Birthdays
24 - Mabel McVey (singer)
26 - Skye Wheatley (reality star)
29 - Lucy Watson (reality star)
31 - Jack Falahee (actor)
32 - Rihanna (singer)
35 - Jake Richardson (actor)
36 - Trevor Noah (comedian/TV host)
37 - Justin Verlander (baseball player)
37 - Jessie Mueller (singer/actress)
39 - Jocko Sims (actor)
39 - Majandra Delfino (actress)
41 - Michael Zegen (actor)
42 - Chelsea Peretti (actress)
42 - Jay Hernandez (actor)
42 - Lauren Ambrose (actress)
43 - Gail Kim (professional wrestler)
45 - Brian Littrell (singer)
47 - Andrea Savage (actress)
53 - Lili Taylor (actress)
53 - Andrew Shue (actor)
54 - Cindy Crawford (model)
55 - Ron Eldard (actor)
56 - French Stewart (actor)
56 - Willie Garson (actor)
57 - Ian Brown (musician)
57 - Charles Barkley (basketball player)
62 - James Wilby (actor)
66 - Anthony Head (actor)
69 - John Voldstad (actor)
71 - Ivana Trump (entrepreneur)
73 - Peter Strauss (actor)
74 - Sandy Duncan (actress)
74 - Brenda Blethyn (actress)
78 - Phil Esposito (hockey player)
83 - Roger Penske (racing hall of famer)
86 - Bobby Unser (racing hall of famer)
93 - Sidney Poitier (actor)
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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 & not a business, affirming the 25-year-old Supreme Court ruling
1958 - Racing jockey Eddie Arcaro got win number 4,000, as he rode the winner at Santa Anita race track in Southern California.
1963 - Willie Mays signs with the San Francisco Giants and becomes the first player in MLB history to earn more than $100,000 per season.
1971 - Phil Esposito (Boston Bruins) became the quickest NHL player to reach 50 goals in a season.
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 (San Francisco Giants) signed a contract worth $22.9 million over 2 years.
1998 - American Tara Lipinski became at age 15 the youngest gold medalist in Winter Olympics history when she won the ladies' figure skating title at Nagano, Japan.
2000 - Country superstar Garth Brooks began training with the New York Mets.
2004 - Defenseman Sergei Zubov (Dallas Stars) posted his 600th point.
