History for February 20 - On-This-Day.com
Sidney Poitier 1927 - Actor ("Lilies of the Field", "To Sir With Love"), Roger Penske 1937 - Race car driver, Patty Hearst (Patricia Hearst Shaw) 1954 - Publishing heiress, kidnapped by Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) and ultimately joined her captors, pardoned by President Clinton
Charles Barkley 1963 - Basketball player, Kurt Cobain 1967 - Musician, singer (Nirvana), Rhianna (Robyn Rihanna Fenty) 1988 - Singer, actress ("Battleship")
1792 - U.S. President George Washington signed the Postal Service Act that created the U.S. Post Office.
1962 - John Glenn made space history when he orbited the world three times in 4 hours, 55 minutes. He was the first American to orbit the Earth. He was aboard the Friendship 7 Mercury capsule. Glenn witnessed the Devil's Cigarette Lighter while in flight.
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