Friday, February 20, 2026

History for February 20

History for February 20 - On-This-Day.com 
Charles Barkley 1963 - Basketball player
  • 1809 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled the power of the federal government was greater than that of any individual state.
  • 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. 
  • 1987 - A bomb exploded in a computer store in Salt Lake City, UT. The blast was blamed on the Unabomber.
  • 2003 - In West Warwick, RI, 100 people were killed and more than 230 were injured when fire destroyed the nightclub The Station. The fire started with sparks from a pyrotechnic display being used by Jack Russel's Great White. Ty Longley, guitarist for the band, was one of the victims in the fire.

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