King O'Malley drives in the first survey peg to mark commencement of work on the construction of Canberra. Date: February 20, 1913 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 20 📅 Events on this day in 1913 📅 On This Day (Today)
An earthquake kills between 114 and 130 in Georgia and heavily damages the town of Gori. Date: February 20, 1920 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 20 📅 Events on this day in 1920 📅 On This Day (Today)
An anarchist uprising in Encarnación, Paraguay briefly transforms the city into a revolutionary commune. Date: February 20, 1931 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 20 📅 Events on this day in 1931 📅 On This Day (Today)
The U.S. Congress approves the construction of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge by the state of California. Date: February 20, 1931 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 20 📅 Events on this day in 1931 📅 On This Day (Today)
Adolf Hitler secretly meets with German industrialists to arrange for financing of the Nazi Party's upcoming election campaign. Date: February 20, 1933 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 20 📅 Events on this day in 1933 📅 On This Day (Today)
The U.S. Congress approves the Blaine Act to repeal federal Prohibition in the United States, sending the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution to state ratifying conventions for approval. Date: February 20, 1933 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 20 📅 Events on this day in 1933 📅 On This…
Caroline Mikkelsen becomes the first woman to set foot in Antarctica. Date: February 20, 1935 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 20 📅 Events on this day in 1935 📅 On This Day (Today)
Madison Square Garden Nazi rally: The largest ever pro-Nazi rally in United States history is convened in Madison Square Garden, New York City, with 20,000 members and sympathizers of the German American Bund present. Date: February 20, 1939 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 20 📅 Events on this day in…
World War II: Lieutenant Edward O'Hare becomes America's first World War II flying ace. Date: February 20, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 20 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Saturday Evening Post publishes the first of Norman Rockwell's Four Freedoms in support of United States President Franklin Roosevelt's 1941 State of the Union address theme of Four Freedoms. Date: February 20, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 20 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This…