This Day in History: February 20

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February 20

President George Washington signed the Post Office Act, establishing a permanent Post Office Department.

The Supreme Court ruled the power of the federal government is greater than that of any individual state.

Frederick Douglass, abolitionist, author, and orator, died.

John Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth.

A fire in a nightclub in Warwick, R.I., killed 100 and injured over 150.