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Wednesday, February 20, 2013

This was 51st day of the year and 314 days remained in the year.

Hebrew calendar — 10 Adar 5773
Chinese calendar — the 11th day of the 1st month of 4711 (Kui Si)
Islamic calendar — (note)

February 20 Birthdays

Ansel Adams
1902–1984, American Photographer.

Honore Daumier
caricaturist, painter (1808)

Louis Kahn
architect (1901)

Robert Altman
director (1925)

Sidney Poitier
actor (1927)

Bobby Unser
auto racer (1934)

Buffy Sainte-Marie
singer, songwriter (1941)

Phil Esposito
hockey player (1942)

Kurt Cobain
musician (1967)

February 2013

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3	4	5	6	7	8	9
10	11	12	13	14	15	16
17	18	19	20	21	22	23
24	25	26	27	28

February 20 in History

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.

1895

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

1962

John Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth.

1998

Tara Lipinski won the Olympic figure skating gold medal.

2003

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

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Note: Dates in the Islamic calendar are provided for planning purposes only, and calculated with the hdate Islamic calendar program for moonrise in Boston, Masschusetts. Depending on your location and other factors, this result may differ from actual religious observances by one day. Please consult your local religious authority for any religious determinations of hejiric date.