20 Feb 07 - Tuesday
1943 Antonio Inoki [Kanji Rikidozan], wrestler (NJPW/JWA)
1946 Sandy Duncan Henderson TX, actress
1946 J[erome] Geils rock guitarist/vocalist (J Geils Band-Freeze-Frame, Centerfold)
1949 Ivana Trump Gottwaldov ex-wife of Donald Trump (1st Wives Club)
1950 Walter Becker New York NY, rock bassist (Steely Dan-Peg)
1954 Jon Brant rock bassist (Cheap Trick)
1960 Kee Marcello rocker (Europe-Final Countdown)
1966 Cindy Crawford Dekalb IL, super model (Sports Illustrated Swimsuit)
1967 Kurt Cobain rock vocalist (Nirvana)/husband of Courtney Love
1673 1st recorded wine auction held (London)
1809 Supreme Court rules federal government power greater than any state
1839 Congress prohibits dueling in District of Columbia
1861 Dept of Navy of Confederacy forms
1869 Tennessee Governor W C Brownlow declares martial law in
Ku Klux Klan crisis
1927 Golfers in South Carolina arrested for violating Sabbath
1942 Lieutenant E H O'Hare single-handedly shoots down
5 Japanese heavy bombers
1943 Phil Wrigley & B Rickey charter All-American Girls Softball League
1944 Batman & Robin comic strip premieres in newspapers
1952 "African Queen" opens at Capitol Theater in New York NY
1966 Chester W Nimitz US Admiral (WWII), dies at 80
1968 State troopers used tear gas to stop demonstration at Alcorn A & M
1975 Margaret Thatcher elected leader of British Conservative Party
1978 Bob Backland beats Billy Graham in New York, to become
WWF wrestling champion
1985 After defending his WBC flyweight championship,
Sot Chitalada's check for $104,000 is stolen by a ringside pickpocket
1986 Mike Tyson sexually harasses a woman in Albany NY
1987 Bomb blamed on Unabomber explodes by computer store in Salt Lake City
1989 Total eclipse of the Moon
Wanting to be someone you're not is a waste of the person you are. - Kurt Cobain
