Memetastic: This Date In Wikipedia
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serindeWikipedia birthday meme ahoy...
Three events that took place on Feb 20:
* 1472 - Orkney and Shetland are returned by Norway to Scotland, due to a defaulted dowry payment.
* 1872 - In New York City the Metropolitan Museum of Art opens.
* 1962 - Mercury program: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn orbits the earth three times in 4 hours, 55 minutes, becoming the first American to orbit the earth.
And two births (with extra bonus birth):
* 1942 - Phil Esposito, Canadian hockey player
* 1954 - Anthony Stewart Head, English actor
* 1967 - Kurt Cobain, American musician
And one death:
* 2005 - Hunter S. Thompson, American journalist and author (b. 1937)
Three events that took place on Feb 20:
* 1472 - Orkney and Shetland are returned by Norway to Scotland, due to a defaulted dowry payment.
* 1872 - In New York City the Metropolitan Museum of Art opens.
* 1962 - Mercury program: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn orbits the earth three times in 4 hours, 55 minutes, becoming the first American to orbit the earth.
And two births (with extra bonus birth):
* 1942 - Phil Esposito, Canadian hockey player
* 1954 - Anthony Stewart Head, English actor
* 1967 - Kurt Cobain, American musician
And one death:
* 2005 - Hunter S. Thompson, American journalist and author (b. 1937)
