February 20th

February 20 is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. If the ancient Mayans were correct, there are 305 days remaining until the end of time.

1942 Lieutenant Edward "Butch" O'Hare becomes America's first World War II flying ace.  As a reward, he now helps thousands of people get off every day.  Do you know how?
<Chicago's O'Hare International Airport is named after him>

 

1944 Batman and Robin, a comic strip about the loving relationship between an older man and an orphan who doesn't have a dog, premieres in newspapers

1974 Cher files for separation from Sonny

1924 Gloria Vanderbilt, Original "Poor Little Rich Girl" heiress/actress/fashion designer/mother of Anderson Cooper

1927 Roy Cohn, completely despicable gay US asshole/McCarthy era prosecutor/lawyer/otherwise creepy guy

1951 Edward Albert, US actor

1954 Anthony Head, English actor/comedian/musician

1958 James Wilby, English actor

1963 Charles Barkley, outspoken US basketball player

1969 Vaginal Davis, US drag entertainer

1971 Calpernia Addams, transgendered US activist/"Soldier's Girl" subject

1895 Frederick Douglass, escaped US slave, anti-slavery leader, is finally free

1961 Percy Aldridge Grainger, Australian/US composer/pianist/sadomasochist, is whipped into a frenzy

1972 Walter Winchell, US journalist/progenitor of the gossip column, gets scooped and the story buried

2005 Hunter S. Thompson, US gonzo journalist and author, goes without fear and loathing

2010 Jason Wood, gay British comedian/reality television contestant (Strictly Come Dancing), strictly goes.