February 20

Friday 20, 1976:

The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization disbands.

Tuesday 20, 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.

Saturday 20, 1943:

The Paricutín volcano begins to form in Paricutín, México.

Thursday 20, 1913:

King O'Malley drives in the first survey peg to mark commencement of work on the construction of Canberra.

Tuesday 20, 1725:

The first reported case of white men scalping Native Americans takes place in New Hampshire colony.

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