February 20
It's February 20th
On this day in 1872 – The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York, NY
1877 – Tchaikovsky's ballet Swan Lake receives its premiere at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.
1931 – An anarchist uprising in Encarnación, Paraguay briefly transforms the city into a revolutionary commune.
1935 – Caroline Mikkelsen becomes the first woman to set foot in Antarctica.
1962 - Aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn orbits the Earth.
1965 – Ranger 8 crashes into the Moon after photographing possible landing sites for the Apollo program.
1981 - Rick James releases "Give It To Me Baby,"
1986 - Mir spacecraft is launched.
1991 - Public Enemy and Sinead O'Connor are nominated for Grammy Awards, but skip the ceremony.
Birthdays:
Michael Zegen
as Benji in "Francis Ha"
Chelsea Peretti
"Don't Try to Hug Chelsea Peretti"
Jay Hernandez
on Tubi
Lauren Ambrose
on Tubi
Andrea Savage
"Republicans, Get in My Vagina"
Danis Tanović
2 films on Tubi
Lili Taylor
as Teresa Carmela Santangelo in
as Ben in "Gaudi Afternoon"
David Herman
MAD TV - "David Herman is President"
as Secretary of State in "Idiocracy"
Kurt Cobain
French Stewert
on Tubi
Willie Garson
on Tubi
Ian Brown
"The Stone Roses" Full LP
Dwayne McDuffie
Joel Hodgeson
Patty Hearst
Anthony Head
on Tubi
John Brant
Randy California
Poison Ivy
Edward Albert
as Ted Fletcher in "The House Where Evil Dwells"
as Cabren in "Galaxy of Terror"
Walter Becker
Jennifer O'Neill
as Virginia Ducci in "Seven Notes in Black" aka "The Psychic"
J.Geils
Sandy Duncan
Brenda Blethyn
as Cynthia in "Secrets and Lies"
Alan Hull
Claude Miller
a 1988 French drama directed by Claude Miller. It is based upon an unfinished script by François Truffaut. Truffaut died before being able to direct the film himself.
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Nancy Wilson
as Angie Hooks in "The Big Score"
Larry Hovis
Marj Dusay
Ibrahim Ferrer
Richard Matheson
The Twilight Zone - "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet"
Robert Altman
on Tubi
Gloria Vanderbilt
Jean Erdman
Selection from "The Coach with the Six Insides"
Gale Gordon
Ansel Adams
Kodak No 1 Brownie Model B box camera, the first camera that Adams was given at age 14 while on a family trip to Yosemite National Park, California in 1916
"Evening, McDonald Lake, Glacier National Park"
Ivan Albright
"The Farmer's Kitchen"
Jan de Baen
"The Corpses of the DeWitt Brothers"
On this day in 1872 – The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York, NY
1877 – Tchaikovsky's ballet Swan Lake receives its premiere at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.
1931 – An anarchist uprising in Encarnación, Paraguay briefly transforms the city into a revolutionary commune.
1935 – Caroline Mikkelsen becomes the first woman to set foot in Antarctica.
1962 - Aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn orbits the Earth.
1965 – Ranger 8 crashes into the Moon after photographing possible landing sites for the Apollo program.
1981 - Rick James releases "Give It To Me Baby,"
1986 - Mir spacecraft is launched.
1991 - Public Enemy and Sinead O'Connor are nominated for Grammy Awards, but skip the ceremony.
Birthdays:
Michael Zegen
as Benji in "Francis Ha"
Chelsea Peretti
"Don't Try to Hug Chelsea Peretti"
Jay Hernandez
on Tubi
Lauren Ambrose
on Tubi
Andrea Savage
"Republicans, Get in My Vagina"
Danis Tanović
2 films on Tubi
Lili Taylor
as Teresa Carmela Santangelo in
as Ben in "Gaudi Afternoon"
David Herman
MAD TV - "David Herman is President"
as Secretary of State in "Idiocracy"
Kurt Cobain
French Stewert
on Tubi
Willie Garson
on Tubi
Ian Brown
"The Stone Roses" Full LP
Dwayne McDuffie
Joel Hodgeson
Patty Hearst
Anthony Head
on Tubi
John Brant
Randy California
Poison Ivy
Edward Albert
as Ted Fletcher in "The House Where Evil Dwells"
as Cabren in "Galaxy of Terror"
Walter Becker
Jennifer O'Neill
as Virginia Ducci in "Seven Notes in Black" aka "The Psychic"
J.Geils
Sandy Duncan
Brenda Blethyn
as Cynthia in "Secrets and Lies"
Alan Hull
Claude Miller
a 1988 French drama directed by Claude Miller. It is based upon an unfinished script by François Truffaut. Truffaut died before being able to direct the film himself.
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Nancy Wilson
as Angie Hooks in "The Big Score"
Larry Hovis
Marj Dusay
Ibrahim Ferrer
Richard Matheson
The Twilight Zone - "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet"
Robert Altman
on Tubi
Gloria Vanderbilt
Jean Erdman
Selection from "The Coach with the Six Insides"
Gale Gordon
Ansel Adams
Kodak No 1 Brownie Model B box camera, the first camera that Adams was given at age 14 while on a family trip to Yosemite National Park, California in 1916
"Evening, McDonald Lake, Glacier National Park"
Ivan Albright
"The Farmer's Kitchen"
Jan de Baen
"The Corpses of the DeWitt Brothers"
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