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What happened in history on this day: February 20?
On February 20 in ...
- 1977 - CBS live telecasts the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presentation of the 19th Annual Grammy Awards. Some winners:
Record of the Year: George Benson for "This Masquerade";
Album of the Year: Stevie Wonder for "Songs In The Key Of Life";
Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female: Linda Ronstadt for "Hasten Down The Wind";
Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male: Stevie Wonder for "Songs In The Key Of Life";
Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus: Chicago for "If You Leave Me Now".
- 1991 - CBS live telecasts the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presentation of the 33rd Annual Grammy Awards. Some winners:
Record of the Year: Phil Collins for "Another Day In Paradise";
Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male: Roy Orbison for "Oh Pretty Woman";
Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female: Alannah Myles for "Black Velvet";
Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal: Aerosmith for "Janie's Got A Gun";
Best Rap Solo Performance: M.C. Hammer for "U Can't Touch This".
Births on February 20
- 1904 - Birth of Bramwell Fletcher in Yorkshire, England; actor (White Cargo, Mummy).
- 1907 - Birth of Malcolm Atterbury in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Jonas - Thicker than Water, Apples Way).
- 1915 - Birth of Philip Friend in Horsham, England; actor (Vulture, Fur Collar).
- 1927 - Birth of Sidney Poitier in Miami, Florida, USA; actor (Porgy and Bess movie, A Raisin in the Sun movie, Guess Who's Coming To Dinner movie, In the Heat of the Night movie, Lilies of the Field (1963, Best Actor Oscar award), To Sir With Love movie).
- 1929 - Birth of Amanda Blake [Beverly Louise Neill] in Buffalo, New York, USA; actress (Kitty Russell - Gunsmoke).
- 1930 - Birth of Patricia Smith in New Haven, Connecticut, USA; actress (Bob Newhart Show, Into Thin Air).
- 1936 - Birth of Marj Dusay [Mahoney] in Russell, Kansas, USA; actress (Kate - Bret Maverick, Alex - Guiding Light, Myrna - Capitol).
- 1943 - Birth of Mike Leigh; dramatist/director (High Hopes, Secrets and Lies).
- 1945 - Birth of Henry Polic II in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (When Things Were Rotten, Webster).
- 1946 - Birth of Brenda Blethyn; actress (Secrets and Lies).
- 1946 - Birth of Sandy Duncan in Henderson, Texas, USA; actress (Hogan Family, Pinocchio, Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolfe?).
- 1947 - Birth of Jennifer O'Neill in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; actress (Summer of '42).
- 1947 - Birth of Peter Strauss in Croton-on-Hudson, New York, USA; actor (Rich Man Poor Man, Secret of NIMH, Space Hunter).
- 1950 - Birth of John Voldstad in Oslo, Norway; actor (Darryl - Newhart).
- 1951 - Birth of Edward Albert in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Jeff - Falcon Crest, Butterflies are Free).
- 1954 - Birth of Anthony Stewart Head; actor (Buffy the Vampire Slayer).
- 1958 - Birth of James Wilby in Burma; actor (Howards End, Maurice).
- 1961 - Birth of Imogen Stubbs in Rothbury, England; actress (Summer Story).
- 1963 - Birth of William Baldwin in New York, USA; actor (Backdraft, Sliver, Flatliners).
- 1964 - Birth of French Stewart in New Mexico, USA; actor (Harry Solomon - Third Rock From the Sun).
- 1967 - Birth of Andrew Shue in South Orange, New Jersey, USA; actor (Billy - Melrose Place).
- 1967 - Birth of Lili Taylor; actress (Ransom, Short Cuts).
Deaths on February 20
- 1958 - Thurston Hall, actor (Mr Schuyler - Topper), dies at age 75.
- 1969 - Death of Jack Ingram at age 66 after a heart attack; actor (Melody Ranch, Annie Oakley, The Cisco Kid, Tales of Wells Fargo, The Lone Ranger).
- 1972 - Death of Walter Winchell of prostate cancer at age 74; gossip columnist/broadcaster (Jergens Journal radio show), writer/actor (Dondi, Love and Hisses), narrator (The Untouchables TV show).
- 1973 - Maurice Dallimore, actor (Collector), dies at age 60.
- 1975 - Lillian Fontaine, actress (Suddenly it's Spring), dies at age 88.
- 1975 - Robert Strauss, actor (Sergeant Gruzewsky - Mona McCluskey), dies at age 61.
- 1983 - James G Richardson, actor (Tim Cassidy - Sierra), dies at age 37 in skiing accident.
- 1983 - Ray Vitte, actor (Doc, Cody - Quest), killed by police at age 33.
- 1985 - Death of Clarence Nash of leukemia; voice actor (Disney's Donald Duck for over 50 years) (born 1904).
- 1992 - Dick York, American actor (Bewitched), dies of emphysema at age 63 (born 1928).
- 1992 - Joan Dixon, actress (Hot Lead, Bunco Squad, Gunplay), dies at age 66.
- 2001 - Death of Rosemary DeCamp at age 90 of pneumonia; actress (The Life of Riley, Petticoat Junction, Partridge Family, Days of Our Lives, Bob Cummings Show).
- 2006 - Death of Curt Gowdy of leukemia at age 86; sportscaster (New York Yankees, Chicago Red Sox, ABC, CBS, NBC, HBO, George Foster Peabody Award 1970, host of American Sportsman).
- 2020 - Death of Claudette Nevins at age 82 at home in Los Angeles, California; actor (Melrose Place TV show).
- 2022 - Death of Jane Marczewski AKA Nightbirde at age 31 of cancer; contestant (America's Got Talent TV show).
- 2022 - Death of Jamal Edwards at age 31; British founder of SBTV media platform.
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