Today in History - History - February 20th

1994Pope John Paul II demands juristic discrimination of homosexuals

199133rd Grammy Awards: Another Day in Paradise, Mariah Carey

1960Jimi Hendrix, rock and roll guitarist, plays his first gig.

1959The Avro Arrow program to design and manufacture supersonic jet fighters in Canada is cancelled by the Diefenbaker government amid much political debate.

1974Gordie Howe comes out of retirement for $1M from Houston Aeros, WHA

1997SF Giants Barry Bonds signs record $22.9M 2 year contract

1724George F Handel's opera "Giulio Cesare in Egitto," premieres in London

19784th People's Choice Awards: John Wayne & Barbra Streisand win (Motion Picture) and James Garner & Mary Tyler Moore win (TV)

1988Peter Kalikow purchases NY Post from Rupert Murdoch for $37.6 million

1986Mike Tyson sexually harasses a woman in Albany NY

1942Phil Esposito, Sault Ste. Marie Ontario, NHL center/GM (Bruins, Rangers)

1951Gordon Brown, Giffnock, Renfrewshire, Scotland, British Labour Prime Minister (2007—10)

1988Rihanna, Barbadian singer

1967Kurt Cobain, Aberdeen Washington, rock vocalist (Nirvana)

1963Charles Barkley, Leads Alabama, NBA forward (Phoenix, Rockets, Oly-gold-96)

1887Vincent Massey, Toronto Ontario, Governor General of Canada

1968Comedian John Cleese (Monty Python) marries actress Connie Booth

1977World No. 1 tennis player Arthur Ashe (33) weds photographer Jeanne Moutoussamy in New York City

1907Henri Moissan [Ferdinand-Frederic-], chemist (Nobel 1906), dies at 54

1895Frederick Douglass, escaped slave, anti-slavery leader, dies at 77