20 February It happened today…….

1437  King James I of Scotland assassinated.

1513  Death of Pope Julius II.

1707  Mogul Emperor Aurangzeb dies.

1927  Birth of US actor Sidney Poitier.

1962  US astronaut John Glenn orbits the earth three times.

1985  Contraceptives go on sale in the Irish Republic for the first time.

 

 

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