MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Today is Monday, February 20, the 51st day of 2012. There are 315 days left in the year.

1725 ― 10 sleeping Indians scalped by whites in New Hampshire for $100 /scalp bounty

1809 ― Supreme Court rules federal government power greater than any state

1811 ― Austria declares bankruptcy

1816 ― Rossini's opera ``The Barber of Seville" premieres in Rome

1872 ― Hydraulic electric elevator patented by Cyrus Baldwin

1938 ― U.K. Foreign Secretary Eden resigns, says P.M. Chamberlain appeased Germany

1950 ― Dylan Thomas arrives in New York City for his first U.S. poetry reading tour

1971 ― Major General Idi Amin Dada appoints himself President of Uganda

1974 ― Cher files for separation from husband Sonny Bono

1998 ― U.S. movie box office hits quickest $1 billion for year (51 days)