Today is Tuesday, February 20, the 51st day of 2018. There are 314 days left in the year.
1547 — King Edward VI of England was enthroned following death of Henry VIII
1613 — Gerard Reynst appointed Dutch Governor-General of East-Indies
1746 — Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Castle of Inverness
1816 — Rossini’s opera "The Barber of Seville" premieres in Rome
1831 — Polish revolutionaries defeat Russians in battle of Growchow
1832 — Charles Darwin visits Fernando Noronha in Atlantic Ocean
1864 — Civil War Battle of Olustee, Florida
1935 — Karoline Mikkelson is first woman on Antarctica
1937 — First automobile/airplane combination tested, Santa Monica CA