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February 20 is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 314 days remain until the end of the year (315 in leap years). Events. Pre-1600. 1339 ...
Presidents' Day, officially Washington's Birthday at the federal governmental level, is a holiday in the United States celebrated on the third Monday of February. It is often celebrated to honor all those who served as presidents of the United States and, since 1879, has been the federal holiday honoring Founding Father George Washington, who led the Continental Army to victory in the American ...
On February 20, 2023, the president of the United States, Joe Biden, made a visit to Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, his first since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. [ 1][ 2] Out of security concerns, his travel plans had not been made public prior to his arrival, and only two journalists accompanied him, having been sworn to ...
February 20, 2024 at 6:56 AM. All US states and territories will receive a new round of funding to help clean up the nation’s drinking water, the Biden administration announced today.
The stock market is closed for the following holidays in 2024: New Year’s Day (Monday, Jan. 1) Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (Monday, Jan. 15) Presidents Day (Monday, Feb. 19) Good Friday (Friday ...
February 31 on a tombstone. Several non-standard dates are used in calendars for various purposes: some are expressly fictional, some are intended to produce a rhetorical effect (such as sarcasm), and others attempt to address a particular mathematical, scientific or accounting requirement or discrepancy within the calendar system.
Events. 1792 - The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by President George Washington.; 1872 - In New York City the Metropolitan Museum of Art opens.
February 20: John Glenn, aboard the Friendship 7 space capsule, becomes the first American to orbit the Earth. February 12 – As Commander-in-chief, Kennedy commutes the military death sentence of seaman Jimmie Henderson to life imprisonment, marking the last time in the 20th century that an American president was faced with such a decision (As of 28 July 2008, the most recent such decision ...