Sunday 20th of February 1431

206th Pope Martinus V dies of apoplexy at the age of 62 in Vatican City, Rome, Lazio, Italy.

Wednesday 20th of February 1867

Murderer Martin William Bates is executed by hanging at the age of 20 in Burlingame, Kansas, United States.

Wednesday 20th of February 1895

Henri Valéry is born in Elbeuf, Seine-Maritime, France.

Valéry was an identity used by Marcel Petiot aka The Triangular Chamber of Death Murderer at the time of his arrest.

Saturday 20th of February 1909

33-year-old Founder of the Futurist movement Filippo Tommaso Marinetti publishes the Futurist Manifesto in the Le Figaro newspaper in Paris, Île-de-France, France.

Monday 20th of February 1911

Mass poisoner John Hutchinson commits suicide by Prussic acid poisoning at the age of 24 in London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

Tuesday 20th of February 1912

Writer Pierre François-Marie-Louis Boulle known for Planet of the Apes is born in Avignon, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

Friday 20th of February 1925

Film director Robert Bernard Altman is born in Kansas City, Missouri, United States.

Saturday 20th of February 1926

60-year-old Clara Newman is raped and strangled by serial killer Earle Leonard Nelson aka The Gorilla Murderer in San Francisco, California, United States.

Newman was Nelson's first victim.

Sunday 20th of February 1927

Actor Sidney Poitier is born in Miami, Florida, United States.

Thursday 20th of February 1941

30-year-old Lisa Nowak is beaten to death by serial killer Paul Ogorzow aka Der Schnell-Bahn Mörder in Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

Saturday 20th of February 1954

Newspaper heiress, kidnap victim and member of the Symbionese Liberation Army Patty Patricia Campbell Hearst is born in San Francisco, California, United States.

Saturday 20th of February 1960

Joey, the son of 25-year-old Serial killer Joseph Kallinger aka The Shoemaker is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

Tuesday 20th of February 1962

41-year-old United States Marine Corps aviator, engineer and astronaut John Herschel Glenn becomes the first US-astronaut to fly around the earth in a Mercury-Atlas 6 spacecraft in Geocentric Orbit, Space.

Total mission flight time was four hours 55 minutes and 23 seconds.

Monday 20th of February 1967

Musician Kurt Donald Cobain aka The Pope of Grunge is born in Grays Harbor Hospital, Aberdeen, Washington, United States.

Saturday 20th of February 1971

33-year-old Wiener Aktionist Hermann Nitsch performs his 36.a Aktion in Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany.

Friday 20th of February 1987

45-year-old Mathematician and serial bomber Theodore John 'Ted' Kaczynski aka The Unabomber places bomb #20, a booby trap disguised as a piece of lumber behind the CAAMS computer store in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.

Store owner Gary Wright is badly injured when he picks up the package. Based on a witness description a widely spread sketch of a man in a hooded sweatshirt wearing aviator glasses was made up.

Saturday 20th of February 1993

Industrialist Ferruccio Elio Arturo Lamborghini dies of a heart attack at the age of 77 in Hospital Santa Maria della Misericordia, Via Brunamonti 51, Perugia, Umbria, Italy.

Wednesday 20th of February 2002

Murderer Robert Frederick 'Bobby' Glass aka Slowhand dies of a heart attack at the age of 51 in Avery Mitchell Correctional Facility, 600 Amity Park Rd, Spruce Pines, North Carolina, United States.

Glass was due for release on 3 March 3 2002.

Thursday 20th of February 2003

100 die in The Station night club fire in The Station, 211 Cowesett Avenue, West Warwick, Rhode Island, United States.

The fire was caused by pyrotechnics set off by 29-year-old tour manager Daniel Biechele of the evening's headlining band, Jack Russell's Great White, which ignited flammable sound insulation foam in the walls and ceilings surrounding the stage. Among those who perished in the fire were Great White's lead guitarist, Ty Longley and the show's emcee, DJ Mike 'The Doctor' Gonsalves. More than one survivor later stated that a bouncer stopped people trying to escape via the stage exit, stating that that door was "for the band only."

Sunday 20th of February 2005

Journalist and writer Hunter Stockton Thompson known for inventing Gonzo journalism commits suicide by a shot in the head at the age of 68 in Owl Farm, Woody Creek, Colorado, United States.

"No More Games. No More Bombs. No More Walking. No More Fun. No More Swimming. 67. That is 17 years past 50. 17 more than I needed or wanted. Boring. I am always bitchy. No Fun—for anybody. 67. You are getting Greedy. Act your old age. Relax—This won't hurt."

Monday 20th of February 2006

47-year-old Performance artist Danny Devos aka DDV starts 'Diggin' for Gordon' at an undisclosed location in Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

Tuesday 20th of February 2007

A rusty gas pipe in desperate need of replacement in our basement in Oudstrijdersstraat 35, Antwerpen, Borgerhout, Antwerpen, Belgium.

Thursday 20th of February 2020

Multiple murderer Nicholas Todd Sutton is executed by Old Sparky at the age of 59 in Riverbend Maximum Security Institution, Nashville, Tennessee, United States.

Sutton was initially convicted of killing three people in 1979, including his grandmother Dorothy Sutton, his high school friend John Large and Charles Almon. He was sentenced to death for his involvement in the fatal stabbing of fellow inmate and child rapist Carl Estep at Morgan County Regional Correctional Facility in 1985.

Thursday 20th of February 2020

Noise music band Club Moral play their 153rd concert, in memory of Guy Schraenen in Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Área metropolitana de Madrid, Spain.

Thursday 20th of February 2020

A picture of the young Guy Schraenen at a memorial exhibition in Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Área metropolitana de Madrid, Spain.