On this Day…
We’re looking back at the past; on 20th February, this happened…
1491 A comet with no name came within 860,000 miles of the Earth, which at the time was the closest it came since 837 AD!
1966 Happy birthday to actress and model Cindy Crawford, who will be 47 today. Who knew then that she would be one of the most beautiful women to have graced the world today?!
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1967 It is also the birthday of legendary rock star Kurt Cobain, frontman of Nirvana. Had he been alive still today, he would have reached the age of 46.
1985 1986 The Soviet Union (known now as Russia) launched the world’ biggest space station Mir, which was designed to continually orbit the Earth.
Photo: Vanessa Chettleburgh
1997 In memory of the band Phish, Ben and Jerry’s created their unique ice cream ‘Phish Food’ which is a beautiful marshmallow and caramel ice cream with chocolate fish. YUM!