February 20

On This Day In History
	1962: John Glenn's orbit of Earth John H. Glenn, Jr., the oldest of seven astronauts selected by NASA for Project Mercury spaceflight training (and later a U.S. senator), became on this day in 1962 the first American to orbit Earth, doing so three times.
Astronaut John H. Glenn, Jr., entering Friendship 7 to begin
Biography Of The Day
	Honoré Daumier French artist Honoré Daumier, born this day or February 26 in 1808, was renowned for his cartoons and drawings satirizing French society, and his paintings helped introduce Impressionist techniques into modern art.
The Third-Class Carriage, oil on canvas by Honoré Daumier
More Events On This Day In History
	1986 The Soviet Union launched the core module of the space station Mir.
1976	1976 The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization held its final exercise in Manila (and formally ended on June 30, 1977).
1943	1943 The volcano Parícutin in Michoacán, Mexico, erupted, eventually burying two villages.
1929	1929 The U.S. Congress formally accepted the deeds of cession of eastern Samoa, forming American Samoa.
1909	1909 Italian author Filippo Tommaso Marinetti coined the term Futurism in the Parisian newspaper Le Figaro.