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Very important event for 24 February 1939 - Columbia Pictures releases a documentary featuring Moses Harry Horwitz, Louis Feinberg, and Jerome Lester Horwitz exploring areas where crime affects archeology. It also highlights the near accidental process of discovering lost tombs eventually leading to the recovery of the mummy of King Rootin' Tootin'. We Want Our Mummy with Moe Howard, Larry Fine, and Curly Howard.

On February 20 in History: 1472 - Norway can't afford a dowry for their princess Margaret to marry the king of Scotland, so they just pawn a few of their islands. This is why folks from Orkney and Shetland are so difficult to understand. 1816 - The Rossini opera, The Barber of Seville, premiers. It is most famous today for its appearance in Bugs Bunny cartoons. 1895 - Death of Frederick Douglass. Unlike his birth date, he did not get to choose this one himself. 1933 - The people of the United States are once again legally allowed to stop pretending they don't drink. 1962 - John Glenn goes around the world three times in just under five hours. Suck it, Jules Verne. 1967 - Kurt Cobain is born. He is among the...no, Nevermind. 1971 - The U.S. emergency broadcast system is accidentally activated. Haha, how embarrassing. I bet they'll never do that again. 1985 - The people of Ireland are at last legally allowed to stop pretending they don't use birth control.