Talk:February 20

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February 20: 1472 – James III of Scotland annexed Orkney and Shetland from Denmark–Norway. 1816 – Italian composer Gioachino Rossini's opera buffa The Barber of Seville, based on the first Figaro play by French playwright Pierre Beaumarchais, debuted at the Teatro Argentina in Rome. 1913 – Australian politician King O'Malley (pictured) drove in the first survey peg to mark the commencement of work on the construction of Canberra, a planned city designed by American architect Walter Burley Griffin. 1959 – The Canadian government under Prime Minister John Diefenbaker cancelled the Avro CF-105 Arrow interceptor aircraft programme amid much political debate. 2005 – Spanish voters passed a referendum on the ratification of the proposed Constitution of the European Union, despite the lowest turnout in any election since the transition to democracy in the 1970s. More events: February 19 – February 20 – February 21 Archive – By email – More anniversaries... It is now 10:59, June 13, 2008 (UTC) – Refresh this page

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[edit] Mardi Gras deserves to be listed here? How is Easter handled?

Someone deleted Mardi Gras on the gounds that it's not singular to 2007. But I think the date of Mardi Gras moves around the way Easter does, so maybe it does belong here. How is Easter handled in these lists? --Coppertwig 14:41, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Lunar Eclipse??

These happen at least 2 times each year. This is not significant. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.91.171.36 (talk) 18:38, 20 February 2008 (UTC)