Sanarchive:Selected anniversaries/February 20
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20 February: Major events in the arts
- 1909 – Filippo Tommaso Marinetti published the Futurist Manifesto in Le Figaro, effectively launching the Futurist movement in art and literature.
- 1943 – American movie studio executives agreed to allow the Office of War Information to censor films, a significant moment in the intersection of cinema and politics.
- 1952 – The classic adventure film The African Queen, starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn, premiered nationwide in the United States.
- Sidney Poitier (b. 1927)
- Kurt Cobain (b. 1967)
- Rihanna (b. 1988)
- Ansel Adams (b. 1902)