20 February
20 February
February 20 1919 – Amir of Afghanistan Habibullah Khan is Assassinated
Just months after the end of World War I, the nation of Afghanistan was thrown into turmoil by the assassination of Amir Habibullah Khan on February 20, 1919. Pinned between…
February 20 1986 – The Soviet Union launches the Mir space station
On February 20, 1986, the erstwhile Soviet Republic launched the base module of the modular space station, Mir. Later, over the next ten years, additional modules were sent to be…
February 20, 1986 – Mir Launched
On February 20, 1986, the Soviet Union launched the space station Mir. The launch of Mir, which was the world’s biggest space station, took place around three weeks after Challenger,…
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