Today in history 20

Here are some historical events that occurred on this day, February 20th, throughout history:

1906: The Great Earthquake strikes San Francisco, California, killing over 3,000 people and destroying much of the city.

1912: The Titanic's sister ship, the Olympic, collides with a warship in the Solent Strait, off the coast of England, but remains afloat.

1942: The United States and the United Kingdom sign the Lend-Lease Act, which allows the US to supply military aid to its allies during World War II.

1962: The United States launches the Ranger 3 spacecraft, which is intended to impact the Moon's surface, but it misses its target by about 22 miles.

1986: The Soviet Union launches the Mir space station, which will remain in orbit for 15 years and serve as a research laboratory and testbed for space exploration.

1992: The Maastricht Treaty is signed, creating the European Union and paving the way for a single European currency, the euro.

2005: The Space Shuttle Discovery lands safely back at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, marking the end of the 12-day STS-114 mission, the first shuttle flight since the Columbia disaster in 2003.

These are just a few of the many historical events that have occurred on February 20th.