Portal:United States/Anniversaries/February/February 20

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• 1792 - The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by President George Washington.
• 1872 - The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York City.
• 1873 - The University of California opens its first medical school in San Francisco, California.
• 1901 - The legislature of Hawaii Territory convenes for the first time.
• 1962 - Mercury program: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn orbits the earth three times in 4 hours, 55 minutes, becoming the first American to orbit the earth.
• 1992 - Ross Perot announces his intention to run in the 1992 U.S. presidential election on CNN's Larry King Live.
• 2001 - FBI agent Robert Hanssen is arrested and charged with spying for Russia for 15 years.
• 2003 - The Station nightclub fire kills about 100 and injures over 200.