On This Day (February 20)

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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.

Leo Nucci singing Largo Al Factotum

1844 - Ludwig Boltzmann, Austrian physicist born. (d. 1906) (An Austrian physicist famous for his founding contributions in the fields of statistical mechanics and statistical thermodynamics.)
1898 - Enzo Ferrari, Italian automobile manufacturer, designer and racing car driver born. (d. 1988)
1913 – Australian politician King O'Malley 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.
1993 - Ferruccio Lamborghini, Italian automobile manufacturer died. (b. 1916)
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.