TODAY IN HISTORY

FEB 20TH

1792-President George Washington signed the Post Office Act, establishing a permanent Post Office Department.

1809-The Supreme Court ruled the power of the federal government is greater than that of any individual state.

1895-Frederick Douglass, abolitionist, author, and orator, died.

1962-John Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth.

1998-Tara Lipinski won the Olympic figure skating gold medal.

2003-A fire in a nightclub in Warwick, R.I., killed 100 and injured over 150.