On This Day: 20 Feb

The Victor (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #01 (25 Feb 1961).

First Appearances:

Sgt. George Bourne (strip; I Flew with Braddock) in The Victor #01 (25 Feb 1961).
Sgt.-Pilot Matt Braddock, VC and Bar (strip; I Flew with Braddock) in The Victor #01 (25 Feb 1961).
Boss Danskin (The Gaunt Hounds are Out) in The Victor #01 (25 Feb 1961).
Joe Jagger (prose; Jungle Joe) in The Victor #01 (25 Feb 1961).
Sid Rollins, Snapshot Sid - the Camera Kid (prose) in The Victor #01 (25 Feb 1961).
Gunner Wild (Jimmy the Dodger) in The Victor #01 (25 Feb 1961).
Sgt. Pilot Jimmy Kells (The Bonzo Express) in Warlord (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #544 (23 Feb 1985).
Captain Tom Kerr (The Bonzo Express) in Warlord (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #544 (23 Feb 1985).

Births:

Cecil Harmsworth King (1901); Reg Beaumont (1919); Mario Capaldi (1935)

Deaths:

Ken Petts (1992)

Notable Events:

The installation of Rowland Emett's Aqua Horological Tintinnabulator, at the Victoria Centre, Nottingham, was completed in 1973.
Rogue Trooper computer game for Wii released in 2009.