Fred Mouawad, caretakers on the label, holds -The Mouawad 1001 Nights Diamond. (REUTERS)
Following are some of the major events to have occurred on Feb 20
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1942 - Edward O'Hare becomes America's first World War II flying ace.
1942 - In World War Two, the Japanese invaded Portuguese Timor; Portugal protested to Japan.
1962 - John Glenn became the first U.S. astronaut to orbit the Earth, making a five-hour space voyage aboard the Mercury capsule Friendship VII.
1994 - Norway's Johann Olav Koss wins speed skating gold medal after setting third world record.
2000 - Albanian protesters topple statue of late dictator Enver Hoxha.
2002 - 361 people were killed when a fire engulfed a packed passenger train heading from Cairo to Luxor in Egypt's worst ever rail disaster.
2003 - Pop singers Justin Timberlake, Kylie Minogue perform together at Brit Awards.
2005 - U.S. author Hunter S. Thompson, who became a counterculture celebrity with works such as "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas," killed himself at his Colorado home. He was 67.
2011 - World's most expensive handbag goes on display in Doha.
2015 - Two trains collide in Swiss town of Rafz.
2016 - Shootings in Kalamazoo, Michigan kill six.
