February 20·Every year

National Cherry Pie Day

Cherry pie became part of American mythology partly through the apocryphal George Washington story — invented wholesale by a biographer in 1806. The pie itself is real and traces to Roman Britain. Michigan produces around 75% of all US tart cherries, mostly destined for filling.

Category: Food
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Severe flooding and mudslides on the island of Madeira, Portugal, killed 51 people.

2016Six people are killed and two injured in multiple shooting incidents in Kalamazoo County, Michigan.
2015Two trains collide in the Swiss town of Rafz resulting in as many as 49 people injured and Swiss Federal Railways cancelling some services.
2014Dozens of Euromaidan anti-government protesters die in Ukraine's capital Kyiv, many reportedly killed by snipers.