What Happened on February 20, 2012

• Scientists successfully regenerate the flowering plant, Silene stenophylla from a 31,800 year old piece of fruit, greatly surpassing the previous record of 2,000 years
• South Korea angers North Korea as it proceeds with live fire drills in disputed Korean sea borders

• Renato Dulbecco, Italian-born American virologist (1975 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for oncoviruses work), dies at 97

Holidays: Family Day (Canada), Washington's Birthday (United States)

• #1 Song: Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) - Kelly Clarkson
• #1 Song: Hot Right Now - Dj Fresh Ft. Rita Ora