February 20, 1909 (Saturday)
- The Futurist Manifesto, written by Filippo Marinetti, was published in the Paris newspaper Le Figaro, launching the art form of futurism.
- The Hudson Motor Car Company was incorporated by Roy D. Chapin and seven other Detroit businessmen. Producing such vehicles as the Essex and the Terraplane, Hudson Motors lasted until January 14, 1954, when it merged with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation to form American Motors (AMC), which in turn merged with Chrysler in 1987.
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“In my experience, if you have to keep the lavatory door shut by extending your left leg, it’s modern architecture.”
—Nancy Banks-Smith, British columnist. Guardian (London, February 20, 1979)