On this day in sports: February 20

1. 1952 Emmett Ashford becomes the first African-American umpire in organized baseball by being authorized to be a substitute umpire in the Southwestern International League. Source
2. 1996 Born: Clarke Schmidt, American baseball player Source
3. 1998 At the age of 15, American figure skater Tara Lipinski became the then-youngest winner of an Olympic gold medal in the history of the Winter Olympic Games. Source
4. 1998 American figure skater Tara Lipinski, at the age of 15, becomes the youngest Olympic figure skating gold-medalist at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. Source
5. 1999 Born: Jarrett Culver, American basketball player Source
6. 2004 Born: Jared McCain, American basketball player Source

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