20 February 1872 February 19, 2013 Author: Staff The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York opens. Famous Words of Inspiration..."A pair of powerful spectacles has sometimes sufficed to cure a person in love." Friedrich Nietzsche — Click here for more from Friedrich Nietzsche Related posts: 20 February 1872 10 September 1961 10 September 1961 7 February 2009 18 February 1979 7 February 2009 Categories: History Tags: 1872, 20 February