Famous Deaths In February - 20

1851  On this day in history josef Alois Ladurner, composer, dies at 81   

1855  Joseph Hume, social reformer, dies on this day in history.   

1860  On February - 20 henry Drummond, English banker/religious leader, dies at 69   

1871  Death of Paul Kane, Irish-born painter (b. 1810) on February - 20.   

1892  Hermann Kopp, German chemist (Law of Kopp), dies at 74 on February - 20.   

1893  On this day in history death of p.G.T. Beauregard, American Confederate general (b. 1818)   

1895  On February - 20 frederick Douglass, escaped slave, anti-slavery leader, dies at 77   

1904  Gustav Adolf Heinze, composer, dies at 83 on February - 20.   

1905  Death of Jeremiah W. Farnham, American merchant captain on this day in history.   

1907  On this day in history [Ferdinand-Frederic-]Henri Moissan, chemist (Nobel 1906), dies at 54   

1910  On this day in history death of boetros Ghali, Egyptian premier, murdered   

1911  On this day in history alexander Alexandrovich Kopilov, composer, dies at 56   

1916  Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish politician (Nobel 1908), dies at 71 on February - 20.   

1920  On February - 20 robert E Peary, US pole explorer (North Pole, 6/4/1909), dies at 63   

1936  On February - 20 john Hope, president of Atlanta University, dies at 67   

1937  "Barlow" Carkeek, Aust cricket wicketkeeper (1912 series), dies on February - 20.   

1941  On February - 20 death of la Bolduc, French Canadian singer and songwriter (b. 1894)   

1942  Guido Gasperini, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1946  On this day in history hugh Allen, musician, dies   

1951  On this day in history howard Brockway, composer, dies at 80   

1958  Thurston Hall, actor (Mr Schuyler-Topper), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1959  On this day in history ray McDonald, dancer, dies of barbituate overdose at 38   

1960  Leonard Woolley, archaeologist, dies on this day in history.   

1961  Otto E Huiswoud, [Frank Billings], editor (Negro Worker), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1962  On this day in history halliwell Hobbes, dies at 64   

1963  Death of Ferenc Fricsay, Hungarian conductor (b. 1914) on February - 20.   

1964  R T Stanyforth, English cricket wicketkeeper (S Africa 1927-28), dies on this day in history.   

1965  On February - 20 death of fred Immler, German actor (b. 1880)   

1966  On this day in history chester W Nimitz, US admiral (WW II), dies at 80   

1968  Anthony Asquith, dies on this day in history.   

1969  Ernest Ansermet, Swiss conductor/composer, dies at 85 on February - 20.   

1970  On February - 20 albert Louis Wolff, composer, dies at 86   

1972  On this day in history herbert Menges, composer, dies at 69   

1973  On this day in history brigitte Reimann, writer, dies at 39   

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1494  On February - 20 birth of johan Friis, chancellor (Denmark, helped formed Lutheranism)   

1507  On February - 20 birth of gentile Bellini, Italian artist (Sultan Mohammed II)   

1523  Jan Blahoslav, Czech humanist/bishop (Bohemian brothers) was born on this day in history.   

1632  On February - 20 birth of thomas Osborne, Duke of Leeds, English PM (1690-94)/founder (Tories)   

1633  On this day in history birth of jan de Baen, portrait painter/etcher   

1656  On this day in history birth of johannes Schenck, German/Neth composer, baptised   

1734  Franz Ignaz Beck, composer was born on this day in history.   

1745  Johann Peter Salomon, composer was born on this day in history.