Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In February - 20

1844  Joshua Slocum, Canadian seaman and adventurer (d. 1909) was born on this day in history.   

1848  On February - 20 birth of edward Henry Harriman, American railroad executive (d. 1909)   

1850  On February - 20 birth of nérée Beauchemin, Canadian physician and poet (d. 1931)   

1852  Nikolai Garin [Michailovski], Russian author (Tjoma Kartashov) was born on February - 20.   

1854  Louis F M van Westerhoven, actor/singer/opera director (Youth) was born on this day in history.   

1861  On February - 20 birth of nicolaas van Meeteren, Curacao, folklorist   

1866  On February - 20 birth of carl Westman, Swedish architect and designer (d. 1936)   

1867  On February - 20 birth of louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife (d. 1931)   

1870  Pieter Cornelis Boutens, Holland, mystic poet/scholar (Verzen) was born on this day in history.   

1874  Mary Garden, Aberdeen Scotland, opera star was born on February - 20.   

1876  On February - 20 birth of fyodor Akimenko, composer   

1880  Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French aristocrat and novelist (d. 1923) was born on this day in history.   

1881  On this day in history birth of pedro Munoz Seca, Spanish playwright (Vengeanza de Don Mendo)   

1883  Shiga Naoya, Japan, novelist (Road Through Dark Night) was born on February - 20.   

1886  Bela Kun, Czehul Romania, head of Hungarian Soviet Republic (1919) was born on February - 20.   

1887  On this day in history birth of david McKinley Williams, composer   

1887  Hesketh Pearson, England, biographer/playwright (Writ for Libel) was born on this day in history.   

1888  Georges Bernanos, France, novelist (Diary of a Country Priest) was born on February - 20.   

1888  On February - 20 birth of marie Rambert, Warsaw, English ballet producer/director/teacher   

1889  Levko Mykolayevich Revutsky, composer was born on this day in history.   

1893  On February - 20 birth of russel Crouse, journalist/novelist/playwright (Life with Father)   

1893  Elizabeth Holloway Marston, American psychologist (d. 1993) was born on this day in history.   

1895  Freida Geiken, autobiographer (National Historic Taping) was born on this day in history.   

1896  Henri de Lubac sj, French theologist/anti-fascist was born on February - 20.   

1897  On this day in history birth of ivan Albright, Illinois, painter (Door, Window)   

1898  On February - 20 birth of enzo Ferrari, Italy, sportscar manufacturer (Ferrari)   

1899  On this day in history birth of cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, LI NY, founder (Pan Am Airways)   

1899  Leon Woizikowski, Polish dancer/ballet master (Ballets Russes) was born on this day in history.   

1900  On this day in history birth of antonio Veretti, composer   

1900  On February - 20 birth of graham Spry, St Thomas Ontario, Canadian radio pioneer   

1900  On this day in history birth of jean Negulesco   

1901  Ali Muhammad Naguib, Khartoum, president of Egypt (1952-54) was born on February - 20.   

1901  On this day in history birth of cecil H King, Irish/British daily newspaper publisher (Daily Mirror)   

1901  On this day in history birth of henry Eyring, Mexican/US chemist   

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0702  On February - 20 death of k'inich Kan B'alam II, king of the Maya state of Palenque (b. 635)   

1054  On this day in history yaroslav I, the Wise, ruler (Kiev), dies   

1154  Death of Saint Wulfric of Haselbury Plucknett on this day in history.   

1171  Death of Conan IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1138) on February - 20.   

1194  Tancredo of Lecce, King of Sicily, dies on this day in history.   

1258  Death of Al-Musta'sim, last Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad on February - 20.   

1408  Death of Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English statesman (b. 1342) on February - 20.   

1431  On February - 20 martinus V, [Oddo Colonna], Italian Pope, dies