Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In February - 20

1844  Joshua Slocum, Canadian seaman and adventurer (d. 1909) was born on February - 20.   

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  On this day in history birth of nikolai Garin [Michailovski], Russian author (Tjoma Kartashov)   

1854  Louis F M van Westerhoven, actor/singer/opera director (Youth) was born on February - 20.   

1861  On this day in history birth of nicolaas van Meeteren, Curacao, folklorist   

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

1867  On this day in history birth of louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife (d. 1931)   

1870  On this day in history birth of pieter Cornelis Boutens, Holland, mystic poet/scholar (Verzen)   

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 February - 20.   

1881  On February - 20 birth of pedro Munoz Seca, Spanish playwright (Vengeanza de Don Mendo)   

1883  On February - 20 birth of shiga Naoya, Japan, novelist (Road Through Dark Night)   

1886  On this day in history birth of bela Kun, Czehul Romania, head of Hungarian Soviet Republic (1919)   

1887  On February - 20 birth of david McKinley Williams, composer   

1887  On February - 20 birth of hesketh Pearson, England, biographer/playwright (Writ for Libel)   

1888  Georges Bernanos, France, novelist (Diary of a Country Priest) was born on this day in history.   

1888  On this day in history birth of marie Rambert, Warsaw, English ballet producer/director/teacher   

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

1893  Russel Crouse, journalist/novelist/playwright (Life with Father) was born on February - 20.   

1893  On this day in history birth of elizabeth Holloway Marston, American psychologist (d. 1993)   

1895  On February - 20 birth of freida Geiken, autobiographer (National Historic Taping)   

1896  Henri de Lubac sj, French theologist/anti-fascist was born on this day in history.   

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

1898  Enzo Ferrari, Italy, sportscar manufacturer (Ferrari) was born on February - 20.   

1899  On February - 20 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  Antonio Veretti, composer was born on February - 20.   

1900  Graham Spry, St Thomas Ontario, Canadian radio pioneer was born on this day in history.   

1900  Jean Negulesco was born on this day in history.   

1901  On this day in history birth of ali Muhammad Naguib, Khartoum, president of Egypt (1952-54)   

1901  Cecil H King, Irish/British daily newspaper publisher (Daily Mirror) was born on February - 20.   

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

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0702  Death of K'inich Kan B'alam II, king of the Maya state of Palenque (b. 635) on this day in history.   

1054  Yaroslav I, the Wise, ruler (Kiev), dies on February - 20.   

1154  Death of Saint Wulfric of Haselbury Plucknett on February - 20.   

1171  Death of Conan IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1138) on this day in history.   

1194  On this day in history tancredo of Lecce, King of Sicily, dies   

1258  Death of Al-Musta'sim, last Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad on this day in history.   

1408  Death of Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English statesman (b. 1342) on this day in history.   

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