Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In February - 20

1844  On this day in history birth of joshua Slocum, Canadian seaman and adventurer (d. 1909)   

1848  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of louis F M van Westerhoven, actor/singer/opera director (Youth)   

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

1866  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of mary Garden, Aberdeen Scotland, opera star   

1876  Fyodor Akimenko, composer was born on February - 20.   

1880  On this day in history birth of jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French aristocrat and novelist (d. 1923)   

1881  Pedro Munoz Seca, Spanish playwright (Vengeanza de Don Mendo) was born on this day in history.   

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

1886  On February - 20 birth of bela Kun, Czehul Romania, head of Hungarian Soviet Republic (1919)   

1887  David McKinley Williams, composer was born on February - 20.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1889  On February - 20 birth of levko Mykolayevich Revutsky, composer   

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 February - 20.   

1895  Freida Geiken, autobiographer (National Historic Taping) was born on February - 20.   

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  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 February - 20.   

1900  On February - 20 birth of antonio Veretti, composer   

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 February - 20 birth of ali Muhammad Naguib, Khartoum, president of Egypt (1952-54)   

1901  On February - 20 birth of cecil H King, Irish/British daily newspaper publisher (Daily Mirror)   

1901  Henry Eyring, Mexican/US chemist was born on February - 20.   

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0702  On this day in history death of k'inich Kan B'alam II, king of the Maya state of Palenque (b. 635)   

1054  Yaroslav I, the Wise, ruler (Kiev), dies on this day in history.   

1154  On this day in history death of saint Wulfric of Haselbury Plucknett   

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

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

1258  On February - 20 death of al-Musta'sim, last Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad   

1408  On February - 20 death of henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English statesman (b. 1342)   

1431  Martinus V, [Oddo Colonna], Italian Pope, dies on February - 20.