Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In February - 20

1844  On February - 20 birth of joshua Slocum, Canadian seaman and adventurer (d. 1909)   

1848  Edward Henry Harriman, American railroad executive (d. 1909) was born on this day in history.   

1850  Nérée Beauchemin, Canadian physician and poet (d. 1931) was born on this day in history.   

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  Nicolaas van Meeteren, Curacao, folklorist was born on this day in history.   

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

1867  Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife (d. 1931) was born on this day in history.   

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  On February - 20 birth of fyodor Akimenko, composer   

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 February - 20.   

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  On February - 20 birth of david McKinley Williams, composer   

1887  Hesketh Pearson, England, biographer/playwright (Writ for Libel) was born on February - 20.   

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

1888  Marie Rambert, Warsaw, English ballet producer/director/teacher was born on February - 20.   

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

1893  On this day in history 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  Ivan Albright, Illinois, painter (Door, Window) was born on February - 20.   

1898  Enzo Ferrari, Italy, sportscar manufacturer (Ferrari) was born on this day in history.   

1899  Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, LI NY, founder (Pan Am Airways) was born on February - 20.   

1899  Leon Woizikowski, Polish dancer/ballet master (Ballets Russes) was born on February - 20.   

1900  On February - 20 birth of antonio Veretti, composer   

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

1900  Jean Negulesco was born on February - 20.   

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 February - 20 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 February - 20.   

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

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

1258  On this day in history death of al-Musta'sim, last Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad   

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

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