Famous Birthdays In February - 20

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

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

1850  On this day in history 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  On February - 20 birth of louis F M van Westerhoven, actor/singer/opera director (Youth)   

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

1866  Carl Westman, Swedish architect and designer (d. 1936) was born on this day in history.   

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  Mary Garden, Aberdeen Scotland, opera star was born on this day in history.   

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  Pedro Munoz Seca, Spanish playwright (Vengeanza de Don Mendo) was born on February - 20.   

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

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

1887  David McKinley Williams, composer was born on this day in history.   

1887  On this day in history birth of hesketh Pearson, England, biographer/playwright (Writ for Libel)   

1888  On February - 20 birth of georges Bernanos, France, novelist (Diary of a Country Priest)   

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

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

1893  Russel Crouse, journalist/novelist/playwright (Life with Father) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1897  On February - 20 birth of ivan Albright, Illinois, painter (Door, Window)   

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

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

1899  On this day in history birth of leon Woizikowski, Polish dancer/ballet master (Ballets Russes)   

1900  Antonio Veretti, composer was born on February - 20.   

1900  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1901  On February - 20 birth of henry Eyring, Mexican/US chemist   

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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 February - 20 death of saint Wulfric of Haselbury Plucknett   

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

1408  On this day in history death of henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English statesman (b. 1342)   

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