Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In February - 20

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

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

1850  Nérée Beauchemin, Canadian physician and poet (d. 1931) was born on February - 20.   

1852  Nikolai Garin [Michailovski], Russian author (Tjoma Kartashov) was born on this day in history.   

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 February - 20.   

1867  Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife (d. 1931) was born on February - 20.   

1870  On February - 20 birth of pieter Cornelis Boutens, Holland, mystic poet/scholar (Verzen)   

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

1876  Fyodor Akimenko, composer was born on this day in history.   

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  Shiga Naoya, Japan, novelist (Road Through Dark Night) was born on this day in history.   

1886  On February - 20 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  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  Marie Rambert, Warsaw, English ballet producer/director/teacher was born on this day in history.   

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

1893  On this day in history birth of russel Crouse, journalist/novelist/playwright (Life with Father)   

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 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history birth of antonio Veretti, composer   

1900  On this day in history birth of graham Spry, St Thomas Ontario, Canadian radio pioneer   

1900  Jean Negulesco was born on February - 20.   

1901  On this day in history 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  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 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  On this day in history death of conan IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1138)   

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 February - 20.   

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

1431  On this day in history martinus V, [Oddo Colonna], Italian Pope, dies