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

1861  Nicolaas van Meeteren, Curacao, folklorist was born on this day in history.   

1866  On this day in history 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  On February - 20 birth of pieter Cornelis Boutens, Holland, mystic poet/scholar (Verzen)   

1874  On this day in history birth of mary Garden, Aberdeen Scotland, opera star   

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

1880  On February - 20 birth of jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French aristocrat and novelist (d. 1923)   

1881  On this day in history birth of pedro Munoz Seca, Spanish playwright (Vengeanza de Don Mendo)   

1883  On this day in history birth of shiga Naoya, Japan, novelist (Road Through Dark Night)   

1886  Bela Kun, Czehul Romania, head of Hungarian Soviet Republic (1919) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1888  On this day in history 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  Levko Mykolayevich Revutsky, composer was born on February - 20.   

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

1896  On this day in history birth of henri de Lubac sj, French theologist/anti-fascist   

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  On February - 20 birth of cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, LI NY, founder (Pan Am Airways)   

1899  On February - 20 birth of leon Woizikowski, Polish dancer/ballet master (Ballets Russes)   

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

1900  Graham Spry, St Thomas Ontario, Canadian radio pioneer was born on February - 20.   

1900  Jean Negulesco was born on February - 20.   

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  Henry Eyring, Mexican/US chemist was born on this day in history.   

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

1154  On February - 20 death of saint Wulfric of Haselbury Plucknett   

1171  On February - 20 death of conan IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1138)   

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 this day in history.