Famous Birthdays In February - 20

1844  Joshua Slocum, Canadian seaman and adventurer (d. 1909) was born on this day in history.  

1848  On February - 20 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  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  On this day in history birth of louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife (d. 1931)  

1870  On this day in history birth of pieter Cornelis Boutens, Holland, mystic poet/scholar (Verzen)  

1874  On February - 20 birth of mary Garden, Aberdeen Scotland, opera star  

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1876  On February - 20 birth of fyodor Akimenko, composer  

1880  Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French aristocrat and novelist (d. 1923) was born on February - 20.  

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  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 February - 20.  

1887  On February - 20 birth of hesketh Pearson, England, biographer/playwright (Writ for Libel)  

1888  Georges Bernanos, France, novelist (Diary of a Country Priest) was born on this day in history.  

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 February - 20 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 February - 20.  

1896  On February - 20 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 February - 20.  

1899  Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, LI NY, founder (Pan Am Airways) was born on this day in history.  

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

1900  Antonio Veretti, composer was born on this day in history.  

1900  Graham Spry, St Thomas Ontario, Canadian radio pioneer was born on this day in history.  

1900  On February - 20 birth of jean Negulesco  

1901  On this day in history birth of ali Muhammad Naguib, Khartoum, president of Egypt (1952-54)  

1901  Cecil H King, Irish/British daily newspaper publisher (Daily Mirror) was born on this day in history.  

1901  On this day in history 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 February - 20 yaroslav I, the Wise, ruler (Kiev), dies  

1154  Death of Saint Wulfric of Haselbury Plucknett on February - 20.  

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