Famous Birthdays In February - 20

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

1848  On this day in history birth of edward Henry Harriman, American railroad executive (d. 1909)  

1850  On this day in history 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 February - 20.  

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 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 this day in history.  

1876  Fyodor Akimenko, composer was born on February - 20.  

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  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 this day in history.  

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

1888  On this day in history birth of marie Rambert, Warsaw, English ballet producer/director/teacher  

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

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 February - 20.  

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

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

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

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

1900  Jean Negulesco was born on this day in history.  

1901  On February - 20 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 February - 20.  

1901  On this day in history birth of henry Eyring, Mexican/US chemist  

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0702  On February - 20 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 this day in history death of saint Wulfric of Haselbury Plucknett  

1171  Death of Conan IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1138) on this day in history.  

1194  On February - 20 tancredo of Lecce, King of Sicily, dies  

1258  Death of Al-Musta'sim, last Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad on this day in history.  

1408  On February - 20 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.