Famous Deaths In February - 20

1851  On February - 20 josef Alois Ladurner, composer, dies at 81   

1855  On this day in history joseph Hume, social reformer, dies   

1860  Henry Drummond, English banker/religious leader, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1871  Death of Paul Kane, Irish-born painter (b. 1810) on this day in history.   

1892  Hermann Kopp, German chemist (Law of Kopp), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1893  On this day in history death of p.G.T. Beauregard, American Confederate general (b. 1818)   

1895  On February - 20 frederick Douglass, escaped slave, anti-slavery leader, dies at 77   

1904  On this day in history gustav Adolf Heinze, composer, dies at 83   

1905  On February - 20 death of jeremiah W. Farnham, American merchant captain   

1907  On February - 20 [Ferdinand-Frederic-]Henri Moissan, chemist (Nobel 1906), dies at 54   

1910  Death of Boetros Ghali, Egyptian premier, murdered on this day in history.   

1911  Alexander Alexandrovich Kopilov, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1916  On this day in history klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish politician (Nobel 1908), dies at 71   

1920  On February - 20 robert E Peary, US pole explorer (North Pole, 6/4/1909), dies at 63   

1936  On this day in history john Hope, president of Atlanta University, dies at 67   

1937  "Barlow" Carkeek, Aust cricket wicketkeeper (1912 series), dies on February - 20.   

1941  On February - 20 death of la Bolduc, French Canadian singer and songwriter (b. 1894)   

1942  On this day in history guido Gasperini, composer, dies at 76   

1946  On this day in history hugh Allen, musician, dies   

1951  On February - 20 howard Brockway, composer, dies at 80   

1958  On this day in history thurston Hall, actor (Mr Schuyler-Topper), dies at 75   

1959  On this day in history ray McDonald, dancer, dies of barbituate overdose at 38   

1960  On this day in history leonard Woolley, archaeologist, dies   

1961  Otto E Huiswoud, [Frank Billings], editor (Negro Worker), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1962  Halliwell Hobbes, dies at 64 on February - 20.   

1963  On February - 20 death of ferenc Fricsay, Hungarian conductor (b. 1914)   

1964  On this day in history r T Stanyforth, English cricket wicketkeeper (S Africa 1927-28), dies   

1965  On February - 20 death of fred Immler, German actor (b. 1880)   

1966  On this day in history chester W Nimitz, US admiral (WW II), dies at 80   

1968  On February - 20 anthony Asquith, dies   

1969  Ernest Ansermet, Swiss conductor/composer, dies at 85 on February - 20.   

1970  On this day in history albert Louis Wolff, composer, dies at 86   

1972  Herbert Menges, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1973  Brigitte Reimann, writer, dies at 39 on February - 20.   

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1494  On this day in history birth of johan Friis, chancellor (Denmark, helped formed Lutheranism)   

1507  Gentile Bellini, Italian artist (Sultan Mohammed II) was born on this day in history.   

1523  Jan Blahoslav, Czech humanist/bishop (Bohemian brothers) was born on this day in history.   

1632  On February - 20 birth of thomas Osborne, Duke of Leeds, English PM (1690-94)/founder (Tories)   

1633  Jan de Baen, portrait painter/etcher was born on February - 20.   

1656  On February - 20 birth of johannes Schenck, German/Neth composer, baptised   

1734  Franz Ignaz Beck, composer was born on this day in history.   

1745  On February - 20 birth of johann Peter Salomon, composer