Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In February - 20
Saturday, 22 March 2025
1851 On February - 20 josef Alois Ladurner, composer, dies at 81
1855 On February - 20 joseph Hume, social reformer, dies
1860 Henry Drummond, English banker/religious leader, dies at 69 on this day in history.
1871 On this day in history death of paul Kane, Irish-born painter (b. 1810)
1892 On this day in history hermann Kopp, German chemist (Law of Kopp), dies at 74
1893 Death of P.G.T. Beauregard, American Confederate general (b. 1818) on February - 20.
1895 Frederick Douglass, escaped slave, anti-slavery leader, dies at 77 on this day in history.
1904 On February - 20 gustav Adolf Heinze, composer, dies at 83
1905 On February - 20 death of jeremiah W. Farnham, American merchant captain
1907 On this day in history [Ferdinand-Frederic-]Henri Moissan, chemist (Nobel 1906), dies at 54
1910 On this day in history death of boetros Ghali, Egyptian premier, murdered
1911 On this day in history alexander Alexandrovich Kopilov, composer, dies at 56
1916 Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish politician (Nobel 1908), dies at 71 on February - 20.
1920 On February - 20 robert E Peary, US pole explorer (North Pole, 6/4/1909), dies at 63
1936 On February - 20 john Hope, president of Atlanta University, dies at 67
1937 On February - 20 "Barlow" Carkeek, Aust cricket wicketkeeper (1912 series), dies
1941 Death of La Bolduc, French Canadian singer and songwriter (b. 1894) on this day in history.
1942 Guido Gasperini, composer, dies at 76 on February - 20.
1946 On February - 20 hugh Allen, musician, dies
1951 On February - 20 howard Brockway, composer, dies at 80
1958 Thurston Hall, actor (Mr Schuyler-Topper), dies at 75 on February - 20.
1959 On February - 20 ray McDonald, dancer, dies of barbituate overdose at 38
1960 On February - 20 leonard Woolley, archaeologist, dies
1961 Otto E Huiswoud, [Frank Billings], editor (Negro Worker), dies at 67 on February - 20.
1962 Halliwell Hobbes, dies at 64 on this day in history.
1963 Death of Ferenc Fricsay, Hungarian conductor (b. 1914) on February - 20.
1964 On this day in history r T Stanyforth, English cricket wicketkeeper (S Africa 1927-28), dies
1965 Death of Fred Immler, German actor (b. 1880) on February - 20.
1966 Chester W Nimitz, US admiral (WW II), dies at 80 on this day in history.
1968 Anthony Asquith, dies on February - 20.
1969 Ernest Ansermet, Swiss conductor/composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.
1970 On February - 20 albert Louis Wolff, composer, dies at 86
1972 Herbert Menges, composer, dies at 69 on February - 20.
1973 On this day in history brigitte Reimann, writer, dies at 39
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