Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In February - 20
Sunday, 15 June 2025
1851 On February - 20 josef Alois Ladurner, composer, dies at 81
1855 On this day in history joseph Hume, social reformer, dies
1860 On this day in history henry Drummond, English banker/religious leader, dies at 69
1871 Death of Paul Kane, Irish-born painter (b. 1810) on February - 20.
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 On this day in history frederick Douglass, escaped slave, anti-slavery leader, dies at 77
1904 Gustav Adolf Heinze, composer, dies at 83 on February - 20.
1905 On this day in history death of jeremiah W. Farnham, American merchant captain
1907 [Ferdinand-Frederic-]Henri Moissan, chemist (Nobel 1906), dies at 54 on this day in history.
1910 Death of Boetros Ghali, Egyptian premier, murdered on February - 20.
1911 On February - 20 alexander Alexandrovich Kopilov, composer, dies at 56
1916 Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish politician (Nobel 1908), dies at 71 on this day in history.
1920 On this day in history robert E Peary, US pole explorer (North Pole, 6/4/1909), dies at 63
1936 John Hope, president of Atlanta University, dies at 67 on February - 20.
1937 "Barlow" Carkeek, Aust cricket wicketkeeper (1912 series), dies on this day in history.
1941 Death of La Bolduc, French Canadian singer and songwriter (b. 1894) on February - 20.
1942 Guido Gasperini, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.
1946 On this day in history hugh Allen, musician, dies
1951 Howard Brockway, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.
1958 On February - 20 thurston Hall, actor (Mr Schuyler-Topper), dies at 75
1959 Ray McDonald, dancer, dies of barbituate overdose at 38 on this day in history.
1960 Leonard Woolley, archaeologist, dies on this day in history.
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 February - 20 r T Stanyforth, English cricket wicketkeeper (S Africa 1927-28), dies
1965 Death of Fred Immler, German actor (b. 1880) on this day in history.
1966 Chester W Nimitz, US admiral (WW II), dies at 80 on this day in history.
1968 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
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