Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In February - 20

1851  Josef Alois Ladurner, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1855  Joseph Hume, social reformer, dies on February - 20.   

1860  Henry Drummond, English banker/religious leader, dies at 69 on February - 20.   

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

1892  On February - 20 hermann Kopp, German chemist (Law of Kopp), dies at 74   

1893  On February - 20 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  [Ferdinand-Frederic-]Henri Moissan, chemist (Nobel 1906), dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1910  On this day in history death of boetros Ghali, Egyptian premier, murdered   

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  Robert E Peary, US pole explorer (North Pole, 6/4/1909), dies at 63 on February - 20.   

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  On this day in history death of la Bolduc, French Canadian singer and songwriter (b. 1894)   

1942  Guido Gasperini, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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

1951  On this day in history 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 February - 20.   

1962  On this day in history halliwell Hobbes, dies at 64   

1963  On this day in history 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  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 February - 20.   

1970  On February - 20 albert Louis Wolff, composer, dies at 86   

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

1973  On this day in history brigitte Reimann, writer, dies at 39   

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

1507  On this day in history birth of gentile Bellini, Italian artist (Sultan Mohammed II)   

1523  On February - 20 birth of jan Blahoslav, Czech humanist/bishop (Bohemian brothers)   

1632  Thomas Osborne, Duke of Leeds, English PM (1690-94)/founder (Tories) was born on this day in history.   

1633  On this day in history birth of jan de Baen, portrait painter/etcher   

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

1734  On this day in history birth of franz Ignaz Beck, composer   

1745  On this day in history birth of johann Peter Salomon, composer