Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In February - 20

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

1855  Joseph Hume, social reformer, dies on this day in history.   

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

1893  Death of P.G.T. Beauregard, American Confederate general (b. 1818) on this day in history.   

1895  Frederick Douglass, escaped slave, anti-slavery leader, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1904  Gustav Adolf Heinze, composer, dies at 83 on February - 20.   

1905  Death of Jeremiah W. Farnham, American merchant captain on February - 20.   

1907  On this day in history [Ferdinand-Frederic-]Henri Moissan, chemist (Nobel 1906), dies at 54   

1910  On February - 20 death of boetros Ghali, Egyptian premier, murdered   

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  Robert E Peary, US pole explorer (North Pole, 6/4/1909), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history hugh Allen, musician, dies   

1951  Howard Brockway, composer, dies at 80 on February - 20.   

1958  On this day in history 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  On February - 20 leonard Woolley, archaeologist, dies   

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

1962  On February - 20 halliwell Hobbes, dies at 64   

1963  Death of Ferenc Fricsay, Hungarian conductor (b. 1914) on this day in history.   

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 February - 20.   

1968  Anthony Asquith, dies on February - 20.   

1969  Ernest Ansermet, Swiss conductor/composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1970  Albert Louis Wolff, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1972  On this day in history herbert Menges, composer, dies at 69   

1973  Brigitte Reimann, writer, dies at 39 on this day in history.   

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1494  Johan Friis, chancellor (Denmark, helped formed Lutheranism) was born on February - 20.   

1507  Gentile Bellini, Italian artist (Sultan Mohammed II) was born on February - 20.   

1523  On this day in history 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  Jan de Baen, portrait painter/etcher was born on this day in history.   

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

1734  Franz Ignaz Beck, composer was born on February - 20.   

1745  Johann Peter Salomon, composer was born on February - 20.