Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened 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 February - 20.   

1871  Death of Paul Kane, Irish-born painter (b. 1810) on February - 20.   

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 February - 20.   

1895  On this day in history frederick Douglass, escaped slave, anti-slavery leader, dies at 77   

1904  On February - 20 gustav Adolf Heinze, composer, dies at 83   

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

1907  On February - 20 [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  Robert E Peary, US pole explorer (North Pole, 6/4/1909), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

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 February - 20.   

1942  Guido Gasperini, composer, dies at 76 on February - 20.   

1946  On February - 20 hugh Allen, musician, dies   

1951  On this day in history howard Brockway, composer, dies at 80   

1958  Thurston Hall, actor (Mr Schuyler-Topper), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history otto E Huiswoud, [Frank Billings], editor (Negro Worker), dies at 67   

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

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

1964  R T Stanyforth, English cricket wicketkeeper (S Africa 1927-28), dies on February - 20.   

1965  Death of Fred Immler, German actor (b. 1880) on February - 20.   

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

1968  Anthony Asquith, dies on February - 20.   

1969  On February - 20 ernest Ansermet, Swiss conductor/composer, dies at 85   

1970  Albert Louis Wolff, composer, dies at 86 on February - 20.   

1972  On February - 20 herbert Menges, composer, dies at 69   

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

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1494  Johan Friis, chancellor (Denmark, helped formed Lutheranism) was born on this day in history.   

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

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  On February - 20 birth of franz Ignaz Beck, composer   

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