Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In February - 20

1851  Josef Alois Ladurner, composer, dies at 81 on February - 20.   

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

1860  Henry Drummond, English banker/religious leader, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

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

1892  On this day in history hermann Kopp, German chemist (Law of Kopp), dies at 74   

1893  On this day in history 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 February - 20 gustav Adolf Heinze, composer, dies at 83   

1905  Death of Jeremiah W. Farnham, American merchant captain on this day in history.   

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 February - 20 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  John Hope, president of Atlanta University, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1937  "Barlow" Carkeek, Aust cricket wicketkeeper (1912 series), dies on February - 20.   

1941  On February - 20 death of la Bolduc, French Canadian singer and songwriter (b. 1894)   

1942  On this day in history guido Gasperini, composer, dies at 76   

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  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 this day in history.   

1962  Halliwell Hobbes, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1963  On this day in history death of ferenc Fricsay, Hungarian conductor (b. 1914)   

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

1965  On this day in history death of fred Immler, German actor (b. 1880)   

1966  Chester W Nimitz, US admiral (WW II), dies at 80 on February - 20.   

1968  On February - 20 anthony Asquith, dies   

1969  On this day in history ernest Ansermet, Swiss conductor/composer, dies at 85   

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

1523  Jan Blahoslav, Czech humanist/bishop (Bohemian brothers) was born on February - 20.   

1632  Thomas Osborne, Duke of Leeds, English PM (1690-94)/founder (Tories) was born on February - 20.   

1633  Jan de Baen, portrait painter/etcher was born on this day in history.   

1656  On this day in history birth of johannes Schenck, German/Neth composer, baptised   

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

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