Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In February - 20

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

1855  On February - 20 joseph Hume, social reformer, dies   

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

1871  On this day in history death of paul Kane, Irish-born painter (b. 1810)   

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

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

1905  On February - 20 death of jeremiah W. Farnham, American merchant captain   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1946  On February - 20 hugh Allen, musician, dies   

1951  On February - 20 howard Brockway, composer, dies at 80   

1958  Thurston Hall, actor (Mr Schuyler-Topper), dies at 75 on February - 20.   

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 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 this day in history r T Stanyforth, English cricket wicketkeeper (S Africa 1927-28), dies   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1972  Herbert Menges, composer, dies at 69 on February - 20.   

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

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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 February - 20.   

1632  On February - 20 birth of thomas Osborne, Duke of Leeds, English PM (1690-94)/founder (Tories)   

1633  On February - 20 birth of jan de Baen, portrait painter/etcher   

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

1734  On February - 20 birth of franz Ignaz Beck, composer   

1745  On February - 20 birth of johann Peter Salomon, composer