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  On February - 20 henry Drummond, English banker/religious leader, dies at 69   

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

1892  On February - 20 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 February - 20.   

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  Death of Boetros Ghali, Egyptian premier, murdered on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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  On February - 20 guido Gasperini, composer, dies at 76   

1946  Hugh Allen, musician, dies on this day in history.   

1951  Howard Brockway, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

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 February - 20.   

1960  Leonard Woolley, archaeologist, dies on February - 20.   

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

1962  Halliwell Hobbes, dies at 64 on February - 20.   

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  On this day in history anthony Asquith, dies   

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

1970  On this day in history albert Louis Wolff, composer, dies at 86   

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

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

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

1632  On this day in history birth of thomas Osborne, Duke of Leeds, English PM (1690-94)/founder (Tories)   

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

1656  Johannes Schenck, German/Neth composer, baptised was born on this day in history.   

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

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