Page 5: Historical Events In February - 20

1899  On this day in history cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, LI NY, founder (Pan Am Airways)   

1900  Antonio Veretti, composer on this day in history.   

1901  First territorial legislature of Hawaii convenes on February - 20.   

1901  On this day in history 1st territorial legislature of Hawaii convenes   

1901  On this day in history ali Muhammad Naguib, Khartoum, president of Egypt (1952-54)   

1902  On this day in history heavy surf breaks over Seal Rocks &damages Sutro Baths, San Francisco   

1902  Heavy surf breaks over Seal Rocks & damages Sutro Baths, SF on February - 20.   

1902  Ansel Adams, photographer (1966 ASMP Award) on this day in history.   

1903  Nick Young remains as NL president as AG Spalding ends challenge on February - 20.   

1903  Ella Maillart, explorer on February - 20.   

1904  The birth of Alexei Kosygin, Former Prime Minister of the USSR on February - 20.   

1904  Aleksei N Kosygin, Soviet premier (1964-80) on this day in history.   

1904  Gustav Adolf Heinze, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1905  On February - 20 jascha Golowanjuk, Swedish writer (Acrobat)   

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

1907  Malcolm Atterbury, Phila, actor (Jonas-Thicker than Water, Apples Way) on February - 20.   

1907  [Ferdinand-Frederic-]Henri Moissan, chemist (Nobel 1906), dies at 54 on February - 20.   

1908  On this day in history grigori Yakovlevich Bakhchivangi, test pilot (BI-1)   

1909  On February - 20 publication of the Futurist Manifesto in the French journal Le Figaro.   

1910  Julian Trevelyan, English Surrealist painter/collage maker on February - 20.   

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

1911  On this day in history margot Grahame   

1911  On February - 20 alexander Alexandrovich Kopilov, composer, dies at 56   

1912  On February - 20 argentina beat the MCC in their inaugural cricket 1st-class fixture   

1913  King O'Malley drives in the first survey peg to mark commencement of work on the construction of Canberra on February - 20.   

1913  Jozef Kresanek, composer on this day in history.   

1914  On this day in history john Daly, S Africa, newscaster/TV game show host (What's My Line)   

1915  On February - 20 panama-Pacific International Exposition opens in San Francisco   

1915  On this day in history panama-Pacific International Exposition opens in SF   

1915  On February - 20 philip Friend, Horsham England, actor (Vulture, Fur Collar)   

1916  On February - 20 jackie Gleason, Bkln NY, comedian (Ralph Kramden-Honeymooners)   

1916  On February - 20 klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish politician (Nobel 1908), dies at 71   

1917  Ammunitions ship explodes in Archangelsk harbor, about 1,500 die on February - 20.   

1917  Frederick Page, CEO (British Aerospace Aircraft Group) on this day in history.   

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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  On February - 20 birth of jan Blahoslav, Czech humanist/bishop (Bohemian brothers)   

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 February - 20.   

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

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

1054  On February - 20 yaroslav I, the Wise, ruler (Kiev), dies   

1154  Death of Saint Wulfric of Haselbury Plucknett on this day in history.   

1171  On this day in history death of conan IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1138)   

1194  On this day in history tancredo of Lecce, King of Sicily, dies   

1258  On this day in history death of al-Musta'sim, last Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad   

1408  Death of Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English statesman (b. 1342) on this day in history.   

1431  On this day in history martinus V, [Oddo Colonna], Italian Pope, dies   

1524  On February - 20 death of tecún Umán, last leader of the Quiché-Maya