Page 5: Historical Events In February - 20

1899  Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, LI NY, founder (Pan Am Airways) on February - 20.   

1900  Antonio Veretti, composer on February - 20.   

1901  On this day in history first territorial legislature of Hawaii convenes   

1901  On February - 20 1st territorial legislature of Hawaii convenes   

1901  Ali Muhammad Naguib, Khartoum, president of Egypt (1952-54) on February - 20.   

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

1902  On February - 20 heavy surf breaks over Seal Rocks & damages Sutro Baths, SF   

1902  On February - 20 ansel Adams, photographer (1966 ASMP Award)   

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

1903  On February - 20 ella Maillart, explorer   

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

1904  Aleksei N Kosygin, Soviet premier (1964-80) on February - 20.   

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

1905  On this day in history jascha Golowanjuk, Swedish writer (Acrobat)   

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

1907  Malcolm Atterbury, Phila, actor (Jonas-Thicker than Water, Apples Way) on this day in history.   

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

1908  Grigori Yakovlevich Bakhchivangi, test pilot (BI-1) on February - 20.   

1909  On this day in history publication of the Futurist Manifesto in the French journal Le Figaro.   

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

1910  Boetros Ghali, Egyptian premier, murdered on February - 20.   

1911  Margot Grahame on this day in history.   

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

1912  Argentina beat the MCC in their inaugural cricket 1st-class fixture on February - 20.   

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  John Daly, S Africa, newscaster/TV game show host (What's My Line) on February - 20.   

1915  Panama-Pacific International Exposition opens in San Francisco on this day in history.   

1915  On February - 20 panama-Pacific International Exposition opens in SF   

1915  Philip Friend, Horsham England, actor (Vulture, Fur Collar) on this day in history.   

1916  Jackie Gleason, Bkln NY, comedian (Ralph Kramden-Honeymooners) on February - 20.   

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

1917  On this day in history ammunitions ship explodes in Archangelsk harbor, about 1,500 die   

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

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1494  Johan Friis, chancellor (Denmark, helped formed Lutheranism) was born on February - 20.   

1507  Gentile Bellini, Italian artist (Sultan Mohammed II) was born on this day in history.   

1523  On February - 20 birth of jan Blahoslav, Czech humanist/bishop (Bohemian brothers)   

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

1633  On this day in history birth of jan de Baen, portrait painter/etcher   

1656  Johannes Schenck, German/Neth composer, baptised was born on February - 20.   

1734  Franz Ignaz Beck, composer was born on February - 20.   

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

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

1154  On February - 20 death of saint Wulfric of Haselbury Plucknett   

1171  Death of Conan IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1138) on February - 20.   

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

1258  Death of Al-Musta'sim, last Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad on this day in history.   

1408  Death of Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English statesman (b. 1342) on February - 20.   

1431  Martinus V, [Oddo Colonna], Italian Pope, dies on February - 20.   

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