Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In February - 20

1844  On February - 20 birth of joshua Slocum, Canadian seaman and adventurer (d. 1909)   

1848  On February - 20 birth of edward Henry Harriman, American railroad executive (d. 1909)   

1850  Nérée Beauchemin, Canadian physician and poet (d. 1931) was born on this day in history.   

1852  Nikolai Garin [Michailovski], Russian author (Tjoma Kartashov) was born on this day in history.   

1854  On February - 20 birth of louis F M van Westerhoven, actor/singer/opera director (Youth)   

1861  Nicolaas van Meeteren, Curacao, folklorist was born on February - 20.   

1866  On this day in history birth of carl Westman, Swedish architect and designer (d. 1936)   

1867  On this day in history birth of louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife (d. 1931)   

1870  On this day in history birth of pieter Cornelis Boutens, Holland, mystic poet/scholar (Verzen)   

1874  Mary Garden, Aberdeen Scotland, opera star was born on this day in history.   

1876  Fyodor Akimenko, composer was born on February - 20.   

1880  On this day in history birth of jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French aristocrat and novelist (d. 1923)   

1881  Pedro Munoz Seca, Spanish playwright (Vengeanza de Don Mendo) was born on this day in history.   

1883  Shiga Naoya, Japan, novelist (Road Through Dark Night) was born on this day in history.   

1886  Bela Kun, Czehul Romania, head of Hungarian Soviet Republic (1919) was born on this day in history.   

1887  On February - 20 birth of david McKinley Williams, composer   

1887  Hesketh Pearson, England, biographer/playwright (Writ for Libel) was born on this day in history.   

1888  Georges Bernanos, France, novelist (Diary of a Country Priest) was born on February - 20.   

1888  Marie Rambert, Warsaw, English ballet producer/director/teacher was born on February - 20.   

1889  On February - 20 birth of levko Mykolayevich Revutsky, composer   

1893  On this day in history birth of russel Crouse, journalist/novelist/playwright (Life with Father)   

1893  On February - 20 birth of elizabeth Holloway Marston, American psychologist (d. 1993)   

1895  Freida Geiken, autobiographer (National Historic Taping) was born on February - 20.   

1896  On February - 20 birth of henri de Lubac sj, French theologist/anti-fascist   

1897  On February - 20 birth of ivan Albright, Illinois, painter (Door, Window)   

1898  Enzo Ferrari, Italy, sportscar manufacturer (Ferrari) was born on this day in history.   

1899  On February - 20 birth of cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, LI NY, founder (Pan Am Airways)   

1899  Leon Woizikowski, Polish dancer/ballet master (Ballets Russes) was born on February - 20.   

1900  Antonio Veretti, composer was born on this day in history.   

1900  On February - 20 birth of graham Spry, St Thomas Ontario, Canadian radio pioneer   

1900  On February - 20 birth of jean Negulesco   

1901  Ali Muhammad Naguib, Khartoum, president of Egypt (1952-54) was born on this day in history.   

1901  Cecil H King, Irish/British daily newspaper publisher (Daily Mirror) was born on this day in history.   

1901  Henry Eyring, Mexican/US chemist was born on February - 20.   

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0702  Death of K'inich Kan B'alam II, king of the Maya state of Palenque (b. 635) on this day in history.   

1054  Yaroslav I, the Wise, ruler (Kiev), dies on February - 20.   

1154  On this day in history death of saint Wulfric of Haselbury Plucknett   

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

1194  Tancredo of Lecce, King of Sicily, dies on February - 20.   

1258  On February - 20 death of al-Musta'sim, last Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad   

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 this day in history.