Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In February - 20

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

1848  On this day in history birth of edward Henry Harriman, American railroad executive (d. 1909)   

1850  On this day in history birth of nérée Beauchemin, Canadian physician and poet (d. 1931)   

1852  On February - 20 birth of nikolai Garin [Michailovski], Russian author (Tjoma Kartashov)   

1854  Louis F M van Westerhoven, actor/singer/opera director (Youth) was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of fyodor Akimenko, composer   

1880  On February - 20 birth of jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French aristocrat and novelist (d. 1923)   

1881  On February - 20 birth of pedro Munoz Seca, Spanish playwright (Vengeanza de Don Mendo)   

1883  Shiga Naoya, Japan, novelist (Road Through Dark Night) was born on February - 20.   

1886  On February - 20 birth of bela Kun, Czehul Romania, head of Hungarian Soviet Republic (1919)   

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

1887  Hesketh Pearson, England, biographer/playwright (Writ for Libel) was born on February - 20.   

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 this day in history birth of levko Mykolayevich Revutsky, composer   

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

1893  Elizabeth Holloway Marston, American psychologist (d. 1993) was born on this day in history.   

1895  On February - 20 birth of freida Geiken, autobiographer (National Historic Taping)   

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

1899  On this day in history birth of leon Woizikowski, Polish dancer/ballet master (Ballets Russes)   

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

1900  Graham Spry, St Thomas Ontario, Canadian radio pioneer was born on this day in history.   

1900  On February - 20 birth of jean Negulesco   

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

1901  Cecil H King, Irish/British daily newspaper publisher (Daily Mirror) was born on February - 20.   

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

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0702  On February - 20 death of k'inich Kan B'alam II, king of the Maya state of Palenque (b. 635)   

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

1154  Death of Saint Wulfric of Haselbury Plucknett on February - 20.   

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 this day in history.   

1431  On February - 20 martinus V, [Oddo Colonna], Italian Pope, dies