Famous Birthdays In February - 20

1844  Joshua Slocum, Canadian seaman and adventurer (d. 1909) was born on this day in history.   

1848  Edward Henry Harriman, American railroad executive (d. 1909) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1854  On this day in history birth of louis F M van Westerhoven, actor/singer/opera director (Youth)   

1861  Nicolaas van Meeteren, Curacao, folklorist was born on this day in history.   

1866  On February - 20 birth of carl Westman, Swedish architect and designer (d. 1936)   

1867  Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife (d. 1931) was born on February - 20.   

1870  On February - 20 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 this day in history.   

1880  Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French aristocrat and novelist (d. 1923) was born on this day in history.   

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

1887  David McKinley Williams, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1888  On February - 20 birth of georges Bernanos, France, novelist (Diary of a Country Priest)   

1888  On February - 20 birth of marie Rambert, Warsaw, English ballet producer/director/teacher   

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  Elizabeth Holloway Marston, American psychologist (d. 1993) was born on February - 20.   

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

1896  On this day in history 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  Graham Spry, St Thomas Ontario, Canadian radio pioneer was born on February - 20.   

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 this day in history.   

1901  On this day in history birth of henry Eyring, Mexican/US chemist   

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0702  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1408  On this day in history death of henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English statesman (b. 1342)   

1431  Martinus V, [Oddo Colonna], Italian Pope, dies on this day in history.