Page 2: Famous Personalities Born 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  Nérée Beauchemin, Canadian physician and poet (d. 1931) was born on February - 20.   

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

1867  On February - 20 birth of louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife (d. 1931)   

1870  Pieter Cornelis Boutens, Holland, mystic poet/scholar (Verzen) was born on this day in history.   

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 February - 20.   

1881  Pedro Munoz Seca, Spanish playwright (Vengeanza de Don Mendo) was born on February - 20.   

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

1886  On this day in history birth of bela Kun, Czehul Romania, head of Hungarian Soviet Republic (1919)   

1887  On this day in history birth of david McKinley Williams, composer   

1887  On this day in history birth of hesketh Pearson, England, biographer/playwright (Writ for Libel)   

1888  On this day in history birth of georges Bernanos, France, novelist (Diary of a Country Priest)   

1888  On this day in history birth of marie Rambert, Warsaw, English ballet producer/director/teacher   

1889  Levko Mykolayevich Revutsky, composer was born on this day in history.   

1893  Russel Crouse, journalist/novelist/playwright (Life with Father) was born on February - 20.   

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  Henri de Lubac sj, French theologist/anti-fascist was born on this day in history.   

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

1898  Enzo Ferrari, Italy, sportscar manufacturer (Ferrari) was born on February - 20.   

1899  Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, LI NY, founder (Pan Am Airways) was born on this day in history.   

1899  On February - 20 birth of leon Woizikowski, Polish dancer/ballet master (Ballets Russes)   

1900  On this day in history birth of antonio Veretti, composer   

1900  Graham Spry, St Thomas Ontario, Canadian radio pioneer was born on February - 20.   

1900  Jean Negulesco was born on February - 20.   

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

1901  On this day in history birth of cecil H King, Irish/British daily newspaper publisher (Daily Mirror)   

1901  On February - 20 birth of henry Eyring, Mexican/US chemist   

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0702  Death of K'inich Kan B'alam II, king of the Maya state of Palenque (b. 635) on February - 20.   

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

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

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 February - 20.