Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In February - 20

1844  Joshua Slocum, Canadian seaman and adventurer (d. 1909) was born on February - 20.   

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  On this day in history 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  Carl Westman, Swedish architect and designer (d. 1936) was born on this day in history.   

1867  Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife (d. 1931) was born on this day in history.   

1870  On February - 20 birth of pieter Cornelis Boutens, Holland, mystic poet/scholar (Verzen)   

1874  On this day in history birth of mary Garden, Aberdeen Scotland, opera star   

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

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  On this day in history birth of shiga Naoya, Japan, novelist (Road Through Dark Night)   

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

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

1893  Russel Crouse, journalist/novelist/playwright (Life with Father) was born on this day in history.   

1893  On this day in history 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  Ivan Albright, Illinois, painter (Door, Window) was born on February - 20.   

1898  On February - 20 birth of enzo Ferrari, Italy, sportscar manufacturer (Ferrari)   

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 February - 20.   

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

1900  Jean Negulesco was born on February - 20.   

1901  On February - 20 birth of ali Muhammad Naguib, Khartoum, president of Egypt (1952-54)   

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

1901  Henry Eyring, Mexican/US chemist was born on this day in history.   

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

1154  Death of Saint Wulfric of Haselbury Plucknett on this day in history.   

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  Death of Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English statesman (b. 1342) on this day in history.   

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