Famous Deaths In February - 20

1851  Josef Alois Ladurner, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1855  Joseph Hume, social reformer, dies on this day in history.   

1860  Henry Drummond, English banker/religious leader, dies at 69 on February - 20.   

1871  Death of Paul Kane, Irish-born painter (b. 1810) on February - 20.   

1892  Hermann Kopp, German chemist (Law of Kopp), dies at 74 on February - 20.   

1893  Death of P.G.T. Beauregard, American Confederate general (b. 1818) on this day in history.   

1895  Frederick Douglass, escaped slave, anti-slavery leader, dies at 77 on February - 20.   

1904  On this day in history gustav Adolf Heinze, composer, dies at 83   

1905  On this day in history death of jeremiah W. Farnham, American merchant captain   

1907  On this day in history [Ferdinand-Frederic-]Henri Moissan, chemist (Nobel 1906), dies at 54   

1910  On February - 20 death of boetros Ghali, Egyptian premier, murdered   

1911  Alexander Alexandrovich Kopilov, composer, dies at 56 on February - 20.   

1916  On February - 20 klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish politician (Nobel 1908), dies at 71   

1920  On February - 20 robert E Peary, US pole explorer (North Pole, 6/4/1909), dies at 63   

1936  On February - 20 john Hope, president of Atlanta University, dies at 67   

1937  "Barlow" Carkeek, Aust cricket wicketkeeper (1912 series), dies on this day in history.   

1941  Death of La Bolduc, French Canadian singer and songwriter (b. 1894) on this day in history.   

1942  Guido Gasperini, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1946  Hugh Allen, musician, dies on February - 20.   

1951  Howard Brockway, composer, dies at 80 on February - 20.   

1958  On February - 20 thurston Hall, actor (Mr Schuyler-Topper), dies at 75   

1959  Ray McDonald, dancer, dies of barbituate overdose at 38 on February - 20.   

1960  Leonard Woolley, archaeologist, dies on this day in history.   

1961  On February - 20 otto E Huiswoud, [Frank Billings], editor (Negro Worker), dies at 67   

1962  On this day in history halliwell Hobbes, dies at 64   

1963  On February - 20 death of ferenc Fricsay, Hungarian conductor (b. 1914)   

1964  R T Stanyforth, English cricket wicketkeeper (S Africa 1927-28), dies on February - 20.   

1965  Death of Fred Immler, German actor (b. 1880) on this day in history.   

1966  On February - 20 chester W Nimitz, US admiral (WW II), dies at 80   

1968  Anthony Asquith, dies on February - 20.   

1969  On February - 20 ernest Ansermet, Swiss conductor/composer, dies at 85   

1970  On this day in history albert Louis Wolff, composer, dies at 86   

1972  On February - 20 herbert Menges, composer, dies at 69   

1973  On this day in history brigitte Reimann, writer, dies at 39   

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1494  On February - 20 birth of johan Friis, chancellor (Denmark, helped formed Lutheranism)   

1507  Gentile Bellini, Italian artist (Sultan Mohammed II) was born on this day in history.   

1523  Jan Blahoslav, Czech humanist/bishop (Bohemian brothers) was born on February - 20.   

1632  On this day in history birth of thomas Osborne, Duke of Leeds, English PM (1690-94)/founder (Tories)   

1633  On February - 20 birth of jan de Baen, portrait painter/etcher   

1656  Johannes Schenck, German/Neth composer, baptised was born on this day in history.   

1734  Franz Ignaz Beck, composer was born on this day in history.   

1745  Johann Peter Salomon, composer was born on February - 20.