Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In February - 20

1851  Josef Alois Ladurner, composer, dies at 81 on February - 20.   

1855  Joseph Hume, social reformer, dies on February - 20.   

1860  On February - 20 henry Drummond, English banker/religious leader, dies at 69   

1871  On this day in history death of paul Kane, Irish-born painter (b. 1810)   

1892  Hermann Kopp, German chemist (Law of Kopp), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1893  On this day in history death of p.G.T. Beauregard, American Confederate general (b. 1818)   

1895  Frederick Douglass, escaped slave, anti-slavery leader, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history death of boetros Ghali, Egyptian premier, murdered   

1911  On this day in history alexander Alexandrovich Kopilov, composer, dies at 56   

1916  On this day in history 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  John Hope, president of Atlanta University, dies at 67 on February - 20.   

1937  On February - 20 "Barlow" Carkeek, Aust cricket wicketkeeper (1912 series), dies   

1941  On this day in history death of la Bolduc, French Canadian singer and songwriter (b. 1894)   

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

1946  On February - 20 hugh Allen, musician, dies   

1951  On February - 20 howard Brockway, composer, dies at 80   

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

1959  Ray McDonald, dancer, dies of barbituate overdose at 38 on this day in history.   

1960  On February - 20 leonard Woolley, archaeologist, dies   

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

1962  Halliwell Hobbes, dies at 64 on February - 20.   

1963  Death of Ferenc Fricsay, Hungarian conductor (b. 1914) on February - 20.   

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  Chester W Nimitz, US admiral (WW II), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1968  Anthony Asquith, dies on this day in history.   

1969  On this day in history ernest Ansermet, Swiss conductor/composer, dies at 85   

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

1972  Herbert Menges, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1973  Brigitte Reimann, writer, dies at 39 on February - 20.   

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

1507  On February - 20 birth of gentile Bellini, Italian artist (Sultan Mohammed II)   

1523  Jan Blahoslav, Czech humanist/bishop (Bohemian brothers) was born on this day in history.   

1632  Thomas Osborne, Duke of Leeds, English PM (1690-94)/founder (Tories) was born on February - 20.   

1633  On this day in history birth of jan de Baen, portrait painter/etcher   

1656  On February - 20 birth of johannes Schenck, German/Neth composer, baptised   

1734  Franz Ignaz Beck, composer was born on February - 20.   

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