Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In February - 20

1851  On February - 20 josef Alois Ladurner, composer, dies at 81   

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

1860  On this day in history henry Drummond, English banker/religious leader, dies at 69   

1871  Death of Paul Kane, Irish-born painter (b. 1810) on this day in history.   

1892  On this day in history hermann Kopp, German chemist (Law of Kopp), dies at 74   

1893  On February - 20 death of p.G.T. Beauregard, American Confederate general (b. 1818)   

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

1904  Gustav Adolf Heinze, composer, dies at 83 on February - 20.   

1905  Death of Jeremiah W. Farnham, American merchant captain on February - 20.   

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

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

1911  On February - 20 alexander Alexandrovich Kopilov, composer, dies at 56   

1916  On this day in history klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish politician (Nobel 1908), dies at 71   

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

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

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

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

1942  On this day in history guido Gasperini, composer, dies at 76   

1946  Hugh Allen, musician, dies on this day in history.   

1951  On this day in history howard Brockway, composer, dies at 80   

1958  On this day in history thurston Hall, actor (Mr Schuyler-Topper), dies at 75   

1959  On this day in history ray McDonald, dancer, dies of barbituate overdose at 38   

1960  On this day in history leonard Woolley, archaeologist, dies   

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  Death of Ferenc Fricsay, Hungarian conductor (b. 1914) on this day in history.   

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

1965  On February - 20 death of fred Immler, German actor (b. 1880)   

1966  On this day in history chester W Nimitz, US admiral (WW II), dies at 80   

1968  Anthony Asquith, dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history herbert Menges, composer, dies at 69   

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

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1494  Johan Friis, chancellor (Denmark, helped formed Lutheranism) was born on this day in history.   

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

1523  On this day in history birth of jan Blahoslav, Czech humanist/bishop (Bohemian brothers)   

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

1633  Jan de Baen, portrait painter/etcher was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.