Famous Birthdays In February - 20

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

1848  Edward Henry Harriman, American railroad executive (d. 1909) was born on February - 20.   

1850  Nérée Beauchemin, Canadian physician and poet (d. 1931) was born on this day in history.   

1852  Nikolai Garin [Michailovski], Russian author (Tjoma Kartashov) was born on this day in history.   

1854  On February - 20 birth of louis F M van Westerhoven, actor/singer/opera director (Youth)   

1861  On this day in history birth of nicolaas van Meeteren, Curacao, folklorist   

1866  Carl Westman, Swedish architect and designer (d. 1936) was born on February - 20.   

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

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

1874  Mary Garden, Aberdeen Scotland, opera star was born on this day in history.   

1876  On February - 20 birth of fyodor Akimenko, composer   

1880  Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French aristocrat and novelist (d. 1923) was born on this day in history.   

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

1883  On this day in history birth of shiga Naoya, Japan, novelist (Road Through Dark Night)   

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

1887  David McKinley Williams, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1888  On February - 20 birth of georges Bernanos, France, novelist (Diary of a Country Priest)   

1888  Marie Rambert, Warsaw, English ballet producer/director/teacher was born on this day in history.   

1889  Levko Mykolayevich Revutsky, composer was born on February - 20.   

1893  On February - 20 birth of russel Crouse, journalist/novelist/playwright (Life with Father)   

1893  Elizabeth Holloway Marston, American psychologist (d. 1993) was born on February - 20.   

1895  Freida Geiken, autobiographer (National Historic Taping) was born on this day in history.   

1896  On February - 20 birth of henri de Lubac sj, French theologist/anti-fascist   

1897  On this day in history birth of ivan Albright, Illinois, painter (Door, Window)   

1898  On this day in history birth of enzo Ferrari, Italy, sportscar manufacturer (Ferrari)   

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

1899  Leon Woizikowski, Polish dancer/ballet master (Ballets Russes) was born on February - 20.   

1900  Antonio Veretti, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1900  On February - 20 birth of jean Negulesco   

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 this day in history.   

1054  Yaroslav I, the Wise, ruler (Kiev), dies on February - 20.   

1154  On February - 20 death of saint Wulfric of Haselbury Plucknett   

1171  On this day in history death of conan IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1138)   

1194  On this day in history tancredo of Lecce, King of Sicily, dies   

1258  Death of Al-Musta'sim, last Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad on February - 20.   

1408  Death of Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English statesman (b. 1342) on this day in history.   

1431  On this day in history martinus V, [Oddo Colonna], Italian Pope, dies