Famous Deaths In February - 20
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1851 Josef Alois Ladurner, composer, dies at 81 on February - 20.
1855 Joseph Hume, social reformer, dies on this day in history.
1860 On February - 20 henry Drummond, English banker/religious leader, dies at 69
1871 On February - 20 death of paul Kane, Irish-born painter (b. 1810)
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 On this day in history frederick Douglass, escaped slave, anti-slavery leader, dies at 77
1904 Gustav Adolf Heinze, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.
1905 On February - 20 death of jeremiah W. Farnham, American merchant captain
1907 [Ferdinand-Frederic-]Henri Moissan, chemist (Nobel 1906), dies at 54 on this day in history.
1910 Death of Boetros Ghali, Egyptian premier, murdered on this day in history.
1911 Alexander Alexandrovich Kopilov, composer, dies at 56 on February - 20.
1916 On this day in history klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish politician (Nobel 1908), dies at 71
1920 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
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 February - 20.
1942 On this day in history guido Gasperini, composer, dies at 76
1946 On this day in history hugh Allen, musician, dies
1951 On this day in history howard Brockway, composer, dies at 80
1958 On February - 20 thurston Hall, actor (Mr Schuyler-Topper), dies at 75
1959 On February - 20 ray McDonald, dancer, dies of barbituate overdose at 38
1960 Leonard Woolley, archaeologist, dies on February - 20.
1961 On this day in history otto E Huiswoud, [Frank Billings], editor (Negro Worker), dies at 67
1962 Halliwell Hobbes, dies at 64 on this day in history.
1963 Death of Ferenc Fricsay, Hungarian conductor (b. 1914) on this day in history.
1964 On February - 20 r T Stanyforth, English cricket wicketkeeper (S Africa 1927-28), dies
1965 On this day in history death of fred Immler, German actor (b. 1880)
1966 Chester W Nimitz, US admiral (WW II), dies at 80 on February - 20.
1968 Anthony Asquith, dies on this day in history.
1969 Ernest Ansermet, Swiss conductor/composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.
1970 On February - 20 albert Louis Wolff, composer, dies at 86
1972 Herbert Menges, composer, dies at 69 on February - 20.
1973 On this day in history brigitte Reimann, writer, dies at 39
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