Historical Events In February - 20

1899  On February - 20 cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, LI NY, founder (Pan Am Airways)   

1900  Antonio Veretti, composer on this day in history.   

1901  First territorial legislature of Hawaii convenes on February - 20.   

1901  1st territorial legislature of Hawaii convenes on this day in history.   

1901  On this day in history ali Muhammad Naguib, Khartoum, president of Egypt (1952-54)   

1902  On February - 20 heavy surf breaks over Seal Rocks &damages Sutro Baths, San Francisco   

1902  On February - 20 heavy surf breaks over Seal Rocks & damages Sutro Baths, SF   

1902  On this day in history ansel Adams, photographer (1966 ASMP Award)   

1903  Nick Young remains as NL president as AG Spalding ends challenge on February - 20.   

1903  On this day in history ella Maillart, explorer   

1904  On February - 20 the birth of Alexei Kosygin, Former Prime Minister of the USSR   

1904  On February - 20 aleksei N Kosygin, Soviet premier (1964-80)   

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

1905  On this day in history jascha Golowanjuk, Swedish writer (Acrobat)   

1905  On February - 20 jeremiah W. Farnham, American merchant captain   

1907  On this day in history malcolm Atterbury, Phila, actor (Jonas-Thicker than Water, Apples Way)   

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

1908  Grigori Yakovlevich Bakhchivangi, test pilot (BI-1) on this day in history.   

1909  On this day in history publication of the Futurist Manifesto in the French journal Le Figaro.   

1910  Julian Trevelyan, English Surrealist painter/collage maker on February - 20.   

1910  Boetros Ghali, Egyptian premier, murdered on this day in history.   

1911  On this day in history margot Grahame   

1911  Alexander Alexandrovich Kopilov, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1912  Argentina beat the MCC in their inaugural cricket 1st-class fixture on this day in history.   

1913  On February - 20 king O'Malley drives in the first survey peg to mark commencement of work on the construction of Canberra.   

1913  Jozef Kresanek, composer on this day in history.   

1914  John Daly, S Africa, newscaster/TV game show host (What's My Line) on this day in history.   

1915  On February - 20 panama-Pacific International Exposition opens in San Francisco   

1915  On this day in history panama-Pacific International Exposition opens in SF   

1915  Philip Friend, Horsham England, actor (Vulture, Fur Collar) on February - 20.   

1916  On February - 20 jackie Gleason, Bkln NY, comedian (Ralph Kramden-Honeymooners)   

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

1917  Ammunitions ship explodes in Archangelsk harbor, about 1,500 die on this day in history.   

1917  Frederick Page, CEO (British Aerospace Aircraft Group) on February - 20.   

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

1632  Thomas Osborne, Duke of Leeds, English PM (1690-94)/founder (Tories) was born on this day in history.   

1633  On this day in history 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 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 February - 20 death of conan IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1138)   

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

1258  On this day in history death of al-Musta'sim, last Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad   

1408  On this day in history death of henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English statesman (b. 1342)   

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

1524  Death of Tecún Umán, last leader of the Quiché-Maya on this day in history.