Historical Events In February - 20

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

1900  On this day in history antonio Veretti, composer   

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

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  Heavy surf breaks over Seal Rocks &damages Sutro Baths, San Francisco on this day in history.   

1902  Heavy surf breaks over Seal Rocks & damages Sutro Baths, SF on this day in history.   

1902  Ansel Adams, photographer (1966 ASMP Award) on this day in history.   

1903  On February - 20 nick Young remains as NL president as AG Spalding ends challenge   

1903  Ella Maillart, explorer on this day in history.   

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

1904  On this day in history aleksei N Kosygin, Soviet premier (1964-80)   

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

1905  Jascha Golowanjuk, Swedish writer (Acrobat) on this day in history.   

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

1907  Malcolm Atterbury, Phila, actor (Jonas-Thicker than Water, Apples Way) on this day in history.   

1907  [Ferdinand-Frederic-]Henri Moissan, chemist (Nobel 1906), dies at 54 on February - 20.   

1908  On February - 20 grigori Yakovlevich Bakhchivangi, test pilot (BI-1)   

1909  On February - 20 publication of the Futurist Manifesto in the French journal Le Figaro.   

1910  Julian Trevelyan, English Surrealist painter/collage maker on this day in history.   

1910  Boetros Ghali, Egyptian premier, murdered on February - 20.   

1911  Margot Grahame on this day in history.   

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

1912  On February - 20 argentina beat the MCC in their inaugural cricket 1st-class fixture   

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

1913  On February - 20 jozef Kresanek, composer   

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

1915  Panama-Pacific International Exposition opens in San Francisco on February - 20.   

1915  On February - 20 panama-Pacific International Exposition opens in SF   

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

1916  Jackie Gleason, Bkln NY, comedian (Ralph Kramden-Honeymooners) on February - 20.   

1916  Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish politician (Nobel 1908), dies at 71 on February - 20.   

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 February - 20.   

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

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 February - 20.   

1656  Johannes Schenck, German/Neth composer, baptised was born on this day in history.   

1734  On February - 20 birth of franz Ignaz Beck, composer   

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

1054  On this day in history yaroslav I, the Wise, ruler (Kiev), dies   

1154  Death of Saint Wulfric of Haselbury Plucknett on February - 20.   

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 February - 20 death of al-Musta'sim, last Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad   

1408  On February - 20 death of henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English statesman (b. 1342)   

1431  Martinus V, [Oddo Colonna], Italian Pope, dies on February - 20.   

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