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 this day in history.   

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 February - 20.   

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  On this day in history birth of carl Westman, Swedish architect and designer (d. 1936)   

1867  Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife (d. 1931) was born on February - 20.   

1870  Pieter Cornelis Boutens, Holland, mystic poet/scholar (Verzen) was born on this day in history.   

1874  On February - 20 birth of mary Garden, Aberdeen Scotland, opera star   

1876  On February - 20 birth of fyodor Akimenko, composer   

1880  On this day in history birth of jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French aristocrat and novelist (d. 1923)   

1881  Pedro Munoz Seca, Spanish playwright (Vengeanza de Don Mendo) was born on this day in history.   

1883  Shiga Naoya, Japan, novelist (Road Through Dark Night) was born on this day in history.   

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

1887  On February - 20 birth of david McKinley Williams, composer   

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

1888  Georges Bernanos, France, novelist (Diary of a Country Priest) was born on this day in history.   

1888  On this day in history birth of marie Rambert, Warsaw, English ballet producer/director/teacher   

1889  Levko Mykolayevich Revutsky, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1895  Freida Geiken, autobiographer (National Historic Taping) was born on February - 20.   

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  Enzo Ferrari, Italy, sportscar manufacturer (Ferrari) was born on February - 20.   

1899  On this day in history birth of cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, LI NY, founder (Pan Am Airways)   

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  Jean Negulesco was born on February - 20.   

1901  On February - 20 birth of ali Muhammad Naguib, Khartoum, president of Egypt (1952-54)   

1901  Cecil H King, Irish/British daily newspaper publisher (Daily Mirror) was born on February - 20.   

1901  On this day in history birth of henry Eyring, Mexican/US chemist   

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0702  Death of K'inich Kan B'alam II, king of the Maya state of Palenque (b. 635) on February - 20.   

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

1154  On this day in history death of saint Wulfric of Haselbury Plucknett   

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

1194  Tancredo of Lecce, King of Sicily, dies on February - 20.   

1258  Death of Al-Musta'sim, last Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad on this day in history.   

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

1431  On February - 20 martinus V, [Oddo Colonna], Italian Pope, dies