Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In February - 20

1844  Joshua Slocum, Canadian seaman and adventurer (d. 1909) was born on this day in history.   

1848  On February - 20 birth of edward Henry Harriman, American railroad executive (d. 1909)   

1850  Nérée Beauchemin, Canadian physician and poet (d. 1931) was born on February - 20.   

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

1854  Louis F M van Westerhoven, actor/singer/opera director (Youth) was born on February - 20.   

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  On this day in history birth of pieter Cornelis Boutens, Holland, mystic poet/scholar (Verzen)   

1874  On this day in history birth of mary Garden, Aberdeen Scotland, opera star   

1876  On this day in history birth of fyodor Akimenko, composer   

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

1881  On this day in history birth of pedro Munoz Seca, Spanish playwright (Vengeanza de Don Mendo)   

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

1886  Bela Kun, Czehul Romania, head of Hungarian Soviet Republic (1919) was born on this day in history.   

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

1887  On February - 20 birth of hesketh Pearson, England, biographer/playwright (Writ for Libel)   

1888  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of levko Mykolayevich Revutsky, composer   

1893  Russel Crouse, journalist/novelist/playwright (Life with Father) was born on February - 20.   

1893  On February - 20 birth of elizabeth Holloway Marston, American psychologist (d. 1993)   

1895  On February - 20 birth of freida Geiken, autobiographer (National Historic Taping)   

1896  Henri de Lubac sj, French theologist/anti-fascist was born on this day in history.   

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

1898  Enzo Ferrari, Italy, sportscar manufacturer (Ferrari) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1900  On this day in history birth of graham Spry, St Thomas Ontario, Canadian radio pioneer   

1900  On February - 20 birth of jean Negulesco   

1901  Ali Muhammad Naguib, Khartoum, president of Egypt (1952-54) was born on February - 20.   

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  Yaroslav I, the Wise, ruler (Kiev), dies on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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