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 this day in history birth of edward Henry Harriman, American railroad executive (d. 1909)   

1850  On this day in history birth of nérée Beauchemin, Canadian physician and poet (d. 1931)   

1852  On this day in history birth of nikolai Garin [Michailovski], Russian author (Tjoma Kartashov)   

1854  On February - 20 birth of louis F M van Westerhoven, actor/singer/opera director (Youth)   

1861  On February - 20 birth of nicolaas van Meeteren, Curacao, folklorist   

1866  On February - 20 birth of carl Westman, Swedish architect and designer (d. 1936)   

1867  Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife (d. 1931) was born on this day in history.   

1870  Pieter Cornelis Boutens, Holland, mystic poet/scholar (Verzen) was born on February - 20.   

1874  Mary Garden, Aberdeen Scotland, opera star was born on this day in history.   

1876  Fyodor Akimenko, composer was born on February - 20.   

1880  Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French aristocrat and novelist (d. 1923) was born on February - 20.   

1881  On February - 20 birth of pedro Munoz Seca, Spanish playwright (Vengeanza de Don Mendo)   

1883  On this day in history birth of shiga Naoya, Japan, novelist (Road Through Dark Night)   

1886  On February - 20 birth of bela Kun, Czehul Romania, head of Hungarian Soviet Republic (1919)   

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

1887  Hesketh Pearson, England, biographer/playwright (Writ for Libel) was born on February - 20.   

1888  On February - 20 birth of georges Bernanos, France, novelist (Diary of a Country Priest)   

1888  On February - 20 birth of marie Rambert, Warsaw, English ballet producer/director/teacher   

1889  On February - 20 birth of levko Mykolayevich Revutsky, composer   

1893  Russel Crouse, journalist/novelist/playwright (Life with Father) was born on this day in history.   

1893  Elizabeth Holloway Marston, American psychologist (d. 1993) was born on February - 20.   

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

1896  On this day in history birth of henri de Lubac sj, French theologist/anti-fascist   

1897  Ivan Albright, Illinois, painter (Door, Window) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1899  On February - 20 birth of leon Woizikowski, Polish dancer/ballet master (Ballets Russes)   

1900  On this day in history birth of antonio Veretti, composer   

1900  On February - 20 birth of graham Spry, St Thomas Ontario, Canadian radio pioneer   

1900  On February - 20 birth of jean Negulesco   

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

1901  On February - 20 birth of cecil H King, Irish/British daily newspaper publisher (Daily Mirror)   

1901  On February - 20 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 February - 20 death of saint Wulfric of Haselbury Plucknett   

1171  Death of Conan IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1138) on February - 20.   

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

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