Famous Deaths In February - 20

1851  On this day in history josef Alois Ladurner, composer, dies at 81   

1855  Joseph Hume, social reformer, dies on this day in history.   

1860  Henry Drummond, English banker/religious leader, dies at 69 on February - 20.   

1871  Death of Paul Kane, Irish-born painter (b. 1810) on this day in history.   

1892  Hermann Kopp, German chemist (Law of Kopp), dies at 74 on February - 20.   

1893  Death of P.G.T. Beauregard, American Confederate general (b. 1818) on this day in history.   

1895  Frederick Douglass, escaped slave, anti-slavery leader, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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

1905  Death of Jeremiah W. Farnham, American merchant captain on February - 20.   

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

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

1911  On February - 20 alexander Alexandrovich Kopilov, composer, dies at 56   

1916  On February - 20 klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish politician (Nobel 1908), dies at 71   

1920  On February - 20 robert E Peary, US pole explorer (North Pole, 6/4/1909), dies at 63   

1936  On February - 20 john Hope, president of Atlanta University, dies at 67   

1937  "Barlow" Carkeek, Aust cricket wicketkeeper (1912 series), dies on February - 20.   

1941  On this day in history death of la Bolduc, French Canadian singer and songwriter (b. 1894)   

1942  On February - 20 guido Gasperini, composer, dies at 76   

1946  Hugh Allen, musician, dies on this day in history.   

1951  Howard Brockway, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1958  Thurston Hall, actor (Mr Schuyler-Topper), dies at 75 on February - 20.   

1959  Ray McDonald, dancer, dies of barbituate overdose at 38 on this day in history.   

1960  Leonard Woolley, archaeologist, dies on February - 20.   

1961  On this day in history otto E Huiswoud, [Frank Billings], editor (Negro Worker), dies at 67   

1962  On this day in history halliwell Hobbes, dies at 64   

1963  Death of Ferenc Fricsay, Hungarian conductor (b. 1914) on February - 20.   

1964  R T Stanyforth, English cricket wicketkeeper (S Africa 1927-28), dies on February - 20.   

1965  Death of Fred Immler, German actor (b. 1880) on this day in history.   

1966  Chester W Nimitz, US admiral (WW II), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1968  On this day in history anthony Asquith, dies   

1969  Ernest Ansermet, Swiss conductor/composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1970  On this day in history albert Louis Wolff, composer, dies at 86   

1972  On February - 20 herbert Menges, composer, dies at 69   

1973  Brigitte Reimann, writer, dies at 39 on February - 20.   

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1494  On February - 20 birth of johan Friis, chancellor (Denmark, helped formed Lutheranism)   

1507  On this day in history birth of gentile Bellini, Italian artist (Sultan Mohammed II)   

1523  On February - 20 birth of jan Blahoslav, Czech humanist/bishop (Bohemian brothers)   

1632  Thomas Osborne, Duke of Leeds, English PM (1690-94)/founder (Tories) was born on February - 20.   

1633  On February - 20 birth of jan de Baen, portrait painter/etcher   

1656  On this day in history birth of johannes Schenck, German/Neth composer, baptised   

1734  Franz Ignaz Beck, composer was born on this day in history.   

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