Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In February - 20
Saturday, 18 January 2025
1851 Josef Alois Ladurner, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.
1855 On February - 20 joseph Hume, social reformer, dies
1860 Henry Drummond, English banker/religious leader, dies at 69 on this day in history.
1871 On February - 20 death of paul Kane, Irish-born painter (b. 1810)
1892 On February - 20 hermann Kopp, German chemist (Law of Kopp), dies at 74
1893 Death of P.G.T. Beauregard, American Confederate general (b. 1818) on February - 20.
1895 On this day in history frederick Douglass, escaped slave, anti-slavery leader, dies at 77
1904 Gustav Adolf Heinze, composer, dies at 83 on February - 20.
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 On February - 20 death of boetros Ghali, Egyptian premier, murdered
1911 Alexander Alexandrovich Kopilov, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.
1916 On February - 20 klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish politician (Nobel 1908), dies at 71
1920 On this day in history 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 On February - 20 "Barlow" Carkeek, Aust cricket wicketkeeper (1912 series), dies
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 February - 20.
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 February - 20.
1960 Leonard Woolley, archaeologist, dies on this day in history.
1961 On this day in history otto E Huiswoud, [Frank Billings], editor (Negro Worker), dies at 67
1962 Halliwell Hobbes, dies at 64 on February - 20.
1963 On this day in history death of ferenc Fricsay, Hungarian conductor (b. 1914)
1964 R T Stanyforth, English cricket wicketkeeper (S Africa 1927-28), dies on this day in history.
1965 On this day in history death of fred Immler, German actor (b. 1880)
1966 On February - 20 chester W Nimitz, US admiral (WW II), dies at 80
1968 Anthony Asquith, dies on February - 20.
1969 On February - 20 ernest Ansermet, Swiss conductor/composer, dies at 85
1970 Albert Louis Wolff, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.
1972 On February - 20 herbert Menges, composer, dies at 69
1973 Brigitte Reimann, writer, dies at 39 on February - 20.
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