Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In February - 20

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 this day in history death of paul Kane, Irish-born painter (b. 1810)   

1892  On February - 20 hermann Kopp, German chemist (Law of Kopp), dies at 74   

1893  On this day in history death of p.G.T. Beauregard, American Confederate general (b. 1818)   

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

1904  On February - 20 gustav Adolf Heinze, composer, dies at 83   

1905  On this day in history death of jeremiah W. Farnham, American merchant captain   

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

1910  On this day in history death of boetros Ghali, Egyptian premier, murdered   

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 this day in history robert E Peary, US pole explorer (North Pole, 6/4/1909), dies at 63   

1936  On this day in history john Hope, president of Atlanta University, dies at 67   

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

1941  Death of La Bolduc, French Canadian singer and songwriter (b. 1894) on February - 20.   

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 February - 20.   

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  On February - 20 leonard Woolley, archaeologist, dies   

1961  On February - 20 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 this day in history.   

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

1966  On this day in history chester W Nimitz, US admiral (WW II), dies at 80   

1968  On this day in history anthony Asquith, dies   

1969  Ernest Ansermet, Swiss conductor/composer, dies at 85 on February - 20.   

1970  On February - 20 albert Louis Wolff, composer, dies at 86   

1972  On this day in history herbert Menges, composer, dies at 69   

1973  On this day in history brigitte Reimann, writer, dies at 39   

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1494  Johan Friis, chancellor (Denmark, helped formed Lutheranism) was born on February - 20.   

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 this day in history.   

1633  Jan de Baen, portrait painter/etcher was born on February - 20.   

1656  On February - 20 birth of johannes Schenck, German/Neth composer, baptised   

1734  On February - 20 birth of franz Ignaz Beck, composer   

1745  Johann Peter Salomon, composer was born on this day in history.