Historical Events In February - 20

1899  On this day in history cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, LI NY, founder (Pan Am Airways)   

1900  On February - 20 antonio Veretti, composer   

1901  On February - 20 first territorial legislature of Hawaii convenes   

1901  On February - 20 1st territorial legislature of Hawaii convenes   

1901  Ali Muhammad Naguib, Khartoum, president of Egypt (1952-54) on this day in history.   

1902  Heavy surf breaks over Seal Rocks &damages Sutro Baths, San Francisco on February - 20.   

1902  Heavy surf breaks over Seal Rocks & damages Sutro Baths, SF on this day in history.   

1902  On this day in history ansel Adams, photographer (1966 ASMP Award)   

1903  Nick Young remains as NL president as AG Spalding ends challenge on February - 20.   

1903  Ella Maillart, explorer on February - 20.   

1904  On February - 20 the birth of Alexei Kosygin, Former Prime Minister of the USSR   

1904  Aleksei N Kosygin, Soviet premier (1964-80) on this day in history.   

1904  Gustav Adolf Heinze, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1905  Jascha Golowanjuk, Swedish writer (Acrobat) on this day in history.   

1905  On February - 20 jeremiah W. Farnham, American merchant captain   

1907  Malcolm Atterbury, Phila, actor (Jonas-Thicker than Water, Apples Way) on February - 20.   

1907  On February - 20 [Ferdinand-Frederic-]Henri Moissan, chemist (Nobel 1906), dies at 54   

1908  Grigori Yakovlevich Bakhchivangi, test pilot (BI-1) on February - 20.   

1909  Publication of the Futurist Manifesto in the French journal Le Figaro on this day in history.   

1910  Julian Trevelyan, English Surrealist painter/collage maker on this day in history.   

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

1911  On February - 20 margot Grahame   

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

1912  Argentina beat the MCC in their inaugural cricket 1st-class fixture on February - 20.   

1913  King O'Malley drives in the first survey peg to mark commencement of work on the construction of Canberra on this day in history.   

1913  On this day in history jozef Kresanek, composer   

1914  John Daly, S Africa, newscaster/TV game show host (What's My Line) on this day in history.   

1915  Panama-Pacific International Exposition opens in San Francisco on February - 20.   

1915  Panama-Pacific International Exposition opens in SF on this day in history.   

1915  On this day in history philip Friend, Horsham England, actor (Vulture, Fur Collar)   

1916  On February - 20 jackie Gleason, Bkln NY, comedian (Ralph Kramden-Honeymooners)   

1916  Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish politician (Nobel 1908), dies at 71 on February - 20.   

1917  Ammunitions ship explodes in Archangelsk harbor, about 1,500 die on this day in history.   

1917  Frederick Page, CEO (British Aerospace Aircraft Group) on this day in history.   

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

1507  Gentile Bellini, Italian artist (Sultan Mohammed II) was born on this day in history.   

1523  Jan Blahoslav, Czech humanist/bishop (Bohemian brothers) was born on this day in history.   

1632  Thomas Osborne, Duke of Leeds, English PM (1690-94)/founder (Tories) was born on this day in history.   

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

1656  Johannes Schenck, German/Neth composer, baptised was born on this day in history.   

1734  On this day in history birth of franz Ignaz Beck, composer   

1745  On February - 20 birth of johann Peter Salomon, composer   

1054  Yaroslav I, the Wise, ruler (Kiev), dies on February - 20.   

1154  On this day in history death of saint Wulfric of Haselbury Plucknett   

1171  Death of Conan IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1138) on this day in history.   

1194  Tancredo of Lecce, King of Sicily, dies on February - 20.   

1258  On February - 20 death of al-Musta'sim, last Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad   

1408  On February - 20 death of henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English statesman (b. 1342)   

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

1524  Death of Tecún Umán, last leader of the Quiché-Maya on February - 20.