473 Historic Events for February 20
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| 1901 |
Birth |
Ren‚ Jules Dubos, France, US microbiologist/author (Health and Disease)
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| 1902 |
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Heavy surf breaks over Seal Rocks and damages Sutro Baths, SF
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| 1902 |
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Ansel Adams, photographer (1966 ASMP Award)
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| 1903 |
Birth |
Ella Maillart, explorer
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| 1903 |
Birth |
Pierre Charles, Belgian heavyweight boxer
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| 1903 |
Birth |
Karel Janacek, composer
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| 1903 |
Event |
Nick Young remains as NL president as AG Spalding ends challenge
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| 1904 |
Birth |
Bramwell Fletcher, Yorkshire England, actor (White Cargo, Mummy)
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| 1904 |
Birth |
Aleksei N Kosygin, Soviet premier (1964-80)
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| 1904 |
Death |
Gustav Adolf Heinze, composer, dies at 83
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| 1904 |
Birth |
Armin Loos, composer
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| 1905 |
Birth |
Jascha Golowanjuk, Swedish writer (Acrobat)
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| 1907 |
Death |
[Ferdinand-Frederic-]Henri Moissan, chemist (Nobel 1906), dies at 54
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| 1907 |
Birth |
Owain Jenkins, company director
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| 1907 |
Birth |
Nadine Conner, Calif, soprano (Carmen, Pamina-Magic Flute)
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| 1907 |
Birth |
Malcolm Atterbury, Phila, actor (Jonas-Thicker than Water, Apples Way)
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| 1908 |
Birth |
Grigori Yakovlevich Bakhchivangi, test pilot (BI-1)
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| 1908 |
Birth |
Rosalind Laura Burke, aviatrix
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| 1910 |
Birth |
Millicent Fenwick, (Rep-R-NJ 1975-82)
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| 1910 |
Death |
Boetros Ghali, Egyptian premier, murdered
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| 1910 |
Birth |
Julian Trevelyan, English Surrealist painter/collage maker
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| 1911 |
Birth |
Margot Grahame
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| 1911 |
Birth |
Robert Guyn McBride, Tucson Arizona, composer (Mexican Rhapsody)
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| 1911 |
Death |
Alexander Alexandrovich Kopilov, composer, dies at 56
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| 1911 |
Death |
Peter Nicolai von Wilm, composer, dies at 76
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