Subj : This Day In History
To : All
From : Robert Wolfe
Date : Sat Feb 20 2021 08:06 am
Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
Registered to Omicron Theta
By Scott Labrecque
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Births:
02/20/1494 Johan Friis, chancellor of Denmark; helped establish Lutheranism
02/20/1507 Gentile Bellini, Italian artist (Sultan Mohammed II)
02/20/1523 Jan Blahoslav, Czech humanist/bishop (Bohemian brothers)
02/20/1632 Thomas Osborne, Duke of Leeds, English chief minister/founded Tories
02/20/1656 John Schenck, German/Dutch composer, baptized
02/20/1656 John Schenck, German/Neth composer, baptised
02/20/1734 Franz Ignaz Beck, composer
02/20/1745 Johann Peter Salomon, composer
02/20/1752 Charles Broche, composer
02/20/1763 Adalbert Gyrowetz, composer
02/20/1790 Joseph II, Emperor of Holy Roman empire, dies
02/20/1791 Carl Czerny, Wien (Vienna), pianist (could he turn out �tudes!)
02/20/1796 Eduard W van Dam van Isselt, military/liberal politician
02/20/1802 Charles-Auguste de Beriot, Belgian violinist/composer
02/20/1803 Friedrich Theodor Frohlich, composer
02/20/1809 Albertus J Duymaer van Twist, gov-gen of Neth-Indies
02/20/1809 Henry Walton Wessells, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1889
02/20/1816 Josef Michal Ksawery Jan Poniatowski, composer
02/20/1820 Mahlon Dickerson Manson, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 18
02/20/1827 Edward Stuyvesant Bragg, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 19
02/20/1835 Allessandro d'Ancona, Italian philospher
02/20/1838 James Barbour Terrill, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
02/20/1844 Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann, Austria, physicist (statistical mechanics)
02/20/1844 Mih�ly von Munk�csy, [Michael von Lieb], Hungarian painter
02/20/1861 Nicolaas van Meeteren, Cura�ao, folk singer
02/20/1870 Pieter Cornelis Boutens, Holland, mystic poet/scholar (Verzen)
02/20/1876 Fyodor Akimenko, composer
02/20/1881 Pedro Mu�oz Seca, La vengeanza de Don Mendo
02/20/1883 Shiga Naoya, Japan, novelist (Road Through Dark Night)
02/20/1886 B�la Kun, head of Hungarian Soviet Republic (1919)
02/20/1887 David McKinley Williams, composer
02/20/1887 Hesketh Pearson, England, biographer/playwright (Writ for Libel)
02/20/1888 Dame Marie Rambert, Warsaw, English ballet producer/director/teacher
02/20/1888 Georges Bernanos, France, novelist (Diary of a Country Priest)
02/20/1888 Marie Rambert, [Cyvia M Ramberg], Polish/England, ballerina
02/20/1889 Levko Mykolayevich Revutsky, composer
02/20/1893 Russel Crouse, journalist/novelist/playwright (Life with Father)
02/20/1896 Henri de Lubac sj, French theologist/anti-fascist
02/20/1897 Ivan Albright, Illinois, painter (Door, Window)
02/20/1898 Enzo Ferrari, Italy, sportscar manufacturer (Ferrari)
02/20/1899 Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, LI NY, founder (Pan Am Airways)
02/20/1900 Antonio Veretti, composer
02/20/1900 Graham Spry, St Thomas Ontario, Canadian radio pioneer
02/20/1901 Ali M Naguib, General of Egyptian Air Force
02/20/1901 Cecil H King, Irish/British daily newspaper publisher (Daily Mirror)
02/20/1901 Henry Eyring, Mexican/US chemist
02/20/1901 Louis I Kahn, Estonia, architect (Bryn Mawr dormitory)
02/20/1901 Muhammad Naguib, Khartoum, president of Egypt (1952-54)
02/20/1901 Ren� Jules Dubos, France, US microbiologist/author (Health & Disease
02/20/1902 Ansel Adams, photographer (1966 ASMP Award)
02/20/1903 Karel Janacek, composer
02/20/1903 Pierre Charles, Belgian boxer
02/20/1904 Aleksei N Kosygin, Soviet premier (1964-80)
02/20/1904 Armin Loos, composer
02/20/1905 Jascha Golowanjuk, Swedish writer (Acrobat)
02/20/1907 Malcolm Atterbury, Phila, actor (Jonas-Thicker than Water, Apples Wa
02/20/1910 Julian Trevelyan, English Surrealist painter/collage maker
02/20/1911 Robert Guyn McBride, Tucson Arizona, composer (Mexican Rhapsody)
02/20/1913 Jozef Kresanek, composer
02/20/1913 Nadine Conner, US, (actress?)
02/20/1914 John Daly, S Africa, newscaster/TV game show host (What's My Line)
02/20/1914 Willem J H Bart, vicar (Cuentanan di Nanzi)
02/20/1916 Jackie Gleason, Bkln NY, comedian (Ralph Kramden-Honeymooners)
02/20/1916 Julius Juzeliunas, composer
02/20/1916 Paul Tripp, NYC, TV host (Mr I Magination)
02/20/1920 Armin Schibler, Swiss composer (Of the Teufel im Winterpalais)
02/20/1921 Amanda Blake, Buffalo, actress (Kitty Russell-Gunsmoke)
02/20/1921 Joseph A Walker, X-15 pilot
02/20/1921 Ruth Gipps, composer
02/20/1923 Forbes Burnham, premier Guyana (1964-85)
02/20/1924 Gloria Vanderbilt, don't my jeans look great, poor little rich girl
02/20/1924 Sidney Poitier, actor (Porgy & Bess, A Raisin in the Sun) or 1927
02/20/1925 Alex La Guma, Cape Town South Africa, novelist (A Walk in the Night)
02/20/1925 Robert Altman, movie director (Nashville, M*A*S*H)
02/20/1926 Kenneth H Olsen, US, engineer/founder Digital Equipment Corp
02/20/1926 Robert Eugene Richards, Ill, pole vaulter (Olympic-gold-48, 52, 56)
02/20/1927 Roy Cohn, lawyer, 'grand inquisitor' for Sen Joseph McCarthy
02/20/1928 Elroy Face, baseball pitcher (Pittsburgh Pirates)
02/20/1929 Toshiro Mayuzumi, Yokohama Japan, composer (Sphenogramme)
02/20/1933 Hannes Postma, graphic artist
02/20/1934 Bobby Unser, auto racer (1968, 75, 81 Indianapolis 500)
02/20/1936 Larry Hovis, Wapito Wash, comedian (Gomer Pyle, Hogan's Heroes)
02/20/1936 Marj Dusay, Rusell Ks, actress (Kate-Bret Maverick)
02/20/1937 David Ackles, Illinois, singer/songwriter (American Gothic)
02/20/1937 Nancy Wilson, Chillicothe Ohio, jazz singer (Feel Like Making Love)
02/20/1937 Robert Huber, M�nchen, Germany, biochemist (Nobel 1988)
02/20/1940 Christoph Eschenbach, Breslau, Germany, pianist/conductor
02/20/1941 Buffy Sainte-Marie, Maine, folksinger (Now That the Buffalo Are Gone
02/20/1942 Charlie Gillett, Lancashire, rock broadcaster (Sound of the City)
02/20/1942 Mitch McConnell, (Sen-R-KY, 1985- )
02/20/1942 Peter Strauss, Croton-on-Hudson NY, actor (Rich Man Poor Man)
02/20/1942 Phil Esposito, NHL player/coach/GM (Bruins, Rangers)
02/20/1943 Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov, Russia, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-9, TM-3)
02/20/1943 Antonio Inoki, [Kanji Rikidozan], wrestler (NJPW/JWA)
02/20/1944 Willem van Hanegem, soccer champ (Feyenoord)
02/20/1946 J Geils, rock guitarist/vocalist (Freeze-Frame, Centerfold)
02/20/1946 Mieke H A Boers-W�nberg, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CDA)
02/20/1946 Sandy Duncan, Henderson Tx, actress (Hogan Family)
02/20/1947 Andr� van Duin, [Kyvon], entertainer (Bloemkoole)
02/20/1947 Jennifer O'Neill, Rio de Janeiro Brazil, actress (Summer of '42)
02/20/1949 Ivana Trump, Gottwaldov Czech, ex-wife of Donald Trump
02/20/1950 John Voldstad, Oslo Norway, actor (Darryl-Newhart)
02/20/1950 Walter Becker, rock bassist (Steely Dan-Peg)
02/20/1951 Edward Albert, LA Ca, actor (Jeff-Falcon Crest, Butterflies are Free
02/20/1951 Randy California, LA, guitarist (Spirit-I Got a Line on You)
02/20/1952 Catherine Cummins, Clintwood Va, 1st of 5 siblings born on 2/20
02/20/1953 Carol Cummins, Clintwood Va, 2nd of 5 siblings born on 2/20
02/20/1953 Riccardo Chailly, Milan Italy, conductor (West Berlin Symph Orch)
02/20/1954 Patty Hearst Shaw, SF, famous kidnap hostage (Tanya)
02/20/1954 Vasili Vasiliyevich Tsibliyev, Russian colonel/cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-1
02/20/1955 Kelsey Grammer, Virgin Islands, actor (Dr Fraiser Crane-Cheers)
02/20/1956 Charles Cummins, Clintwood Va, 3rd of 5 siblings born on 2/20
02/20/1958 Carol Ficatier, Auscene France, playmate (December, 1985)
02/20/1960 Kee Marcello, rocker (Europe-Final Countdown)
02/20/1960 Mark Reilly, [Matt Bianco], rocker (Indio-Big Harvest)
02/20/1961 Claudia Cummins, Clintwood Va, 4th of 5 siblings born on 2/20
02/20/1961 Imogen Stubbs, Rothbury England, actress (Summer Story)
02/20/1961 Serena Robinson, [Rachel Ryan] XXX actress (Deep Obsession)
02/20/1962 Joel Ellis, rocker
02/20/1963 Charles Barkley, Ala, NBA forward (Phila 76ers, All Star 1987-90)
02/20/1963 Ian Brown, English rock vocalist (Stone Roses-Made of Stone)
02/20/1964 Terry Ilous, rocker
02/20/1965 Federica Moro, Carate Brianza Italy, Miss Italy (1982)
02/20/1966 Cecilia Cummins, Clintwood Va, 5th of 5 siblings born on 2/20
02/20/1966 Cindy Crawford, Dekalb Ill, super model (Sports Illustrated Swimsuit
02/20/1967 Kurt Cobain, rock vocalist (Pearl Jam)
02/20/1967 Rebekka Lynn Armstrong, Bakersfield Ca, playmate (Sep, 1986)
02/20/1968 Lorraine Olivia, Geneva Ill, playmate (Nov, 1990)
02/20/1970 Cheyenne Brando, Papeete Tahiti, daughter of Marlon
02/20/1971 Shalanda Burt, US murderess
02/20/1972 Corinna Harney, Bremerhaven Germany, playmate (Aug, 1991)
Deaths:
02/20/1054 Yaroslav I, the Wise, ruler (Kiev), dies
02/20/1194 Tancredo van Lecce, King of Sicily, dies
02/20/1431 Martinus V, [Oddo Colonna], Italian Pope, dies
02/20/1569 Mark van Vaernewijck, Flemish nobleman/politician, dies at 50
02/20/1595 Ernst, archduke of Austria, dies at 41
02/20/1628 Gregor Aichinger, German composer/organist, dies at 63?
02/20/1656 James Ussher, Irish bible scholar/anglican archbishop, dies
02/20/1731 Frederich Karl Erbach, composer, dies at 50
02/20/1773 Charles Emanuel I, King of Sardina/Duke of Savoy (KE III), dies
02/20/1786 Johann Wolfgang Kleinknecht, composer, dies at 70
02/20/1788 Gijsbert John van Hardenbroeck, Utrechts regent, dies at 68
02/20/1809 Johann Joseph Emmert, composer, dies at 76
02/20/1810 Johann Friedrich Kranz, composer, dies at 57
02/20/1817 Martin de Ron, composer, dies at 27
02/20/1845 Pavel Ivanovich Dulgorukov, composer, dies at 57
02/20/1848 [Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of Neth/gen-maj, dies at 29
02/20/1851 Josef Alois Ladurner, composer, dies at 81
02/20/1860 Henry Drummond, English banker, dies
02/20/1861 A Eug�ne Scribe, French playwright (Fra Diavoli), dies
02/20/1892 Hermann Kopp, German chemist (Law of Kopp), dies
02/20/1895 Frederick Douglass, escaped slave, anti-slavery leader, dies at 78
02/20/1904 Gustav Adolf Heinze, composer, dies at 83
02/20/1907 Henry Moissan, French chemist (Nobel 1906), dies
02/20/1910 Boetros Ghali, Egyptian premier, murdered
02/20/1911 Alexander Alexandrovich Kopilov, composer, dies at 56
02/20/1911 Peter Nicolai von Wilm, composer, dies at 76
02/20/1916 Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish politician, Nobel winner, dies
02/20/1920 Robert E Peary, US pole explorer (North Pole, 6/4/1909), dies
02/20/1936 John Hope, president of Atlanta University, dies at 67
02/20/1942 Guido Gasperini, composer, dies at 77
02/20/1951 Howard Brockway, composer, dies at 80
02/20/1958 Thurston Hall, actor (Mr Schuyler-Topper), dies at 75
02/20/1961 Otto E Huiswoud, [Frank Billings], editor (Negro Worker), dies at 67
02/20/1961 Percy Grainger, composer, dies at 78
02/20/1966 Chester W Nimitz, US admiral (WW II), dies at 90
02/20/1969 Ernest Ansermet, composer, dies at 85
02/20/1970 Albert Louis Wolff, composer, dies at 86
02/20/1972 Herbert Menges, composer, dies at 69
02/20/1973 Joseph Szigeti, Hungarian/US violinist, dies at 80
02/20/1974 David Monrad Johansen, composer, dies at 85
02/20/1975 Edgar 'Cookie' Fairchild, bandleader (Jerry Colonna Show), dies at 7
02/20/1975 Robert Strauss, actor (Sgt Gruzewsky-Mona McCluskey), dies at 61
02/20/1980 Alice Longworth Roosevelt, youngest daughter of Theodore, dies at 96
02/20/1983 James G Richardson, (Tim Cassidy-Sierra), dies at 37 in ski accident
02/20/1983 Ray Vitte, actor (Doc, Cody-Quest), killed by police at 33
02/20/1984 Fikret Dzhamil Amirov, composer, dies at 61
02/20/1985 Clarence Nash, voice of Donald Duck, dies at 80 of leukemia, in Cali
02/20/1986 Francisco Paolo Mignone, composer, dies at 88
02/20/1986 Jacobus G Rietkerk, Dutch foreign minister (VVD), dies at 58
02/20/1987 Ivan Brkanovic, composer, dies at 80
02/20/1992 Andrew Schenck, conducter, dies of melanoma at 51
02/20/1992 Dick York, actor (Bewitched), dies at 63 of emphysema
02/20/1993 Ferruccio Lamborghini, Italian auto-designer (Miura), dies
02/20/1994 Derek Jarman, English director (Last of England), dies at 52
02/20/1994 Manuel F 'Garincha' dos Santos, soccer player (Brazil), dies at 49
Significant Events:
02/20/1613 Gerard Reynst appointed gov-gen of East-Indies
02/20/1673 1st recorded wine auction held (London)
02/20/1710 Johan Willem Friso becomes viceroy of Groningen
02/20/1725 10 sleeping Indians scalped by whites in NH for �100/scalp bounty
02/20/1732 Treaty of Vienna ratified
02/20/1768 1st American chartered fire insurance company receives charter, Pa
02/20/1792 US postal service created; postage 6�-12��, depending on distance
02/20/1809 Supreme Court rules federal govt power greater than any state
02/20/1816 Rossini's opera 'Barber of Seville' premieres in Rome
02/20/1823 English Capt James Weddell reaches 74� 15' S, 1520 km from S pole
02/20/1831 Polish revolutionaries defeat Russians in battle of Growchow
02/20/1832 Charles Darwin visits Fernando Noronha in Atlantic Ocean
02/20/1835 Concepci�n, Chile destroyed by earthquake; 5,000 die
02/20/1839 Congress prohibits dueling in District of Columbia
02/20/1846 British occupy Sikh citadel of Lahore
02/20/1856 John Rutledge, Liverpool-NY steamer, hits iceberg-many die
02/20/1861 Dept of Navy of Confederacy is established
02/20/1864 Civil War battle of Olustee, Florida
02/20/1865 M I T establishes 1st US collegiate architectural school
02/20/1869 Tenn Gov WC Brownlow declares martial law in Ku Klux Klan crisis
02/20/1872 Hydraulic electric elevator patented by Cyrus Baldwin
02/20/1872 Toothpick manufacturing machine patented in US
02/20/1873 U of Calif gets its 1st Med School (UC/SF)
02/20/1876 C H F Peters discovers asteroid #160 Una
02/20/1877 1st cantilever bridge in US completed, Harrodsburg, Kentucky
02/20/1877 International Association (minor baseball league) organized
02/20/1887 1st minor league baseball association organizes in Pittsburgh
02/20/1890 Amsterdam theater destroyed by fire
02/20/1890 R Luther discovers asteroid #288 Glauke
02/20/1895 Congress authorizes a US mint at Denver, Colorodo
02/20/1899 Ill Tel & Tel granted franchise for Chicago freight tunnel system
02/20/1901 1st territorial legislature of Hawaii convenes
02/20/1901 L Carnera discovers asteroid #469 Argentina
02/20/1902 Heavy surf breaks over Seal Rocks & damages Sutro Baths, SF
02/20/1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition opens in SF
02/20/1917 Ammunitions ship explodes in Archangelsk harbor, about 1,500 die
02/20/1919 French premier Clemenceau injured during assassination attempt
02/20/1921 Riza Khan Pahlevi seizes control of Iran
02/20/1922 Vilinus, Lithuania, agrees to separate from Poland
02/20/1922 WOR-AM in New York City begins radio transmissions
02/20/1927 Golfers in SC arrested for violating Sabbath
02/20/1928 O Oikawa discovers asteroid #1090 Sumida
02/20/1929 American Samoa organized as a territory of US
02/20/1931 Congress allows California to build Oakland-Bay Bridge
02/20/1933 Curom, Cura�aose Broadcast System starts: Princess Juliana's speech
02/20/1933 House of Reps completes congressional action to repeal Prohibition
02/20/1934 O Bancilhon discovers asteroid #1333 Cevenola
02/20/1934 Virgil Thomson's opera '4 Saints in 3 Acts' opens in NYC
02/20/1935 Caroline Mikkelson is 1st woman on Antarctica
02/20/1937 1st automobile/airplane combination tested, Santa Monica, Ca
02/20/1938 K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #1482 Sebastiana & #3569
02/20/1938 UK Foreign Sec Eden resigns, says PM Chamberlain appeased Germany
02/20/1938 Y Vaisala discovers asteroids #1449 Virtanen, #1450 Raimonda & #2898
02/20/1941 1st transport of Jews to concentration camp (Plotsk Poland)
02/20/1941 Nazis order Polish Jews barred from using public transportation
02/20/1941 Romania breaks relations with Netherlands
02/20/1942 Lt E H O'Hare single-handedly shoots down 5 Japanese heavy bombers
02/20/1943 Allied troops occupy Kasserine pass in Tunisia
02/20/1943 New volcano Paracutin erupts in farmer's corn patch (M�xico)
02/20/1944 Batman & Robin comic strip premieres in newspapers
02/20/1944 US landing on Eniwetok atol
02/20/1947 Chemical mixing error causes explosion that destroys 42� blocks in L
02/20/1947 Lord Mountbatten appointed as last viceroy of India
02/20/1948 Czechoslovakia's non-communist minister resigns
02/20/1950 Dylan Thomas arrives in NYC for his 1st US poetry reading tour
02/20/1950 WOL-AM in Washington DC swaps calls with WWDC
02/20/1952 1st black umpire in organized baseball certified (Emmett Ashford)
02/20/1954 General Zahedi wins election in Persia
02/20/1956 WOSU TV channel 34 in Columbus, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting
02/20/1958 Jockey Eddie Arcaro rides his 4,000th winner
02/20/1962 John Glenn is 1st American to orbit Earth (Friendship 7)
02/20/1963 Willie Mays (SF Giants) signs a record $100,000 per year contract
02/20/1965 Beatles record 'That Means a Lot'
02/20/1965 Ranger 8 makes hard landing on the Moon, returns photos, other data
02/20/1965 Turkish government of Uerg�pl� forms
02/20/1966 Author Valery Tarsis banished in USSR
02/20/1968 John Cleese (Monty Python) marries Connie Booth
02/20/1968 State troopers used tear gas to stop demonstration at Alcorn A & M
02/20/1971 General Idi Amin Dada appointed president of Uganda
02/20/1972 1st time Cleve Cavaliers beat NY Knicks (111-109)
02/20/1972 Ard Schenk becomes world champ skater
02/20/1972 Sicco Mansholt becomes chairman of European Committee
02/20/1973 10th time Islanders shut-out-4-0 vs Penguins
02/20/1974 Gordie Howe comes out of retirement for $1 M from Houston Aeros, WHA
02/20/1975 Margaret Thatcher elected leader of British Conserv Party
02/20/1976 Muhammad Ali KOs Jean-Pierre Coopman
02/20/1978 Bob Backland beats Billy Graham in NY, to become WWF wrestling champ
02/20/1978 Egypt announces it is pulling its diplomats out of Cyprus
02/20/1980 Actress Susan Dey (LA Law) weds producer Bernard Sofronski
02/20/1981 Flight readiness firing of Columbia's main engines; 20 seconds
02/20/1982 E Bowell discovers asteroids #2636 Lassell & #3193 Elliot
02/20/1982 NY Islanders win record 15th straight NHL game
02/20/1983 Japan launches Tenma satellite to study x-rays (450/570 km)
02/20/1983 Roland Liboton becomes world champ cross-country cycling
02/20/1984 Asteroid #3731 discovered
02/20/1985 A Mrkos discovers asteroid #3701
02/20/1986 Mike Tyson sexually harasses a woman in Albany
02/20/1988 500 die in heavy rains in Rio de Janeiro Brazil
02/20/1988 Andr� Hoffmann skates world record 1500m (1:52.06)
02/20/1988 Brian Boitano wins Olympic gold medal in figure skating
02/20/1988 Cornelia Oschkenat hurdles indoor world record 50m (6.58 sec)
02/20/1988 Kelly Hrudy's 5th Islander shut-out win-Hartford 3-0
02/20/1988 Peter Kalikow purchases NY Post from Rupert Murdoch for #37.6 millio
02/20/1988 Rob Druppers runs world record 1000m indoor (2:16.2)
02/20/1992 Orthodox patriarch Shenouda III visits Netherlands
02/20/1993 Florida Marlins open their 1st spring training camp
02/20/1993 NY Islanders retire Billy Smith's number 31
02/20/1994 3 Afghans take 70 Pakistani children hostage
02/20/1994 Johann Olav Koss skates world record 10 km (13:30.55)
02/20/1994 Pope John Paul II demands juristic discrimination of homosexuals
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