Birthdates Which Occur on February 20:
1494 Johan Friis chancellor of Denmark; helped formed Lutheranism
1507 Gentile Bellini Italian artist (Sultan Mohammed II)
1523 Jan Blahoslav Czech humanist/bishop (Bohemian brothers)
1632 Thomas Osborne Duke of Leeds, English PM (1690-94)/founder (Tories)
1633 Jan de Baen portrait painter/etcher
1656 Johannes Schenck German/Neth composer, baptised
1734 Franz Ignaz Beck composer
1745 Johann Peter Salomon composer
1752 Charles Broche composer
1763 Adalbert Gyrowetz composer
1790 Joseph II Emperor of Holy Roman empire, dies at 48
1791 Carl Czerny Vienna Austria, pianist/composer (Schule der Virtuosen)
1796 Eduard W van Dam van Isselt Dutch military/liberal politician
1802 Charles-Auguste de Beriot Belgian violinist/composer
1803 Friedrich Theodor Frohlich composer
1809 Albertus J Duymaer van Twist gov-gen of Neth-Indies
and Henry Walton Wessells Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1889
1816 Josef Michal Ksawery Jan Poniatowski composer
1820 Mahlon Dickerson Manson Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1895
1827 Edward Stuyvesant Bragg Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1912
1835 Allessandro d'Ancona Italian philologist
1838 James Barbour Terrill Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
1844 Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann Austria, physicist (statistical mechanics)
and Mih ly von Munk csy [Michael von Lieb], Hungarian painter
1861 Nicolaas van Meeteren Cura‡ao, folklorist
1870 Pieter Cornelis Boutens Holland, mystic poet/scholar (Verzen)
1874 Mary Garden Aberdeen Scotland, opera star
1876 Fyodor Akimenko composer
1881 Pedro Mu¤oz Seca La vengeanza de Don Mendo
1883 Shiga Naoya Japan, novelist (Road Through Dark Night)
1886 B‚la Kun head of Hungarian Soviet Republic (1919)
1887 David McKinley Williams composer
and Hesketh Pearson England, biographer/playwright (Writ for Libel)
1888 Georges Bernanos France, novelist (Diary of a Country Priest)
and Marie Rambert Warsaw, English ballet producer/director/teacher
1889 Levko Mykolayevich Revutsky composer
1893 Russel Crouse journalist/novelist/playwright (Life with Father)
1895 Freida Geiken autobiographer (National Historic Taping)
1896 Henri de Lubac sj French theologist/anti-fascist
1897 Ivan Albright Illinois, painter (Door, Window)
1898 Enzo Ferrari Italy, sportscar manufacturer (Ferrari)
1899 Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney LI NY, founder (Pan Am Airways)
19-- Andrew Stele Willmington Delaware, (Billy Campbell-Melrose Place)
and Carl Mayer writer (Cabinet of Dr Caligari)
and Claudette Wells St Louis Mo, actress (Square Pegs)
and Corey Blakely Boston Mass, rapper (Perfect Gentlemen)
and Henry Polic II Pitts Pa, actor (When Things Were Rotten, Webster)
and Patricia Smith New Haven Ct, actress (Bob Newhart Show)
and Sean Michaels XXX actor (Con Job, Lonely is the Night)
1900 Antonio Veretti composer
and Graham Spry St Thomas Ontario, Canadian radio pioneer
1901 Ali Muhammad Naguib Khartoum, president of Egypt (1952-54)
and Cecil H King Irish/British daily newspaper publisher (Daily Mirror)
and Henry Eyring Mexican/US chemist
and Louis I Kahn Estonia, architect (Bryn Mawr dormitory) [or Dec 20]
and Ren‚ Jules Dubos France, US microbiologist/author (Health & Disease)
1902 Ansel Adams photographer (1966 ASMP Award)
1903 Karel Janacek composer
and Pierre Charles Belgian heavyweight boxer
1904 Aleksei N Kosygin Soviet premier (1964-80)
and Armin Loos composer
and Bramwell Fletcher Yorkshire England, actor (White Cargo, Mummy)
1905 Jascha Golowanjuk Swedish writer (Acrobat)
1907 Malcolm Atterbury Phila, actor (Jonas-Thicker than Water, Apples Way)
1910 Julian Trevelyan English Surrealist painter/collage maker
1911 Robert Guyn McBride Tucson Arizona, composer (Mexican Rhapsody)
1913 Jozef Kresanek composer
and Nadine Conner US, (actress?)
1914 John Daly S Africa, newscaster/TV game show host (What's My Line)
and Willem J H Baart Dutch vicar (Cuentanan di Nanzi)
1916 Jackie Gleason Bkln NY, comedian (Ralph Kramden-Honeymooners)
and Julius Juzeliunas composer
and Paul Tripp NYC, TV host (Mr I Magination)
1920 Armin Schibler Dutch Swiss composer (Devil in the Winter Palace)
and Liesbeth Tonckens [Wilhelmina], actress/lecturer (Free People)
1921 Amanda Blake [Beverly], Buffalo NY, actress (Kitty Russell-Gunsmoke)
and Joseph A Walker X-15 pilot
and Ruth Gipps composer
1923 Forbes Burnham premier Guyana (1964-85)
1924 Gloria Vanderbilt don't my jeans look great, poor little rich girl
and Sidney Poitier actor (Porgy & Bess, A Raisin in the Sun) or 1927
1925 Alex La Guma Cape Town South Africa, novelist (A Walk in the Night)
and Robert Altman Kansas City MO, director (Nashville, M*A*S*H)
1926 Kenneth H Olsen US, engineer/founder Digital Equipment Corp
and Robert Eugene Richards Ill, pole vaulter (Olympic-gold-48, 52, 56)
1927 Roy Cohn lawyer, "grand inquisitor" for Sen Joseph McCarthy
1928 Elroy Face baseball pitcher (Pittsburgh Pirates)
1929 Toshiro Mayuzumi Yokohama Japan, composer (Sphenogramme)
1933 Hannes Postma Dutch graphic artist
1934 Bobby Unser auto racer (1968, 75, 81 Indianapolis 500)
1936 Larry Hovis Wapito Wash, comedian (Gomer Pyle, Hogan's Heroes)
and Marj Dusay [Mahoney], Russell Ks, actress (Kate-Bret Maverick)
1937 David Ackles Illinois, vocalist/songwriter (American Gothic)
and Nancy Wilson Chillicothe Ohio, jazz vocalist (Feel Like Making Love)
and Robert Huber Mnchen, Germany, biochemist (Nobel 1988)
1939 Barbara Ellis Olympia Wa, rocker (Fleetwoods)
1940 Christoph Eschenbach Breslau, Germany, pianist/conductor
1941 Buffy Sainte-Marie Maine, folksinger (Now That the Buffalo Are Gone)
1942 Charlie Gillett Lancashire, rock broadcaster (Sound of the City)
and Claude Miller director (Garde a Vue, Little Thief, Wild Child)
and Mitch McConnell (Sen-R-KY, 1985- )
and Peter Strauss Croton-on-Hudson NY, actor (Rich Man Poor Man)
and Phil Esposito NHL player/coach/GM (Bruins, Rangers)
1943 Aleksandr P Alexandrov Russian, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-9, TM-3)
and Antonio Inoki [Kanji Rikidozan], wrestler (NJPW/JWA)
and Mike Leigh director (High Hopes)
1944 Lew Soloff Bkln NY, rocker (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
and Willem van Hanegem Dutch soccer champ/coach (Feyenoord)
1945 Alan Hull rocker
and Andrew Bergman director/screenwriter (Soapdish, Honeymoon in Vegas)
1946 J[erome] Geils NYC, rock guitarist (J Geils Band-Centerfold)
and Mieke H A Boers-W˜nberg Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CDA)
and Sandy Duncan Henderson Tx, actress (Hogan Family)
1947 Andr‚ van Duin [Kyvon], Dutch entertainer (Bloemkoole)
and Jennifer O'Neill Rio de Janeiro Brazil, actress (Summer of '42)
1949 Ivana Trump Gottwaldov Czech, ex-wife of Donald Trump
1950 John Voldstad Oslo Norway, actor (Darryl-Newhart)
and Walter Becker NYC, rock bassist (Steely Dan-Peg)
1951 Edward Albert LA Ca, actor (Jeff-Falcon Crest, Butterflies are Free)
and Kathy Baillie Morristown NJ, country vocalist (Baille Boys-Oh Heart)
and Randy California [Wolfe], Cal, guitarist (Spirit-I Got a Line on You)
1952 Catherine Cummins Clintwood Va, 1st of 5 siblings born on 2/20
1953 Carol Cummins Clintwood Va, 2nd of 5 siblings born on 2/20
and Riccardo Chailly Milan Italy, conductor (West Berlin Symph Orch)
1954 Jon Brant rock bassist (Cheap Trick)
and Patty Hearst Shaw SF, famous kidnap hostage (Tanya)
and Vasili V Tsibliyev Russian colonel/cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-17)
1955 Kelsey Grammer Virgin Islands, actor (Fraiser Crane-Cheers/Fraiser)
1956 Charles Cummins Clintwood Va, 3rd of 5 siblings born on 2/20
1958 Carol Ficatier Auscene France, playmate (December, 1985)
and James Wilby Burma
1959 Joel Rifkind NY serial killer
1960 Kee Marcello rocker (Europe-Final Countdown)
and Mark Reilly [Matt Bianco], rocker (Indio-Big Harvest)
1961 Claudia Cummins Clintwood Va, 4th of 5 siblings born on 2/20
and Imogen Stubbs Rothbury England, actress (Summer Story)
and Serena Robinson [Rachel Ryan] XXX actress (Deep Obsession)
1962 Joel Ellis rocker
1963 Charles Barkley Ala, NBA forward (Phila 76ers, All Star 1987-90)
and Ian Brown English rock vocalist (Stone Roses-Made of Stone)
1964 Terry Ilous rocker [or Jun 28]
1965 Federica Moro Carate Brianza Italy, Miss Italy (1982)
1966 Cecilia Cummins Clintwood Va, 5th of 5 siblings born on 2/20
and Cindy Crawford Dekalb Ill, super model (Sports Illustrated Swimsuit)
1967 Andrew Shue actor (Melrose Place)
and Kurt Cobain rock vocalist (Pearl Jam)
and Rebekka Lynn Armstrong Bakersfield Ca, playmate (Sep, 1986)
1968 Lorraine Olivia Geneva Ill, playmate (Nov, 1990)
1970 Cheyenne Brando Papeete Tahiti, daughter of Marlon
1971 Jari Litmanen soccer player (Ajax)
and Shalanda Burt US murderess
1972 Corinna Harney Bremerhaven Germany, playmate (Aug, 1991)
Deaths Which Occured February 20:
1054 Yaroslav I the Wise, ruler (Kiev), dies
1194 Tancredo van Lecce King of Sicily, dies
1431 Martinus V [Oddo Colonna], Italian Pope, dies
1569 Mark van Vaernewijck Flemish nobleman/politician, dies at 50
1595 Ernst archduke of Austria, dies at 41
1628 Gregor Aichinger German composer/organist, dies at 63?
1656 James Ussher Irish bible scholar/anglican archbishop, dies
1667 David ben Samuel Halevi rabbi/author (Shulchan Aruch), dies
1731 Frederich Karl Erbach composer, dies at 50
1746 Guillaume Coustou Sr French sculptor (Mary Leszczynska), dies at 68
1773 Charles Emanuel I King of Sardina/Duke of Savoy (KE III), dies
1786 Johann Wolfgang Kleinknecht composer, dies at 70
1788 Gijsbert John van Hardenbroeck Utrechts regent, dies at 68
1790 Jozef II arch duke of Austria/RC German emperor, dies at 48
1809 Johann Joseph Emmert composer, dies at 76
1810 Johann Friedrich Kranz composer, dies at 57
1817 Martin de Ron composer, dies at 27
1845 Pavel Ivanovich Dulgorukov composer, dies at 57
1848 [Willem] Alexander FCNM prince of Neth/gen-maj, dies at 29
1851 Josef Alois Ladurner composer, dies at 81
1860 Henry Drummond English banker, dies
1892 Hermann Kopp German chemist (Law of Kopp), dies
1895 Frederick Douglass escaped slave, anti-slavery leader, dies at 78
1904 Gustav Adolf Heinze composer, dies at 83
1907 Henry Moissan French chemist (Nobel 1906), dies
1910 Boetros Ghali Egyptian premier, murdered
1911 Alexander Alexandrovich Kopilov composer, dies at 56
Peter Nicolai von Wilm composer, dies at 76
1916 Klas Pontus Arnoldson Swedish politician, Nobel winner, dies
1920 Robert E Peary US pole explorer (North Pole, 6/4/1909), dies
1936 John Hope president of Atlanta University, dies at 67
1942 Guido Gasperini composer, dies at 77
1951 Howard Brockway composer, dies at 80
1958 Thurston Hall actor (Mr Schuyler-Topper), dies at 75
1959 Ray McDonald dancer, dies of barbituate overdose at 38
1961 Otto E Huiswoud [Frank Billings], editor (Negro Worker), dies at 67
Percy Grainger composer, dies at 78
1962 Halliwell Hobbes dies at 64
1966 Chester W Nimitz US admiral (WW II), dies at 90
1969 Ernest Ansermet Swiss conductor/composer, dies at 85
Jack Ingram actor (Law of the West),, dies of heart attack at 66
1970 Albert Louis Wolff composer, dies at 86
1972 Herbert Menges composer, dies at 69
Walter Winchell writer/actor (Dondi, Love & Hisses), dies at 74
1973 Joseph Szigeti Hungarian/US violinist, dies at 80
Maurice Dallimore actor (Collector), dies at 60
1974 David Monrad Johansen composer, dies at 85
1975 Edgar "Cookie" Fairchild bandleader (Jerry Colonna Show), dies at 76
Lillian Fontaine actress (Suddenly it's Spring), dies at 88
Robert Strauss actor (Sgt Gruzewsky-Mona McCluskey), dies at 61
1978 Vitorino Nem‚sio Portuguese author (Presen‡a), dies at 76
1980 Alice Longworth Roosevelt youngest daughter of Theodore, dies at 96
1983 James G Richardson (Tim Cassidy-Sierra), dies at 37 in ski accident
Ray Vitte actor (Doc, Cody-Quest), killed by police at 33
1984 Fikret Dzhamil Amirov composer, dies at 61
1985 Clarence Nash voice (Donald Duck), dies at 80 of leukemia, in Calif
1986 Francisco Paolo Mignone composer, dies at 88
Jacobus G Rietkerk Dutch foreign minister (VVD), dies at 58
1987 Ivan Brkanovic composer, dies at 80
1992 Andrew Schenck conducter, dies of melanoma at 51
Dick York actor (Bewitched), dies at 63 of emphysema
Joan Dixon actress (Hot Lead, Bunco Squad, Gunplay), dies at 66
Richard York dies at 63
1993 Ferruccio Lamborghini Italian auto-designer (Miura), dies
1994 Derek Jarman English director (Last of England), dies at 52
Manuel F "Garincha" dos Santos soccer player (Brazil), dies at 49
1995 Shlomo Averbach Rabbi, buried in Jerusalem, 250,000 attend
Holidays Which Occur February 20:
US John Glenn Day (1962)
Religious Observances on February 20:
Christian Feast of Chair of St Peter at Antioch
RC Corona, martyr
RC Eleutherius, bishop of Blandain/patron of Doornik
RC Leo Thaumaturgus, bishop of Catania
RC Silvanus, bishop of Emesa/martyr
743 RC Feast of St Eucherius
1620 Luth Commemoration of Rasmus Jensen, pastor
Things to Remember for February 20:
Biorhythm Health Month-National Meat Month
Flowers-violet & primrose Gem-amethyst
National Cherry-American Heart-TV Sweeps & Black History Month
[Ancient Rome] Kalend‘ Februarius; Kalend Feb
[Plains Indians] Hunger Moon month
26 Days Delta Leonid meteor shower, radiant between ç & ë Leonis
[Ancient Rome] a d x Kal Mar
28 Days Astrological sign: Pisces
Highlights in History Which Occur February 20:
1613 Gerard Reynst appointed gov-gen of East-Indies
1673 1st recorded wine auction held (London)
1710 Johan Willem Friso becomes viceroy of Groningen
1725 10 sleeping Indians scalped by whites in NH for œ100/scalp bounty
1732 Treaty of Vienna ratified
1768 1st American chartered fire insurance company receives charter, Pa
1792 US postal service created; postage 6›-12«›, depending on distance
1809 Supreme Court rules federal govt power greater than any state
1816 Rossini's opera "Barber of Seville" premieres in Rome
1823 English Capt James Weddell reaches 74ø 15' S, 1520 km from S pole
1831 Polish revolutionaries defeat Russians in battle of Growchow
1832 Charles Darwin visits Fernando Noronha in Atlantic Ocean
1835 Concepci¢n, Chile destroyed by earthquake; 5,000 die
1839 Congress prohibits dueling in District of Columbia
1846 British occupy Sikh citadel of Lahore
1856 John Rutledge, Liverpool-NY steamer, hits iceberg-many die
1861 Dept of Navy of Confederacy forms
1864 Civil War battle of Olustee, Florida
1865 M I T forms 1st US collegiate architectural school
1869 Tenn Gov WC Brownlow declares martial law in Ku Klux Klan crisis
1872 Hydraulic electric elevator patented by Cyrus Baldwin
and Toothpick manufacturing machine patented in US
1873 U of Calif gets its 1st Med School (UC/SF)
1876 C H F Peters discovers asteroid #160 Una
1877 1st cantilever bridge in US completed, Harrodsburg, Kentucky
and International Association (minor baseball league) organized
1887 1st minor league baseball association organizes in Pittsburgh
1890 Amsterdam Theater destroyed by fire
and R Luther discovers asteroid #288 Glauke
1895 Congress authorizes a US mint at Denver, Colorodo
1899 Ill Tel & Tel granted franchise for Chicago freight tunnel system
1901 1st territorial legislature of Hawaii convenes
and L Carnera discovers asteroid #469 Argentina
1902 Heavy surf breaks over Seal Rocks & damages Sutro Baths, SF
1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition opens in SF
1917 Ammunitions ship explodes in Archangelsk harbor, about 1,500 die
1919 French premier Clemenceau injured during assassination attempt
1921 Riza Khan Pahlevi seizes control of Iran
1922 Vilinus, Lithuania, agrees to separate from Poland
and WOR-AM in New York City begins radio transmissions
1927 Golfers in SC arrested for violating Sabbath
1928 O Oikawa discovers asteroid #1090 Sumida
1929 American Samoa organized as a territory of US
1931 Congress allows California to build Oakland-Bay Bridge
1933 Curom, Cura‡aose Broadcast System starts: Princess Juliana's speech
and House of Reps completes congressional action to repeal Prohibition
1934 O Bancilhon discovers asteroid #1333 Cevenola
and Virgil Thomson's opera "4 Saints in 3 Acts" opens in NYC
1935 Caroline Mikkelson is 1st woman on Antarctica
1937 1st automobile/airplane combination tested, Santa Monica, Ca
1938 K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #1482 Sebastiana & #3569
and UK Foreign Sec Eden resigns, says PM Chamberlain appeased Germany
and Y Vaisala discovers asteroids #1449 Virtanen, #1450 Raimonda & #2898
1941 Nazis order Polish Jews barred from using public transportation
and Romania breaks relations with Netherlands
1942 Lt E H O'Hare single-handedly shoots down 5 Japanese heavy bombers
1943 Allied troops occupy Kasserine pass in Tunisia
and New volcano Paracutin erupts in farmer's corn patch (M‚xico)
1944 Batman & Robin comic strip premieres in newspapers
and US landing on Eniwetok atol
1947 Chemical mixing error causes explosion that destroys 42ý blocks in LA
and Lord Mountbatten appointed as last viceroy of India
1948 Czechoslovakia's non-communist minister resigns
1950 Dylan Thomas arrives in NYC for his 1st US poetry reading tour
and WOL-AM in Washington DC swaps calls with WWDC
1952 1st black umpire in organized baseball certified (Emmett Ashford)
1954 General Zahedi wins election in Persia
1956 WOSU TV channel 34 in Columbus, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting
1958 Jockey Eddie Arcaro rides his 4,000th winner
1962 John Glenn is 1st American to orbit Earth (Friendship 7)
1963 Willie Mays (SF Giants) signs a record $100,000 per year contract
1965 Beatles record "That Means a Lot"
and Ranger 8 makes hard landing on the Moon, returns photos, other data
and Turkish government of Uergpl forms
1966 Author Valery Tarsis banished in USSR
1968 John Cleese (Monty Python) marries Connie Booth
and State troopers used tear gas to stop demonstration at Alcorn A & M
1971 General Idi Amin Dada appointed president of Uganda
Natl Emergency Center erroneously orders US radio & TV stations
and to go off the air. Mistake wasn't resolved for 30 minutes
1972 1st time Cleve Cavaliers beat NY Knicks (111-109)
and Ard Schenk becomes world champ skater
and Sicco Mansholt becomes chairman of European Committee
1973 10th time Islanders shut-out-4-0 vs Penguins
1974 Gordie Howe comes out of retirement for $1 M from Houston Aeros, WHA
1975 Margaret Thatcher elected leader of British Conserv Party
1976 Muhammad Ali KOs Jean-Pierre Coopman
1978 Bob Backland beats Billy Graham in NY, to become WWF wrestling champ
and Egypt announces it is pulling its diplomats out of Cyprus
1980 Actress Susan Dey (LA Law) weds producer Bernard Sofronski
1981 Flight readiness firing of Columbia's main engines; 20 seconds
1982 E Bowell discovers asteroids #2636 Lassell & #3193 Elliot
1983 Japan launches Tenma satellite to study x-rays (450/570 km)
and Roland Liboton becomes world champ cross-country cycling
1984 Asteroid #3731 discovered
1985 A Mrkos discovers asteroid #3701
After defending his WBC flyweight championship, Sot Chitalada's
and check for $104,000 is stolen by a ringside pickpocket
1986 Mike Tyson sexually harasses a woman in Albany
1988 500 die in heavy rains in Rio de Janeiro Brazil
and Andr‚ Hoffmann skates world record 1500m (1:52.06)
and Brian Boitano wins Olympic gold medal in figure skating
and Cornelia Oschkenat hurdles indoor world record 50m (6.58 sec)
and Kelly Hrudy's 5th Islander shut-out win-Hartford 3-0
and Peter Kalikow purchases NY Post from Rupert Murdoch for #37.6 million
and Rob Druppers runs world record 1000m indoor (2:16.2)
and Stefka Kostadinova high jumps indoor world record (2.06 m)
Members of 1949 Oklahoma football team cancelled an April
and reunion because of deplorable conduct of Oklahoma players
1992 Orthodox patriarch Shenouda III visits Netherlands
1993 Florida Marlins open their 1st spring training camp
and NY Islanders retire Billy Smith's number 31
1994 3 Afghans take 70 Pakistani children hostage
and Johann Olav Koss skates world record 10 km (13:30.55)
and Pope John Paul II demands juristic discrimination of homosexuals
1943 New volcano Paracutin erupts in farmer's corn patch. (Mexico)
1947 Chemical mixing error causes explosion that destroys 4 square
blocks of Los Angeles.
Your Special Reminders for February 20:
1939 69øF highest temperature for this date in NYC
and 1950 7øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
and 51st day of the year with 314 days left (Numerology = 4)
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