Anniversaries

From: The Independent - London | Date: February 20, 1997 | Copyright information

Births: Honore Daumier, caricaturist and painter, 1808; Henri Vieuxtemps, violinist and composer, 1820; Mihaly von Munkacsy (Michael Lieb), painter, 1844; Charles Vincent Massey, statesman and diplomat, 1887; Georges Bernanos, novelist, 1888; Dame Marie Rambert (Cyvia Rambam, later Miriam Ramberg), founder of the Ballet Rambert, 1888; Carl Mayer, film director, 1892; Ansel Easton Adams, photographer, 1902; Alexei Nikolayevich Kosygin, Russian leader, 1904. Deaths: Pope Martin V, 1431; James ...

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