Famous Deaths In March - 20
Thursday, 28 March 2024
1873 Adolfe Louis Eugene Fetis, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.
1874 Hans Christian Lumbye, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.
1878 On this day in history death of julius Robert von Mayer, German physician and physicist (b. 1814)
1887 On March - 20 pavel Annenkov, Russian literature historian, dies at 73
1890 Death of Alexander F. Mozhaiski, aviation pioneer (b. 1825) on March - 20.
1892 On March - 20 arthor Goring Thomas, composer, dies at 41
1894 On this day in history lajos Kossuth, Hungarian freedom fighter/president (1849), dies at 91
1897 Death of Apollon Maykov, Russian poet (b. 1821) on this day in history.
1899 Death of Martha M Place, of Bkln, becomes 1st woman to be executed in an electric chair on March - 20.
1910 Félix Tournachon, [Nadar], French writer/photographer, dies at 89 on March - 20.
1911 On March - 20 jean-Theodore Radoux, composer, dies at 75
1913 On this day in history christian Barnekow, composer, dies at 75
1916 Death of Ota Benga, Congolese pygmy (b. 1884) on March - 20.
1918 Death of Lewis A. Grant, American Civil War General (b. 1828) on this day in history.
1920 On March - 20 death of venustiano Carranza, president Mexico (1915-20), murdered at 60
1925 On this day in history george N Curzon, British Foreign minister (1919-22), dies at 66
1928 On March - 20 death of fred Rogers, childrens show (Mr Rogers Neighborhood)
1929 Ferdinand Foch, Marshal of France (WW I), dies at 77 on this day in history.
1931 Death of Hermann Müller, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1876) on March - 20.
1933 On this day in history death of giuseppe [Joe] Zangara, electrocuted for assassination attempt on FDR
1934 A Emma W T von Waldeck-Pyrmont, Dutch queen (& regent), dies at 76 on this day in history.
1936 Durant Clifford Parkin, cricketer (Tests for S Afr 1891-92), dies on this day in history.
1940 Death of Alfred Ploetz, German physician, biologist, and eugenicist (b. 1860) on March - 20.
1941 D A van den Bosch, anti-nazi clergyman (Amersfoort Camp), dies on this day in history.
1942 Theodoro Valcarcel, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.
1944 Felix Woyrsch, composer, dies at 83 on March - 20.
1947 Death of Sigurd Wallén, Swedish actor and filmdirector (b. 1884) on this day in history.
1950 Walter Eucken, German economist, dies at 59 on this day in history.
1951 On this day in history jan Ingenhoven, composer, dies at 74
1953 Graciliano Ramos, Brazilian author (Vidas Secas), dies at 60 on this day in history.
1962 On March - 20 andrew E Douglass, Dendrochronologer (Study of Tree Rings), dies
1963 Karl Otten, writer, dies at 73 on March - 20.
1964 On this day in history brendan Behan, Irish writer/poet, dies at 41
1967 On March - 20 death of a J F Moody, 1st US Army General to die in Vietnam
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