Famous Birthdays In May - 20

1911  On this day in history birth of gardner Fox, American writer (d. 1986)   

1912  On May - 20 birth of joseph Proce, 3rd victim of NYC's Zodiac killer (survives)   

1913  On May - 20 birth of henry Cadbury Brown, architect   

1913  Ion Dumitrescu, composer was born on May - 20.   

1913  On May - 20 birth of william Hewlett, cofounder (Hewlett-Packard Co)   

1914  On this day in history birth of corneliu Coposu, Romanian politician (d. 1995)   

1914  Hideko Maehata, Japanese swimmer (d. 1995) was born on May - 20.   

1915  Moshe Dayan, Israeli general/minister of Defense was born on this day in history.   

1915  Peter Copley, actor (Victim, King & Country) was born on this day in history.   

1916  On May - 20 birth of cornelie Coposu, politician   

1916  On this day in history birth of john McIntyre, theologian   

1916  Owen Chadwick, chancellor (U of East Anglia) was born on this day in history.   

1916  Trebisonda Valla, Italian athlete (d. 2006) was born on this day in history.   

1916  Alexei Petrovich Maresiev, Russian flying ace (d. 2001) was born on this day in history.   

1917  Enyss Djemil, composer was born on this day in history.   

1917  Richard Charles Cobb, historian was born on this day in history.   

1917  On May - 20 birth of guy Favreau, French Canadian lawyer (d. 1967)   

1917  Bergur Sigurbjörnsson, Icelandic politician (d. 2005) was born on May - 20.   

1918  On this day in history birth of edward B. Lewis, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (d. 2004)   

1919  George Gobel, Chicago Ill, comedian/TV personality (I Love My Wife) was born on this day in history.   

1920  On May - 20 birth of betty Driver, actress (Penny Paradise)   

1920  On May - 20 birth of john Cruickshank, banker   

1920  On May - 20 birth of william Simpson, British trade union leader   

1921  John Harrison, British vice admiral/surgeon was born on May - 20.   

1921  John Marchi, (Rep-R-NY) was born on this day in history.   

1921  On May - 20 birth of w Borchert, writer   

1921  Hal Newhouser, American baseball player (d. 1998) was born on this day in history.   

1922  Clifford Butler, vice chancellor (Loughborough Univ of Technology) was born on May - 20.   

1923  On this day in history birth of edith Fellows, Boston, actress (Pennies From Heaven, City Streets)   

1923  On this day in history birth of hugh Beach, British General   

1923  Samuel Selvon, author was born on this day in history.   

1924  Betty Driver, actress (Coronation St, Pardon the Expression) was born on this day in history.   

1924  On May - 20 birth of peter Shore, MP (Labour)   

1925  D French Slaughter Jr, (Rep-R-VA, 1985- ) was born on this day in history.   

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0685  Death of King Ecgfrith of Northumbria (b. 645) on this day in history.   

1277  John XXI, [Petrus Juliani/Hispanus], Port Pope (1276-77), dies on May - 20.   

1285  Death of John II of Jerusalem, King of Cyprus (b. 1259) on this day in history.   

1444  On May - 20 bernardinus van Siena, Italian saint, dies at 63   

1449  Peter, Prince/regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa Benfeitoria), dies on this day in history.   

1471  On May - 20 henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 70-71)/France (1431-71), dies   

1503  On May - 20 death of lorenzo de Medici, Italian patron (b. 1463)   

1506  On May - 20 christopher Columbus, explorer, dies in poverty, in Spain at 55