Famous Birthdays In May - 20

1911  On May - 20 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  Henry Cadbury Brown, architect was born on May - 20.  

1913  Ion Dumitrescu, composer was born on this day in history.  

1913  William Hewlett, cofounder (Hewlett-Packard Co) was born on May - 20.  

1914  Corneliu Coposu, Romanian politician (d. 1995) was born on this day in history.  

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  Cornelie Coposu, politician was born on this day in history.  

1916  On May - 20 birth of john McIntyre, theologian  

1916  Owen Chadwick, chancellor (U of East Anglia) was born on May - 20.  

1916  On this day in history birth of trebisonda Valla, Italian athlete (d. 2006)  

1916  On this day in history birth of alexei Petrovich Maresiev, Russian flying ace (d. 2001)  

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

1917  On this day in history birth of richard Charles Cobb, historian  

1917  Guy Favreau, French Canadian lawyer (d. 1967) was born on May - 20.  

1917  On this day in history birth of bergur Sigurbjörnsson, Icelandic politician (d. 2005)  

1918  Edward B. Lewis, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (d. 2004) was born on this day in history.  

1919  George Gobel, Chicago Ill, comedian/TV personality (I Love My Wife) was born on May - 20.  

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

1920  John Cruickshank, banker was born on May - 20.  

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  On May - 20 birth of john Marchi, (Rep-R-NY)  

1921  On this day in history 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  Edith Fellows, Boston, actress (Pennies From Heaven, City Streets) was born on May - 20.  

1923  Hugh Beach, British General was born on this day in history.  

1923  Samuel Selvon, author was born on May - 20.  

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

1924  Peter Shore, MP (Labour) was born on May - 20.  

1925  D French Slaughter Jr, (Rep-R-VA, 1985- ) was born on May - 20.  

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0685  On this day in history death of king Ecgfrith of Northumbria (b. 645)  

1277  On this day in history john XXI, [Petrus Juliani/Hispanus], Port Pope (1276-77), dies  

1285  On this day in history death of john II of Jerusalem, King of Cyprus (b. 1259)  

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

1449  Peter, Prince/regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa Benfeitoria), dies on May - 20.  

1471  Henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 70-71)/France (1431-71), dies on May - 20.  

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