Famous Deaths In August - 20

1919  On August - 20 gregor MacGregor, English cricket wicketkeeper (8 Tests 1890-93), dies  

1930  On August - 20 charles Bannerman, cricketer (1st three Tests for Australia), dies  

1931  Waldemar von Baussnern, composer, dies at 64 on August - 20.  

1932  Emille-Louis-Victor Mathieu, composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.  

1935  Otakar Ostrcil, composer, dies at 56 on August - 20.  

1945  On this day in history a Roda Roda, writer, dies at 73  

1947  On this day in history franz VM Cumont, Belgian religious historian, dies at 79  

1948  David John de Lloyd, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

1952  Kurt Schumacher, German politician/chairman (SPD), dies on this day in history.  

1959  Alfred Kubin, writer, dies at 82 on August - 20.  

1960  Rudolf Moser, composer, dies at 68 on August - 20.  

1961  On August - 20 vilhjalmur Stefansson, Arctic explorer, dies at 82  

1963  Death of Joan Voûte, Dutch astronomer (b. 1879) on August - 20.  

1968  Earl Sande, US jockey (Kentucky Derby), dies at 69 on this day in history.  

1970  On August - 20 hildo Krop, modernistic sculptor, dies at 86  

1971  On August - 20 death of rashid Minhas, Pakistani Air Force pilot (b. 1951)  

1974  On this day in history ilona Massey, actress (Love HAppy, Holiday in Mexico), dies at 62  

1976  On this day in history phyllis Konstam, actress (Murder, Skin Game), dies at 69  

1978  Ivan Jirko, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.  

1980  On this day in history otto Frank, father of Anne Frank, dies at 91  

1982  Ulla Jacobsson, Swedish actress (Zulu), dies of bone cancer at 53 on August - 20.  

1983  Death of Kerwin Duinmeijer, Antillean boy, murdered by racist at 15 on this day in history.  

1985  Death of Harchand Singh Longowai, Sikh leader, shot by Sikh extremists on this day in history.  

1986  On August - 20 donn Bennett, TV host (The Big Idea), dies at 76  

1990  Marc Turfkruijer, Flemish movie journalist/writer, dies on this day in history.  

1991  On August - 20 betty Bowden, British dancer/actress (Vote for Nigel), dies at 86  

1992  On August - 20 ivan Nikolayevich Anikeyev, cosmonaut, dies at 59  

1993  On this day in history bernard Delfgaauw, philosopher (Johnson murderer!), dies at 80  

1994  On this day in history aleksander Petrovic, film Director, dies at 65  

1995  Hugo Pratt, graphic artist, dies at 68 on August - 20.  

1996  On this day in history george Brian Snape, businessman/rugby league entrepreneur, dies at 81  

1997  Death of Norris Bradbury, American physicist (b. 1909) on this day in history.  

1998  Death of Raquel Rastenni, Danish singer (b. 1915) on August - 20.  

2001  Death of Sir Fred Hoyle, English astronomer and science fiction writer (b. 1915) on August - 20.  

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1517  On August - 20 birth of antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, cardinal/viceroy of Naples (1571-75)  

1526  On this day in history birth of peter Opmeer, church historian/humanist (Historia Martyrum)  

1561  On this day in history birth of jacopo Peri, composer  

1625  On August - 20 birth of thomas Corneille, French playwright  

1632  Louis Bourdaloue, French Jesuit preacher (d. 1704) was born on August - 20.  

1637  Cornelis Van Aerssen, Dutch governor/co-owner of Surinam was born on August - 20.  

1665  On August - 20 birth of bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed)  

1666  On this day in history birth of alphonse d' Eve, composer