Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In December - 20

1917  Death of Lucien Petit-Breton, Argentine-French cyclist (b. 1882) on December - 20.   

1921  On this day in history death of hans Hartwig von Beseler, German general (b. 1850)   

1929  Emile Loubet, French premier (1892)/president (1899-1906), dies at 90 on December - 20.   

1935  On December - 20 death of martin O'Meara, Australian soldier (b. 1882)   

1936  On this day in history death of baron De Borchgrave, Belgian ambassador, murdered in Madrid   

1937  On December - 20 erich Ludendorff, German general (WW I), dies at 72   

1938  Death of Annie Armstrong, American missionary leader (b. 1850) on this day in history.   

1939  On December - 20 death of hans Langsdorff, German capt (Graaf Spee), commits suicide   

1941  Death of Igor Severyanin, Russian poet (b. 1887) on this day in history.   

1942  On December - 20 jean Gilbert, [Max Winterfield], German composer, dies at 63   

1944  On December - 20 abbas Hilmi II, viceroy of Egypt (1892-1914), dies at 70   

1945  On December - 20 charles Eady, cricketer (Tasmanian player for Aust 1896-1901), dies   

1948  On this day in history c Aubrey Smith, actor (Prisoner of Zenda), dies at 85   

1954  Emilis Melngailis, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1956  Death of Ramon Carrillo, Argentine neuroscientist and Public Health minister (b. 1906) on December - 20.   

1961  On this day in history moss Heart, US dramatist (You can't take it with you), dies at 57   

1962  Erik William Gustav Leidzen, composer, dies at 68 on December - 20.   

1963  Paul Constantinescu, composer, dies at 54 on December - 20.   

1965  On this day in history egon Freiherr von Eickstedt, German anthropologist, dies at 73   

1968  Bax Brod, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1971  On this day in history roy O Disney, Brother of Walt, dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 78   

1973  Bobby Darin, singer (Mack the Knife), dies of heart failure at 37 on December - 20.   

1974  On December - 20 andre Jolivet, French composer (L'eunuque), dies at 69   

1975  On this day in history vincent Lopez, orch leader (Welcome Aboard), dies at 76   

1976  Richard J Daley, (Mayor-D-Chicago), dies at 74 on December - 20.   

1981  Death of Dimitris Rontiris, Greek actor and director (b. 1899) on December - 20.   

1982  On this day in history artur Rubinstein, pianist (My Young Years), dies in Geneva at 95   

1984  On December - 20 death of gonzalo Márquez, Venezuelan baseball player (b. 1946)   

1986  Death of Joe DeSa, American baseball player (b. 1959) on this day in history.   

1988  Max Robinson, 1st black network (ABC) TV anchor, dies of AIDS at 49 on this day in history.   

1989  Audrey Christie, actress (Splendor in the Grass), dies at 77 on December - 20.   

1991  On this day in history andries D Copier, Dutch glass designer (Guild glass), dies   

1993  Moses Gunn, actor (Shaft), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1994  Dean Rusk, US Sect of State (1961-69), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

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1494  On this day in history birth of oronce Finé, French mathematician (d. 1555)   

1537  On this day in history birth of king John III of Sweden (d. 1592)   

1539  On December - 20 birth of paul Melissus [Paul Schede], German poet/composer   

1566  On December - 20 birth of edward Wightman, English Baptist preacher (d. 1612)   

1579  On this day in history birth of john Fletcher, Elizabethan dramatist (Phylaster) (baptized)   

1594  Giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer was born on December - 20.   

1606  On December - 20 birth of christoph Schultze, composer   

1626  Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (d. 1692) was born on this day in history.