Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In December - 20

1917  On this day in history death of lucien Petit-Breton, Argentine-French cyclist (b. 1882)   

1921  Death of Hans Hartwig von Beseler, German general (b. 1850) on December - 20.   

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

1935  Death of Martin O'Meara, Australian soldier (b. 1882) on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history death of annie Armstrong, American missionary leader (b. 1850)   

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

1941  On this day in history death of igor Severyanin, Russian poet (b. 1887)   

1942  Jean Gilbert, [Max Winterfield], German composer, dies at 63 on December - 20.   

1944  Abbas Hilmi II, viceroy of Egypt (1892-1914), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1945  Charles Eady, cricketer (Tasmanian player for Aust 1896-1901), dies on December - 20.   

1948  C Aubrey Smith, actor (Prisoner of Zenda), dies at 85 on December - 20.   

1954  Emilis Melngailis, composer, dies at 80 on December - 20.   

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

1961  On December - 20 moss Heart, US dramatist (You can't take it with you), dies at 57   

1962  Erik William Gustav Leidzen, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1963  On December - 20 paul Constantinescu, composer, dies at 54   

1965  Egon Freiherr von Eickstedt, German anthropologist, dies at 73 on December - 20.   

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 this day in history.   

1974  Andre Jolivet, French composer (L'eunuque), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1975  On December - 20 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 this day in history.   

1982  Artur Rubinstein, pianist (My Young Years), dies in Geneva at 95 on December - 20.   

1984  On this day in history death of gonzalo Márquez, Venezuelan baseball player (b. 1946)   

1986  Death of Joe DeSa, American baseball player (b. 1959) on December - 20.   

1988  On December - 20 max Robinson, 1st black network (ABC) TV anchor, dies of AIDS at 49   

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 December - 20 birth of oronce Finé, French mathematician (d. 1555)   

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

1539  Paul Melissus [Paul Schede], German poet/composer was born on December - 20.   

1566  Edward Wightman, English Baptist preacher (d. 1612) was born on December - 20.   

1579  On December - 20 birth of john Fletcher, Elizabethan dramatist (Phylaster) (baptized)   

1594  Giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer was born on this day in history.   

1606  Christoph Schultze, composer was born on this day in history.   

1626  On December - 20 birth of veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (d. 1692)