Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In July - 20
Saturday, 23 August 2025
1888 On July - 20 henri Braekeleer, Flemish painter, dies
1893 On this day in history tom Kelly, cricketer (two Tests for Australia 1977-79, 64 runs), dies
1897 On this day in history death of jean Ingelow, English poet (b. 1820)
1898 Yuri Arnold, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.
1901 On July - 20 death of william Cosmo Monkhouse, English poet and critic (b. 1840)
1903 On July - 20 leo XIII, [Vincenzo G Pecci], Pope (1878-1903), dies at 93
1908 Federico Chueca, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.
1914 On this day in history leo van Gheluwe, composer, dies at 76
1922 On July - 20 death of andrey Markov, Russian mathematician (b. 1856)
1923 On July - 20 death of pancho Villa, [Doroteo Arango], Mexican rebel, murdered at 55
1926 On July - 20 death of felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinskiy, head of the Soviet secret police (b. 1877)
1927 On this day in history ferdinand I VAM, King of Romania, dies at 61
1928 On July - 20 death of kostas Karyotakis, Greek poet (b. 1896)
1932 On July - 20 death of rené Bazin, French novelist (b. 1853)
1936 Arthur Battelle Whiting, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.
1937 On this day in history guglielmo Marconi, Ital engineer/marquis (radio, Nobel 1909), dies
1939 On this day in history joseph Mendes da Costa, sculptor, dies
1940 Death of Y G Van de Peat, Dutch director of employment, commits suicide on July - 20.
1941 On this day in history death of lew Fields, American vaudeville performer (b. 1867)
1942 On this day in history patric Cobb, British sea officer, dies in battle
1944 On this day in history arthur J Treadwell, English mayor of Stoke Newington, dies at about 71
1945 On this day in history arthur Seccull, S Africa cricketer (Test v England 1896), dies
1951 On this day in history death of abdullah Ibn Hussein, Jordan's King (1946-51), killed in Jerusalem
1953 Death of Dumarsaid Estime, President of Haiti (b. 1900) on July - 20.
1954 On July - 20 blair Moody, (Sen-Mich), dies at 52
1956 On July - 20 ken Burn, cricketer (Tasmanian rep on 1890 Ashes tour, 2 Tests), dies
1957 On July - 20 phil Hanna, singer (Once Upon a Tune), dies at 46
1958 On July - 20 franklin Pangborn, dies at 69
1959 Harry Fox II, dies at 77 on this day in history.
1962 On July - 20 andre Renard, Belgium worker's union leader (MSU), dies at 51
1966 Julien Carette, dies of burns at 68 on this day in history.
1968 Joseph Keilberth, German conductor (Bayreuther Festival), dies on this day in history.
1969 Roy Hamilton, American rocker, dies at 40 (b. 1929) on July - 20.
1970 Death of Iain Macleod, Conservative Party Politician and Chancellor of Exchequer at time of his death (b. 1913) on July - 20.
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