Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In July - 20
Friday, 07 November 2025
1888 On this day in history henri Braekeleer, Flemish painter, dies 

1893 Tom Kelly, cricketer (two Tests for Australia 1977-79, 64 runs), dies on this day in history. 

1897 On this day in history death of jean Ingelow, English poet (b. 1820) 

1898 On July - 20 yuri Arnold, composer, dies at 86 

1901 On July - 20 death of william Cosmo Monkhouse, English poet and critic (b. 1840) 

1903 On this day in history 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 July - 20 leo van Gheluwe, composer, dies at 76 

1922 On this day in history death of andrey Markov, Russian mathematician (b. 1856) 

1923 Death of Pancho Villa, [Doroteo Arango], Mexican rebel, murdered at 55 on this day in history. 

1926 Death of Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinskiy, head of the Soviet secret police (b. 1877) on July - 20. 

1927 On this day in history ferdinand I VAM, King of Romania, dies at 61 

1928 On this day in history death of kostas Karyotakis, Greek poet (b. 1896) 

1932 Death of René Bazin, French novelist (b. 1853) on this day in history. 

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 July - 20 joseph Mendes da Costa, sculptor, dies 

1940 Death of Y G Van de Peat, Dutch director of employment, commits suicide on July - 20. 

1941 Death of Lew Fields, American vaudeville performer (b. 1867) on July - 20. 

1942 On July - 20 patric Cobb, British sea officer, dies in battle 

1944 Arthur J Treadwell, English mayor of Stoke Newington, dies at about 71 on this day in history. 

1945 On July - 20 arthur Seccull, S Africa cricketer (Test v England 1896), dies 

1951 On July - 20 death of abdullah Ibn Hussein, Jordan's King (1946-51), killed in Jerusalem 

1953 On this day in history death of dumarsaid Estime, President of Haiti (b. 1900) 

1954 On this day in history blair Moody, (Sen-Mich), dies at 52 

1956 On this day in history ken Burn, cricketer (Tasmanian rep on 1890 Ashes tour, 2 Tests), dies 

1957 On this day in history 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 Andre Renard, Belgium worker's union leader (MSU), dies at 51 on this day in history. 

1966 Julien Carette, dies of burns at 68 on July - 20. 

1968 Joseph Keilberth, German conductor (Bayreuther Festival), dies on this day in history. 

1969 On this day in history roy Hamilton, American rocker, dies at 40 (b. 1929) 

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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