Famous Deaths In July - 20

1888  On this day in history henri Braekeleer, Flemish painter, dies  

1893  On July - 20 tom Kelly, cricketer (two Tests for Australia 1977-79, 64 runs), dies  

1897  Death of Jean Ingelow, English poet (b. 1820) on this day in history.  

1898  Yuri Arnold, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.  

1901  Death of William Cosmo Monkhouse, English poet and critic (b. 1840) on this day in history.  

1903  Leo XIII, [Vincenzo G Pecci], Pope (1878-1903), dies at 93 on July - 20.  

1908  On July - 20 federico Chueca, composer, dies at 62  

1914  Leo van Gheluwe, composer, dies at 76 on July - 20.  

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 July - 20.  

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1926  Death of Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinskiy, head of the Soviet secret police (b. 1877) on this day in history.  

1927  Ferdinand I VAM, King of Romania, dies at 61 on July - 20.  

1928  Death of Kostas Karyotakis, Greek poet (b. 1896) on July - 20.  

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  Joseph Mendes da Costa, sculptor, dies on this day in history.  

1940  On July - 20 death of y G Van de Peat, Dutch director of employment, commits suicide  

1941  On this day in history death of lew Fields, American vaudeville performer (b. 1867)  

1942  Patric Cobb, British sea officer, dies in battle on July - 20.  

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

1953  Death of Dumarsaid Estime, President of Haiti (b. 1900) on this day in history.  

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

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

1957  On this day in history phil Hanna, singer (Once Upon a Tune), dies at 46  

1958  On this day in history franklin Pangborn, dies at 69  

1959  On this day in history harry Fox II, dies at 77  

1962  On July - 20 andre Renard, Belgium worker's union leader (MSU), dies at 51  

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

1968  On this day in history joseph Keilberth, German conductor (Bayreuther Festival), dies  

1969  On July - 20 roy Hamilton, American rocker, dies at 40 (b. 1929)  

1970  On this day in history death of iain Macleod, Conservative Party Politician and Chancellor of Exchequer at time of his death (b. 1913)  

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0810  Imam Bukhari, Muslim scholar and compiler of Hadith (d. 870) was born on July - 20.  

1304  On July - 20 birth of francesco Petrarch, Italy, poet (Italia Mia)  

1513  Gaspar Schetz, Dutch treasurer-general was born on July - 20.  

1519  Innocent IX, [Giovanni A Facchinetti], 230th Catholic pope (1591) was born on this day in history.  

1537  Arnaud d'Ossat, French diplomat and writer (d. 1604) was born on this day in history.  

1600  Simon Ives, composer was born on this day in history.  

1659  Hyacinthe Rigaud, French painter (d. 1743) was born on this day in history.  

1663  On July - 20 birth of pierre Drevet, French engraver