Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In July - 20

1888  Henri Braekeleer, Flemish painter, dies on July - 20.   

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

1897  On July - 20 death of jean Ingelow, English poet (b. 1820)   

1898  On this day in history yuri Arnold, composer, dies at 86   

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 this day in history federico Chueca, composer, dies at 62   

1914  Leo van Gheluwe, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1922  On July - 20 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  On July - 20 death of felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinskiy, head of the Soviet secret police (b. 1877)   

1927  On July - 20 ferdinand I VAM, King of Romania, dies at 61   

1928  Death of Kostas Karyotakis, Greek poet (b. 1896) on this day in history.   

1932  On this day in history death of rené Bazin, French novelist (b. 1853)   

1936  On this day in history arthur Battelle Whiting, composer, dies at 75   

1937  On July - 20 guglielmo Marconi, Ital engineer/marquis (radio, Nobel 1909), dies   

1939  Joseph Mendes da Costa, sculptor, dies on July - 20.   

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

1941  On July - 20 death of lew Fields, American vaudeville performer (b. 1867)   

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 July - 20.   

1945  Arthur Seccull, S Africa cricketer (Test v England 1896), dies on this day in history.   

1951  Death of Abdullah Ibn Hussein, Jordan's King (1946-51), killed in Jerusalem on this day in history.   

1953  On July - 20 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  Phil Hanna, singer (Once Upon a Tune), dies at 46 on July - 20.   

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  On July - 20 julien Carette, dies of burns at 68   

1968  Joseph Keilberth, German conductor (Bayreuther Festival), dies on July - 20.   

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

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

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0810  On this day in history birth of imam Bukhari, Muslim scholar and compiler of Hadith (d. 870)   

1304  On this day in history birth of francesco Petrarch, Italy, poet (Italia Mia)   

1513  On July - 20 birth of gaspar Schetz, Dutch treasurer-general   

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

1537  On this day in history birth of arnaud d'Ossat, French diplomat and writer (d. 1604)   

1600  Simon Ives, composer was born on July - 20.   

1659  Hyacinthe Rigaud, French painter (d. 1743) was born on July - 20.   

1663  Pierre Drevet, French engraver was born on July - 20.