Famous Deaths In July - 20

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

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 July - 20.  

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

1901  On this day in history death of william Cosmo Monkhouse, English poet and critic (b. 1840)  

1903  Leo XIII, [Vincenzo G Pecci], Pope (1878-1903), dies at 93 on this day in history.  

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

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

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  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 this day in history.  

1940  On this day in history death of y G Van de Peat, Dutch director of employment, commits suicide  

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 July - 20.  

1945  On July - 20 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  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  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 July - 20.  

1962  On this day in history andre Renard, Belgium worker's union leader (MSU), dies at 51  

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

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 July - 20.  

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0810  Imam Bukhari, Muslim scholar and compiler of Hadith (d. 870) was born on this day in history.  

1304  Francesco Petrarch, Italy, poet (Italia Mia) was born on this day in history.  

1513  On this day in history birth of gaspar Schetz, Dutch treasurer-general  

1519  On July - 20 birth of innocent IX, [Giovanni A Facchinetti], 230th Catholic pope (1591)  

1537  Arnaud d'Ossat, French diplomat and writer (d. 1604) was born on July - 20.  

1600  On July - 20 birth of simon Ives, composer  

1659  On July - 20 birth of hyacinthe Rigaud, French painter (d. 1743)  

1663  Pierre Drevet, French engraver was born on this day in history.