Famous Deaths In March - 20
Wednesday, 11 December 2024
1873 On March - 20 adolfe Louis Eugene Fetis, composer, dies at 52
1874 Hans Christian Lumbye, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.
1878 Death of Julius Robert von Mayer, German physician and physicist (b. 1814) on this day in history.
1887 On March - 20 pavel Annenkov, Russian literature historian, dies at 73
1890 Death of Alexander F. Mozhaiski, aviation pioneer (b. 1825) on March - 20.
1892 On March - 20 arthor Goring Thomas, composer, dies at 41
1894 Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian freedom fighter/president (1849), dies at 91 on March - 20.
1897 Death of Apollon Maykov, Russian poet (b. 1821) on March - 20.
1899 Death of Martha M Place, of Bkln, becomes 1st woman to be executed in an electric chair on March - 20.
1910 On this day in history félix Tournachon, [Nadar], French writer/photographer, dies at 89
1911 Jean-Theodore Radoux, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.
1913 Christian Barnekow, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.
1916 Death of Ota Benga, Congolese pygmy (b. 1884) on March - 20.
1918 On this day in history death of lewis A. Grant, American Civil War General (b. 1828)
1920 On this day in history death of venustiano Carranza, president Mexico (1915-20), murdered at 60
1925 George N Curzon, British Foreign minister (1919-22), dies at 66 on March - 20.
1928 Death of Fred Rogers, childrens show (Mr Rogers Neighborhood) on March - 20.
1929 Ferdinand Foch, Marshal of France (WW I), dies at 77 on this day in history.
1931 Death of Hermann Müller, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1876) on this day in history.
1933 On March - 20 death of giuseppe [Joe] Zangara, electrocuted for assassination attempt on FDR
1934 A Emma W T von Waldeck-Pyrmont, Dutch queen (& regent), dies at 76 on this day in history.
1936 On March - 20 durant Clifford Parkin, cricketer (Tests for S Afr 1891-92), dies
1940 Death of Alfred Ploetz, German physician, biologist, and eugenicist (b. 1860) on this day in history.
1941 D A van den Bosch, anti-nazi clergyman (Amersfoort Camp), dies on this day in history.
1942 Theodoro Valcarcel, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.
1944 On this day in history felix Woyrsch, composer, dies at 83
1947 Death of Sigurd Wallén, Swedish actor and filmdirector (b. 1884) on this day in history.
1950 On this day in history walter Eucken, German economist, dies at 59
1951 On this day in history jan Ingenhoven, composer, dies at 74
1953 Graciliano Ramos, Brazilian author (Vidas Secas), dies at 60 on this day in history.
1962 Andrew E Douglass, Dendrochronologer (Study of Tree Rings), dies on March - 20.
1963 On March - 20 karl Otten, writer, dies at 73
1964 Brendan Behan, Irish writer/poet, dies at 41 on March - 20.
1967 On this day in history death of a J F Moody, 1st US Army General to die in Vietnam
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