Famous Deaths In March - 20
Thursday, 18 April 2024
1873 Adolfe Louis Eugene Fetis, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.
1874 On this day in history hans Christian Lumbye, composer, dies at 63
1878 Death of Julius Robert von Mayer, German physician and physicist (b. 1814) on this day in history.
1887 On this day in history pavel Annenkov, Russian literature historian, dies at 73
1890 On March - 20 death of alexander F. Mozhaiski, aviation pioneer (b. 1825)
1892 On March - 20 arthor Goring Thomas, composer, dies at 41
1894 On this day in history lajos Kossuth, Hungarian freedom fighter/president (1849), dies at 91
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 March - 20.
1913 Christian Barnekow, composer, dies at 75 on March - 20.
1916 On this day in history death of ota Benga, Congolese pygmy (b. 1884)
1918 On March - 20 death of lewis A. Grant, American Civil War General (b. 1828)
1920 Death of Venustiano Carranza, president Mexico (1915-20), murdered at 60 on this day in history.
1925 George N Curzon, British Foreign minister (1919-22), dies at 66 on this day in history.
1928 Death of Fred Rogers, childrens show (Mr Rogers Neighborhood) on March - 20.
1929 On March - 20 ferdinand Foch, Marshal of France (WW I), dies at 77
1931 On March - 20 death of hermann Müller, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1876)
1933 On this day in history 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 March - 20.
1936 On March - 20 durant Clifford Parkin, cricketer (Tests for S Afr 1891-92), dies
1940 On March - 20 death of alfred Ploetz, German physician, biologist, and eugenicist (b. 1860)
1941 On March - 20 d A van den Bosch, anti-nazi clergyman (Amersfoort Camp), dies
1942 On March - 20 theodoro Valcarcel, composer, dies at 41
1944 Felix Woyrsch, composer, dies at 83 on March - 20.
1947 Death of Sigurd Wallén, Swedish actor and filmdirector (b. 1884) on this day in history.
1950 Walter Eucken, German economist, dies at 59 on this day in history.
1951 On March - 20 jan Ingenhoven, composer, dies at 74
1953 On this day in history graciliano Ramos, Brazilian author (Vidas Secas), dies at 60
1962 Andrew E Douglass, Dendrochronologer (Study of Tree Rings), dies on this day in history.
1963 Karl Otten, writer, dies at 73 on this day in history.
1964 Brendan Behan, Irish writer/poet, dies at 41 on this day in history.
1967 On this day in history death of a J F Moody, 1st US Army General to die in Vietnam
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