Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In March - 20

1873  On this day in history adolfe Louis Eugene Fetis, composer, dies at 52   

1874  Hans Christian Lumbye, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1878  On March - 20 death of julius Robert von Mayer, German physician and physicist (b. 1814)   

1887  Pavel Annenkov, Russian literature historian, dies at 73 on March - 20.   

1890  Death of Alexander F. Mozhaiski, aviation pioneer (b. 1825) on March - 20.   

1892  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1899  On this day in history death of martha M Place, of Bkln, becomes 1st woman to be executed in an electric chair.   

1910  Félix Tournachon, [Nadar], French writer/photographer, dies at 89 on March - 20.   

1911  On this day in history jean-Theodore Radoux, composer, dies at 75   

1913  On this day in history christian Barnekow, composer, dies at 75   

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 March - 20.   

1931  Death of Hermann Müller, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1876) on March - 20.   

1933  Death of Giuseppe [Joe] Zangara, electrocuted for assassination attempt on FDR on this day in history.   

1934  On this day in history a Emma W T von Waldeck-Pyrmont, Dutch queen (& regent), dies at 76   

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  On March - 20 d A van den Bosch, anti-nazi clergyman (Amersfoort Camp), dies   

1942  Theodoro Valcarcel, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.   

1944  On March - 20 felix Woyrsch, composer, dies at 83   

1947  On March - 20 death of sigurd Wallén, Swedish actor and filmdirector (b. 1884)   

1950  Walter Eucken, German economist, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1951  Jan Ingenhoven, composer, dies at 74 on March - 20.   

1953  On this day in history graciliano Ramos, Brazilian author (Vidas Secas), dies at 60   

1962  On March - 20 andrew E Douglass, Dendrochronologer (Study of Tree Rings), dies   

1963  On this day in history karl Otten, writer, dies at 73   

1964  On this day in history brendan Behan, Irish writer/poet, dies at 41   

1967  Death of A J F Moody, 1st US Army General to die in Vietnam on this day in history.   

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1469  On this day in history birth of princess Cecily of York (d. 1507)   

1477  On this day in history birth of jerome Emser, German theologian (d. 1527)   

1502  On March - 20 birth of pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (d. 1575)   

1634  On this day in history birth of balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Examiner of Comets)   

1644  On March - 20 birth of ivan Mazepa, Cossack Hetman of the Hetmanate (d. 1709)   

1680  Baron Emanuele d' Astorga, Italian composer (Stabat mater) was born on this day in history.   

1725  On March - 20 birth of abdul Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1789)   

1728  On this day in history birth of franciscus L Kersteman, Dutch lawyer/astrologist