Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In March - 20

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

1874  On March - 20 hans Christian Lumbye, composer, dies at 63   

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 this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1916  Death of Ota Benga, Congolese pygmy (b. 1884) on this day in history.   

1918  Death of Lewis A. Grant, American Civil War General (b. 1828) on March - 20.   

1920  On March - 20 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  On this day in history death of fred Rogers, childrens show (Mr Rogers Neighborhood)   

1929  Ferdinand Foch, Marshal of France (WW I), dies at 77 on March - 20.   

1931  On this day in history death of hermann Müller, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1876)   

1933  On March - 20 death of giuseppe [Joe] Zangara, electrocuted for assassination attempt on FDR   

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 this day in history d A van den Bosch, anti-nazi clergyman (Amersfoort Camp), dies   

1942  On this day in history theodoro Valcarcel, composer, dies at 41   

1944  Felix Woyrsch, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1947  Death of Sigurd Wallén, Swedish actor and filmdirector (b. 1884) on March - 20.   

1950  On this day in history walter Eucken, German economist, dies at 59   

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  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  Brendan Behan, Irish writer/poet, dies at 41 on March - 20.   

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  Princess Cecily of York (d. 1507) was born on March - 20.   

1477  Jerome Emser, German theologian (d. 1527) was born on March - 20.   

1502  Pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (d. 1575) was born on March - 20.   

1634  On March - 20 birth of balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Examiner of Comets)   

1644  Ivan Mazepa, Cossack Hetman of the Hetmanate (d. 1709) was born on this day in history.   

1680  On March - 20 birth of baron Emanuele d' Astorga, Italian composer (Stabat mater)   

1725  Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1789) was born on this day in history.   

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