Famous Deaths In March - 20
Monday, 14 October 2024
1873 On this day in history adolfe Louis Eugene Fetis, composer, dies at 52
1874 On this day in history 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 On this day in history death of alexander F. Mozhaiski, aviation pioneer (b. 1825)
1892 Arthor Goring Thomas, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.
1894 Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian freedom fighter/president (1849), dies at 91 on March - 20.
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 March - 20 jean-Theodore Radoux, composer, dies at 75
1913 On this day in history christian Barnekow, composer, dies at 75
1916 On March - 20 death of ota Benga, Congolese pygmy (b. 1884)
1918 Death of Lewis A. Grant, American Civil War General (b. 1828) on March - 20.
1920 Death of Venustiano Carranza, president Mexico (1915-20), murdered at 60 on this day in history.
1925 On this day in history george N Curzon, British Foreign minister (1919-22), dies at 66
1928 On March - 20 death of fred Rogers, childrens show (Mr Rogers Neighborhood)
1929 On March - 20 ferdinand Foch, Marshal of France (WW I), dies at 77
1931 On this day in history 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 Durant Clifford Parkin, cricketer (Tests for S Afr 1891-92), dies on March - 20.
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 March - 20.
1942 Theodoro Valcarcel, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.
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 Walter Eucken, German economist, dies at 59 on March - 20.
1951 Jan Ingenhoven, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.
1953 On March - 20 graciliano Ramos, Brazilian author (Vidas Secas), dies at 60
1962 On March - 20 andrew E Douglass, Dendrochronologer (Study of Tree Rings), dies
1963 Karl Otten, writer, dies at 73 on March - 20.
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 March - 20.
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