Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In March - 20
Thursday, 10 July 2025
1873 Adolfe Louis Eugene Fetis, composer, dies at 52 on March - 20.
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 Death of Alexander F. Mozhaiski, aviation pioneer (b. 1825) on this day in history.
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 On March - 20 death of apollon Maykov, Russian poet (b. 1821)
1899 On March - 20 death of martha M Place, of Bkln, becomes 1st woman to be executed in an electric chair.
1910 On March - 20 félix Tournachon, [Nadar], French writer/photographer, dies at 89
1911 On March - 20 jean-Theodore Radoux, composer, dies at 75
1913 Christian Barnekow, composer, dies at 75 on March - 20.
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 this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1931 On March - 20 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 A Emma W T von Waldeck-Pyrmont, Dutch queen (& regent), dies at 76 on this day in history.
1936 On this day in history 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 March - 20.
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 March - 20 walter Eucken, German economist, dies at 59
1951 On March - 20 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 Karl Otten, writer, dies at 73 on this day in history.
1964 On March - 20 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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