Famous Deaths In March - 20
Thursday, 28 September 2023
1873 On March - 20 adolfe Louis Eugene Fetis, composer, dies at 52
1874 On March - 20 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 Pavel Annenkov, Russian literature historian, dies at 73 on March - 20.
1890 On March - 20 death of alexander F. Mozhaiski, aviation pioneer (b. 1825)
1892 Arthor Goring Thomas, composer, dies at 41 on March - 20.
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 March - 20 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 On March - 20 jean-Theodore Radoux, composer, dies at 75
1913 On March - 20 christian Barnekow, composer, dies at 75
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 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 March - 20.
1931 Death of Hermann Müller, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1876) on this day in history.
1933 Death of Giuseppe [Joe] Zangara, electrocuted for assassination attempt on FDR on this day in history.
1934 On March - 20 a Emma W T von Waldeck-Pyrmont, Dutch queen (& regent), dies at 76
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 March - 20.
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 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 Graciliano Ramos, Brazilian author (Vidas Secas), dies at 60 on March - 20.
1962 On March - 20 andrew E Douglass, Dendrochronologer (Study of Tree Rings), dies
1963 On March - 20 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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