Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In March - 20

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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1469  Princess Cecily of York (d. 1507) was born on this day in history.   

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

1502  Pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (d. 1575) was born on this day in history.   

1634  Balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Examiner of Comets) was born on this day in history.   

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  Franciscus L Kersteman, Dutch lawyer/astrologist was born on this day in history.