Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In May - 20

1896  On May - 20 clara Josephine Wieck Schumann, composer/pianist, dies at 76   

1900  On May - 20 gustav Heinrich Graben-Hoffman, composer, dies at 80   

1909  On May - 20 death of ernest Hogan, blackface comedian and musician (b. 1859)   

1910  Jean-Baptiste Theodore Weckerlin, composer, dies at 88 on May - 20.   

1911  E M Grace, cricketer (one Test v Australia 1880, 36 & 0), dies on May - 20.   

1917  Death of Philipp von Ferrary, Italian philatelist (b. 1850) on May - 20.   

1919  Jacob Verdam, philosopher, dies on this day in history.   

1923  Hans Goldschmidt, German chemist, dies on this day in history.   

1926  Dick Pougher, cricketer (17 & 3-26 in only Test for Engld 1892), dies on this day in history.   

1935  Ivans, [Jacob van Schevichaven], lawyer/detective writer, dies at 68 on May - 20.   

1939  Joe Carr, NFL hall of famer/NFL president (1921-39), dies at 59 on May - 20.   

1940  Amar Singh, cricketer (of pneumonia Indian pace bowler 1932-36), dies on this day in history.   

1946  Death of Jacob Ellehammer, Danish inventor (b. 1871) on May - 20.   

1947  On May - 20 death of philipp Lenard, Austrian physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1862)   

1949  Death of Randolph West, American biochemist, known for the Dakin-West reaction (b. 1890) on this day in history.   

1956  On May - 20 andre Eugene Maurice Charlot, actor (Summer Storm), dies   

1959  On May - 20 alfred Schutz, Austrian/US architect/philosopher, dies at 60   

1961  Death of Josef "Pips" Priller, German fighter ace (b. 1915) on this day in history.   

1968  On this day in history albert Hartkopf, cricketer (one Test for Australia), dies   

1969  Fred Sherman, actor (Chain Lightning), dies after a stroke at 64 on May - 20.   

1971  On May - 20 death of waldo Williams, Welsh poet (b. 1904)   

1972  On May - 20 cornelis J van der Klauw, Dutch biologist/zoologist, dies at 78   

1973  Death of Jarno Saarinen, Finnish motorcycle racer (b. 1945) on this day in history.   

1975  On May - 20 barbara Hepworth, sculptor, dies   

1976  On May - 20 death of syd Howe, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1911)   

1980  Jack Walsh, cricketer (at Wallsend)/commentator (NBN), dies on May - 20.   

1984  Peter Bull, British actor (Dr Doolittle), dies of a heart attack at 72 on May - 20.   

1985  George Memmoli, actor (Earl-Hello Larry), dies at 46 on May - 20.   

1986  Bernard Naylor, composer, dies at 78 on May - 20.   

1989  Anton Diffring, actor (Zeppelin, Fahrenheit 451), dies at 70 on May - 20.   

1991  Julian Orbon De Soto, composer, dies at 65 on May - 20.   

1992  Death of Roger Keith Coleman, American convict on this day in history.   

1993  Max Klein, inventor (paint by numbers), dies at 77 on May - 20.   

1994  Dallas Pratt, collector, dies at 79 on May - 20.   

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1315  On May - 20 birth of bonne of Luxembourg, wife of John II of France (d. 1349)   

1364  Henry Percy, [Harry Hotspur], British soldier/politican was born on this day in history.   

1470  Pietro Bembo, cardinal/theologian was born on May - 20.   

1537  On May - 20 birth of hieronymus Fabricius Ab, Aquapend Italy, physician (De Formato Foetu)   

1547  On this day in history birth of melchior Bischoff, composer   

1554  On this day in history birth of paulo Bellasio, composer   

1593  On this day in history birth of jacob Jordaens, Flemish barok artist   

1593  On May - 20 birth of salomo Glassius, German theologian (d. 1656)