Famous Deaths In July - 20

1888  Henri Braekeleer, Flemish painter, dies on this day in history.   

1893  On this day in history tom Kelly, cricketer (two Tests for Australia 1977-79, 64 runs), dies   

1897  On July - 20 death of jean Ingelow, English poet (b. 1820)   

1898  Yuri Arnold, composer, dies at 86 on July - 20.   

1901  On this day in history death of william Cosmo Monkhouse, English poet and critic (b. 1840)   

1903  Leo XIII, [Vincenzo G Pecci], Pope (1878-1903), dies at 93 on this day in history.   

1908  On this day in history federico Chueca, composer, dies at 62   

1914  Leo van Gheluwe, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1922  On July - 20 death of andrey Markov, Russian mathematician (b. 1856)   

1923  On this day in history death of pancho Villa, [Doroteo Arango], Mexican rebel, murdered at 55   

1926  On July - 20 death of felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinskiy, head of the Soviet secret police (b. 1877)   

1927  On July - 20 ferdinand I VAM, King of Romania, dies at 61   

1928  On this day in history death of kostas Karyotakis, Greek poet (b. 1896)   

1932  Death of René Bazin, French novelist (b. 1853) on July - 20.   

1936  On this day in history arthur Battelle Whiting, composer, dies at 75   

1937  On July - 20 guglielmo Marconi, Ital engineer/marquis (radio, Nobel 1909), dies   

1939  On this day in history joseph Mendes da Costa, sculptor, dies   

1940  On this day in history death of y G Van de Peat, Dutch director of employment, commits suicide   

1941  On July - 20 death of lew Fields, American vaudeville performer (b. 1867)   

1942  Patric Cobb, British sea officer, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1944  On July - 20 arthur J Treadwell, English mayor of Stoke Newington, dies at about 71   

1945  Arthur Seccull, S Africa cricketer (Test v England 1896), dies on July - 20.   

1951  Death of Abdullah Ibn Hussein, Jordan's King (1946-51), killed in Jerusalem on this day in history.   

1953  Death of Dumarsaid Estime, President of Haiti (b. 1900) on this day in history.   

1954  On this day in history blair Moody, (Sen-Mich), dies at 52   

1956  Ken Burn, cricketer (Tasmanian rep on 1890 Ashes tour, 2 Tests), dies on this day in history.   

1957  Phil Hanna, singer (Once Upon a Tune), dies at 46 on this day in history.   

1958  On July - 20 franklin Pangborn, dies at 69   

1959  On this day in history harry Fox II, dies at 77   

1962  Andre Renard, Belgium worker's union leader (MSU), dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1966  Julien Carette, dies of burns at 68 on this day in history.   

1968  On July - 20 joseph Keilberth, German conductor (Bayreuther Festival), dies   

1969  Roy Hamilton, American rocker, dies at 40 (b. 1929) on July - 20.   

1970  On this day in history death of iain Macleod, Conservative Party Politician and Chancellor of Exchequer at time of his death (b. 1913)   

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0810  Imam Bukhari, Muslim scholar and compiler of Hadith (d. 870) was born on this day in history.   

1304  Francesco Petrarch, Italy, poet (Italia Mia) was born on this day in history.   

1513  Gaspar Schetz, Dutch treasurer-general was born on July - 20.   

1519  On July - 20 birth of innocent IX, [Giovanni A Facchinetti], 230th Catholic pope (1591)   

1537  On this day in history birth of arnaud d'Ossat, French diplomat and writer (d. 1604)   

1600  Simon Ives, composer was born on this day in history.   

1659  Hyacinthe Rigaud, French painter (d. 1743) was born on July - 20.   

1663  On this day in history birth of pierre Drevet, French engraver