Famous Deaths In May - 20
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1896 On May - 20 clara Josephine Wieck Schumann, composer/pianist, dies at 76
1900 Gustav Heinrich Graben-Hoffman, composer, dies at 80 on May - 20.
1909 Death of Ernest Hogan, blackface comedian and musician (b. 1859) on May - 20.
1910 On May - 20 jean-Baptiste Theodore Weckerlin, composer, dies at 88
1911 E M Grace, cricketer (one Test v Australia 1880, 36 & 0), dies on May - 20.
1917 On May - 20 death of philipp von Ferrary, Italian philatelist (b. 1850)
1919 On this day in history jacob Verdam, philosopher, dies
1923 Hans Goldschmidt, German chemist, dies on May - 20.
1926 Dick Pougher, cricketer (17 & 3-26 in only Test for Engld 1892), dies on this day in history.
1935 On this day in history ivans, [Jacob van Schevichaven], lawyer/detective writer, dies at 68
1939 On May - 20 joe Carr, NFL hall of famer/NFL president (1921-39), dies at 59
1940 On May - 20 amar Singh, cricketer (of pneumonia Indian pace bowler 1932-36), dies
1946 On this day in history death of jacob Ellehammer, Danish inventor (b. 1871)
1947 On this day in history death of philipp Lenard, Austrian physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1862)
1949 On this day in history death of randolph West, American biochemist, known for the Dakin-West reaction (b. 1890)
1956 Andre Eugene Maurice Charlot, actor (Summer Storm), dies on this day in history.
1959 On this day in history 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 May - 20 albert Hartkopf, cricketer (one Test for Australia), dies
1969 Fred Sherman, actor (Chain Lightning), dies after a stroke at 64 on this day in history.
1971 On this day in history death of waldo Williams, Welsh poet (b. 1904)
1972 Cornelis J van der Klauw, Dutch biologist/zoologist, dies at 78 on this day in history.
1973 On this day in history death of jarno Saarinen, Finnish motorcycle racer (b. 1945)
1975 Barbara Hepworth, sculptor, dies on this day in history.
1976 Death of Syd Howe, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1911) on May - 20.
1980 On May - 20 jack Walsh, cricketer (at Wallsend)/commentator (NBN), dies
1984 On this day in history peter Bull, British actor (Dr Doolittle), dies of a heart attack at 72
1985 George Memmoli, actor (Earl-Hello Larry), dies at 46 on this day in history.
1986 On May - 20 bernard Naylor, composer, dies at 78
1989 Anton Diffring, actor (Zeppelin, Fahrenheit 451), dies at 70 on May - 20.
1991 On this day in history julian Orbon De Soto, composer, dies at 65
1992 On this day in history death of roger Keith Coleman, American convict
1993 Max Klein, inventor (paint by numbers), dies at 77 on May - 20.
1994 On May - 20 dallas Pratt, collector, dies at 79
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