Famous Deaths In March - 20

1873  On this day in history 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 March - 20.   

1887  On this day in history pavel Annenkov, Russian literature historian, dies at 73   

1890  Death of Alexander F. Mozhaiski, aviation pioneer (b. 1825) on this day in history.   

1892  On March - 20 arthor Goring Thomas, composer, dies at 41   

1894  Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian freedom fighter/president (1849), dies at 91 on March - 20.   

1897  Death of Apollon Maykov, Russian poet (b. 1821) on this day in history.   

1899  On this day in history death of martha M Place, of Bkln, becomes 1st woman to be executed in an electric chair.   

1910  Félix Tournachon, [Nadar], French writer/photographer, dies at 89 on this day in history.   

1911  Jean-Theodore Radoux, composer, dies at 75 on March - 20.   

1913  Christian Barnekow, composer, dies at 75 on March - 20.   

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 this day in history.   

1920  Death of Venustiano Carranza, president Mexico (1915-20), murdered at 60 on this day in history.   

1925  On March - 20 george N Curzon, British Foreign minister (1919-22), dies at 66   

1928  Death of Fred Rogers, childrens show (Mr Rogers Neighborhood) on March - 20.   

1929  Ferdinand Foch, Marshal of France (WW I), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history a Emma W T von Waldeck-Pyrmont, Dutch queen (& regent), dies at 76   

1936  Durant Clifford Parkin, cricketer (Tests for S Afr 1891-92), dies on this day in history.   

1940  On this day in history death of alfred Ploetz, German physician, biologist, and eugenicist (b. 1860)   

1941  On this day in history d A van den Bosch, anti-nazi clergyman (Amersfoort Camp), dies   

1942  Theodoro Valcarcel, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.   

1944  On March - 20 felix Woyrsch, composer, dies at 83   

1947  Death of Sigurd Wallén, Swedish actor and filmdirector (b. 1884) on March - 20.   

1950  Walter Eucken, German economist, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1951  Jan Ingenhoven, composer, dies at 74 on March - 20.   

1953  Graciliano Ramos, Brazilian author (Vidas Secas), dies at 60 on March - 20.   

1962  Andrew E Douglass, Dendrochronologer (Study of Tree Rings), dies on this day in history.   

1963  Karl Otten, writer, dies at 73 on March - 20.   

1964  Brendan Behan, Irish writer/poet, dies at 41 on this day in history.   

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 March - 20 birth of jerome Emser, German theologian (d. 1527)   

1502  On March - 20 birth of pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (d. 1575)   

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 this day in history birth of baron Emanuele d' Astorga, Italian composer (Stabat mater)   

1725  Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1789) was born on March - 20.   

1728  On March - 20 birth of franciscus L Kersteman, Dutch lawyer/astrologist