Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In March - 20

1873  Adolfe Louis Eugene Fetis, composer, dies at 52 on March - 20.   

1874  Hans Christian Lumbye, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

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  On March - 20 lajos Kossuth, Hungarian freedom fighter/president (1849), dies at 91   

1897  On March - 20 death of apollon Maykov, Russian poet (b. 1821)   

1899  Death of Martha M Place, of Bkln, becomes 1st woman to be executed in an electric chair on this day in history.   

1910  On March - 20 félix Tournachon, [Nadar], French writer/photographer, dies at 89   

1911  On this day in history jean-Theodore Radoux, composer, dies at 75   

1913  On March - 20 christian Barnekow, composer, dies at 75   

1916  On March - 20 death of ota Benga, Congolese pygmy (b. 1884)   

1918  Death of Lewis A. Grant, American Civil War General (b. 1828) on March - 20.   

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

1925  George N Curzon, British Foreign minister (1919-22), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1928  On March - 20 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  Death of Giuseppe [Joe] Zangara, electrocuted for assassination attempt on FDR on March - 20.   

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 March - 20 death of alfred Ploetz, German physician, biologist, and eugenicist (b. 1860)   

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  Felix Woyrsch, composer, dies at 83 on March - 20.   

1947  On March - 20 death of sigurd Wallén, Swedish actor and filmdirector (b. 1884)   

1950  On this day in history 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  On March - 20 andrew E Douglass, Dendrochronologer (Study of Tree Rings), dies   

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 March - 20.   

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1469  Princess Cecily of York (d. 1507) was born on March - 20.   

1477  On March - 20 birth of jerome Emser, German theologian (d. 1527)   

1502  Pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (d. 1575) was born on March - 20.   

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

1644  On March - 20 birth of ivan Mazepa, Cossack Hetman of the Hetmanate (d. 1709)   

1680  Baron Emanuele d' Astorga, Italian composer (Stabat mater) was born on March - 20.   

1725  Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1789) was born on this day in history.   

1728  On this day in history birth of franciscus L Kersteman, Dutch lawyer/astrologist