Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 20

1919  Gregor MacGregor, English cricket wicketkeeper (8 Tests 1890-93), dies on August - 20.   

1930  On August - 20 charles Bannerman, cricketer (1st three Tests for Australia), dies   

1931  Waldemar von Baussnern, composer, dies at 64 on August - 20.   

1932  Emille-Louis-Victor Mathieu, composer, dies at 87 on August - 20.   

1935  On August - 20 otakar Ostrcil, composer, dies at 56   

1945  On August - 20 a Roda Roda, writer, dies at 73   

1947  On this day in history franz VM Cumont, Belgian religious historian, dies at 79   

1948  David John de Lloyd, composer, dies at 65 on August - 20.   

1952  Kurt Schumacher, German politician/chairman (SPD), dies on August - 20.   

1959  Alfred Kubin, writer, dies at 82 on August - 20.   

1960  Rudolf Moser, composer, dies at 68 on August - 20.   

1961  Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Arctic explorer, dies at 82 on August - 20.   

1963  Death of Joan Voûte, Dutch astronomer (b. 1879) on this day in history.   

1968  On August - 20 earl Sande, US jockey (Kentucky Derby), dies at 69   

1970  On this day in history hildo Krop, modernistic sculptor, dies at 86   

1971  Death of Rashid Minhas, Pakistani Air Force pilot (b. 1951) on August - 20.   

1974  Ilona Massey, actress (Love HAppy, Holiday in Mexico), dies at 62 on August - 20.   

1976  Phyllis Konstam, actress (Murder, Skin Game), dies at 69 on August - 20.   

1978  Ivan Jirko, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1980  Otto Frank, father of Anne Frank, dies at 91 on this day in history.   

1982  On August - 20 ulla Jacobsson, Swedish actress (Zulu), dies of bone cancer at 53   

1983  Death of Kerwin Duinmeijer, Antillean boy, murdered by racist at 15 on this day in history.   

1985  On August - 20 death of harchand Singh Longowai, Sikh leader, shot by Sikh extremists   

1986  On August - 20 donn Bennett, TV host (The Big Idea), dies at 76   

1990  On this day in history marc Turfkruijer, Flemish movie journalist/writer, dies   

1991  On August - 20 betty Bowden, British dancer/actress (Vote for Nigel), dies at 86   

1992  On August - 20 ivan Nikolayevich Anikeyev, cosmonaut, dies at 59   

1993  On this day in history bernard Delfgaauw, philosopher (Johnson murderer!), dies at 80   

1994  Aleksander Petrovic, film Director, dies at 65 on August - 20.   

1995  On this day in history hugo Pratt, graphic artist, dies at 68   

1996  George Brian Snape, businessman/rugby league entrepreneur, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1997  Death of Norris Bradbury, American physicist (b. 1909) on this day in history.   

1998  On August - 20 death of raquel Rastenni, Danish singer (b. 1915)   

2001  Death of Sir Fred Hoyle, English astronomer and science fiction writer (b. 1915) on this day in history.   

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1517  Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, cardinal/viceroy of Naples (1571-75) was born on August - 20.   

1526  Peter Opmeer, church historian/humanist (Historia Martyrum) was born on August - 20.   

1561  On August - 20 birth of jacopo Peri, composer   

1625  On August - 20 birth of thomas Corneille, French playwright   

1632  Louis Bourdaloue, French Jesuit preacher (d. 1704) was born on August - 20.   

1637  On August - 20 birth of cornelis Van Aerssen, Dutch governor/co-owner of Surinam   

1665  On this day in history birth of bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed)   

1666  On August - 20 birth of alphonse d' Eve, composer