Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In December - 20

1917  Death of Lucien Petit-Breton, Argentine-French cyclist (b. 1882) on December - 20.   

1921  Death of Hans Hartwig von Beseler, German general (b. 1850) on this day in history.   

1929  On December - 20 emile Loubet, French premier (1892)/president (1899-1906), dies at 90   

1935  On December - 20 death of martin O'Meara, Australian soldier (b. 1882)   

1936  On this day in history death of baron De Borchgrave, Belgian ambassador, murdered in Madrid   

1937  Erich Ludendorff, German general (WW I), dies at 72 on December - 20.   

1938  On December - 20 death of annie Armstrong, American missionary leader (b. 1850)   

1939  On December - 20 death of hans Langsdorff, German capt (Graaf Spee), commits suicide   

1941  On December - 20 death of igor Severyanin, Russian poet (b. 1887)   

1942  Jean Gilbert, [Max Winterfield], German composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1944  On December - 20 abbas Hilmi II, viceroy of Egypt (1892-1914), dies at 70   

1945  Charles Eady, cricketer (Tasmanian player for Aust 1896-1901), dies on December - 20.   

1948  On this day in history c Aubrey Smith, actor (Prisoner of Zenda), dies at 85   

1954  On December - 20 emilis Melngailis, composer, dies at 80   

1956  On this day in history death of ramon Carrillo, Argentine neuroscientist and Public Health minister (b. 1906)   

1961  On December - 20 moss Heart, US dramatist (You can't take it with you), dies at 57   

1962  On December - 20 erik William Gustav Leidzen, composer, dies at 68   

1963  On this day in history paul Constantinescu, composer, dies at 54   

1965  Egon Freiherr von Eickstedt, German anthropologist, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1968  Bax Brod, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1971  Roy O Disney, Brother of Walt, dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 78 on this day in history.   

1973  Bobby Darin, singer (Mack the Knife), dies of heart failure at 37 on this day in history.   

1974  Andre Jolivet, French composer (L'eunuque), dies at 69 on December - 20.   

1975  Vincent Lopez, orch leader (Welcome Aboard), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1976  On this day in history richard J Daley, (Mayor-D-Chicago), dies at 74   

1981  Death of Dimitris Rontiris, Greek actor and director (b. 1899) on December - 20.   

1982  Artur Rubinstein, pianist (My Young Years), dies in Geneva at 95 on this day in history.   

1984  On this day in history death of gonzalo Márquez, Venezuelan baseball player (b. 1946)   

1986  On December - 20 death of joe DeSa, American baseball player (b. 1959)   

1988  Max Robinson, 1st black network (ABC) TV anchor, dies of AIDS at 49 on December - 20.   

1989  On this day in history audrey Christie, actress (Splendor in the Grass), dies at 77   

1991  On this day in history andries D Copier, Dutch glass designer (Guild glass), dies   

1993  On this day in history moses Gunn, actor (Shaft), dies at 64   

1994  Dean Rusk, US Sect of State (1961-69), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

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1494  Oronce Finé, French mathematician (d. 1555) was born on December - 20.   

1537  On December - 20 birth of king John III of Sweden (d. 1592)   

1539  Paul Melissus [Paul Schede], German poet/composer was born on this day in history.   

1566  Edward Wightman, English Baptist preacher (d. 1612) was born on this day in history.   

1579  On December - 20 birth of john Fletcher, Elizabethan dramatist (Phylaster) (baptized)   

1594  On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer   

1606  On December - 20 birth of christoph Schultze, composer   

1626  On this day in history birth of veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (d. 1692)