July 20/Deaths

July 20/Deaths

This page is to record deaths on July 20.

See also July 20/Events1, July 20/Events2, and July 20/Births.

To 1899

*985 - Pope Boniface VII
*1031 - King Robert II of France (b. 972)
*1398 - Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March
*1524 - Queen Claude of France
*1870 - Jules Alfred Huot de Goncourt, French writer and founder of the "Prix Goncourt"
*1897 - Jean Ingelow, English poet (b. 1820)

1900-1999

*1901 - William Cosmo Monkhouse, poet, critic (b. 1840)
*1903 - Pope Leo XIII
*1908 - Demetrius Vikelas, Greek International Olympic Committee president
*1922 - Andrey Markov, mathematician
*1923 - Pancho Villa, revolutionary (assassinated)
*1926 - Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinskiy, head of the Soviet secret police
*1927 - King Ferdinand of Romania
*1937 - Guglielmo Marconi, Italian radio inventor
*1941 - Lew Fields, American vaudeville performer
*1945 - Paul Valéry, French author and poet (b. 1871)
*1951 - Friedrich Wilhelm Hohenzollern, Crown Prince of Germany
*1951 - King Abdullah, King of Jordan
*1953 - Dumarsaid Estime, President of Haiti (b. 1900)
*1953 - Jan Struther, British author
*1957 - Dr. Alfred Einstein Cohen, American cardiologist
*1959 - Admiral William D. Leahy, American naval officer
*1967 - Albert Lutuli, South African civil rights leader, winner of the 1960 Nobel Peace Prize
*1968 - Bray Hammond, American historian
*1973 - Bruce Lee, actor and martial artist
*1990 - Herbert T. Jenkins, American policeman, former police chief of Atlanta, Georgia (1947-1973)
*1991 - Earl Robinson, American singer and composer
*1992 - John Bratby, British painter
*1996 - Colin Campbell Mitchell, British Member of Parliament
*1993 - Vincent Foster Jr., White House deputy counsel
*1997 - John Akii-Bua Ugandan hurdler
*1999 - Sandra Gould, American actress (Bewitched)

2000-2099

*2001 - Carlo Giuliani Italian activist
*2003 - Nicolas Freeling, crime writer
* 2004 - Adi Lady Lala Mara, Fijian chieftainess and widow of President Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara.
*2005 - James Doohan

References

*"Facts on File Yearbook", various years
*Facts on File's "Day by Day" series
*"Encyclopaedia Britannica Yearbook", various years
* [http://www.imdb.com/OnThisDay?day=20&month=July Internet Movie Database July 20 in Movie History page]
*"The New York Times," July 21st issues of various years
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External links

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/20 BBC: On This Day]


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