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August 20 Deaths in History - August 20 Birthdays - August 20 Events
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August 20, 2001 Sir Fred Hoyle, "astronomer, science fiction writer", ", coined the term ""big bang"", ", dies at 86 August 20, 1999 Bobby Sheehan, American Musician August 20, 1996 George Brian Snape, businessman/rugby league entrepreneur, dies at 81 August 20, 1996 Rio Reiser, rock singer, dies at 46 August 20, 1995 Hugo Pratt, graphic artist, dies at 68 August 20, 1995 John E Gilmore, tenor Saxophonist, dies at 63 August 20, 1995 Paul Foster, singer, dies at 75 August 20, 1995 Vladimir Skutina, writer playwright/journalist, dies at 64 August 20, 1995 Von McDaniel, baseball player, dies at 56 August 20, 1995 William Kennedy, baseball player, dies at 76 August 20, 1994 Aleksander Petrovic, film Director, dies at 65 August 20, 1994 Kalman Kahana, Polish co-founder of state Israel, dies at 81 August 20, 1993 Bernard Delfgaauw, philosopher (Johnson murderer!), dies at 80 August 20, 1992 Ivan Nikolayevich Anikeyev, cosmonaut, dies at 59 August 20, 1992 William Taylor, chairman (FDIC), dies at 53 August 20, 1991 Betty Bowden, British dancer/actress (Vote for Nigel), dies at 86 August 20, 1991 Lenore Strunsky Gershwin, widow of Ira Gershwin, dies at 90 August 20, 1990 Marc Turfkruijer, Flemish movie journalist/writer, dies August 20, 1986 Donn Bennett, TV host (The Big Idea), dies at 76 August 20, 1986 Thad Jones, jazz trumpeter, dies of cancer at 63 August 20, 1986 Walter Brooke, actor (DA Scanlon-Green Hornet), dies at 71 August 20, 1985 Harchand Singh Longowai, Sikh leader, shot by Sikh extremists August 20, 1983 Kerwin Duinmeijer, Antillean boy, murdered by racist at 15 August 20, 1982 Ulla Jacobsson, Swedish actress (Zulu), dies of bone cancer at 53 August 20, 1980 Otto Frank, father of Anne Frank, dies at 91 August 20, 1978 Ivan Jirko, composer, dies at 51 August 20, 1978 Petros John Petridis, composer, dies at 86 August 20, 1976 Phyllis Konstam, actress (Murder, Skin Game), dies at 69 August 20, 1974 Ilona Massey, actress (Love HAppy, Holiday in Mexico), dies at 62 August 20, 1970 Hildo Krop, modernistic sculptor, dies at 86 August 20, 1968 Earl Sande, U.S. jockey (Kentucky Derby), dies at 69 August 20, 1961 Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Arctic explorer, dies at 82 August 20, 1960 Rudolf Moser, composer, dies at 68 August 20, 1959 Alfred Kubin, writer, dies at 82 August 20, 1959 William Halsey, American Soldier August 20, 1956 [Emile M] Louis Madelin, French historian (Fouche), dies at 85 August 20, 1952 Kurt Schumacher, German politician/chairman (SPD), dies August 20, 1948 David John de Lloyd, composer, dies at 65 August 20, 1947 Franz VM Cumont, Belgian religious historian, dies at 79 August 20, 1945 A Roda Roda, writer, dies at 73 August 20, 1935 Otakar Ostrcil, composer, dies at 56 August 20, 1932 Emille-Louis-Victor Mathieu, composer, dies at 87 August 20, 1932 Paul Keller, German writer (Vergrabenes Gut), dies at 59 August 20, 1932 Tadeusz Joteyko, composer, dies at 60 August 20, 1931 Waldemar von Baussnern, composer, dies at 64 August 20, 1919 Gregor MacGregor, English cricket wicketkeeper (8 Tests 1890-93), dies August 20, 1917 JFW Adolf Ritter von Baeyer, German chemist (Nobel 1905), dies August 20, 1915 Paul Ehrlich, Germ geneologist (Chemotherapy, Nobel 1908), dies in 61 August 20, 1914 Pius X, [Giuseppe M Sarto], Pope (1903-14), dies August 20, 1912 William Booth, English minister/founder (Leader des Heils), dies August 20, 1910 Arthur Coquard, composer, dies at 64 August 20, 1908 Louis Varney, composer, dies at 64 August 20, 1888 William Chappell, English Writer August 20, 1885 Edouard J A Agneessens, Flemish painter (Slave Market), dies at 42 August 20, 1864 Daniel Chaplin, U.S. Union brig-general, dies August 20, 1864 John H Kelly, U.S. Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 24 August 20, 1856 Philipp Jakob Riotte, composer, dies at 80 August 20, 1854 Friedrich WJ von Schelling, German philosopher, dies at 79 August 20, 1854 Friedrich von Schelling, German Philosopher August 20, 1825 Richard Wainwright, composer, dies at 68 August 20, 1823 Pius VII, [Luigi B Chiaramonti], Pope (1800-23), dies at 83 August 20, 1813 Jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer, dies at 74 August 20, 1804 Charles Floyd, only fatality of the Lewis and Clark Expedition August 20, 1799 Johann Christian Gottlob Eidenbenz, composer, dies at 37 August 20, 1679 Jacob Alting, Dutch theologist, dies at 60 August 20, 1648 Edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military/philosopher, dies at 65 August 20, 1639 Martin Opitz, German poet and historian (Troerinnen), dies at 41 August 20, 1632 Valentin de Boulogne, French painter, buried at 38 August 20, 1538 Aefgen Listinck, Dutch anabaptist, burned at stake August 20, 1384 Geert Great, [Gerardus Magnus], theologist (Getijdenboek), dies August 20, 1153 Bernard[us] van Clairvaux, French saint, dies August 20, 984 John XIV, [Petrus Canepanova], Italian Pope (983-84), dies |