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January 20, 2004 Anthony Hecht, American Poet January 20, 2003 Al Hirschfeld, Broadway cartoonist, dies at 99 January 20, 2003 Nedra Volz, actress, Diff'rent Strokes, dies at 94 January 20, 2003 Craig Kelly, American Athlete January 20, 1999 Susan Strasberg, actress/writer, original Anne in Broadway's The Diary of Anne Frank, dies at 60 January 20, 1998 Zevulun Hammer, Vice PM of Israel, dies January 20, 1997 Curt Flood, centerfielder (Cards), dies of throat cancer at 59 January 20, 1997 Edith Haisman, the oldest survivor of Titanic, dies at 100 January 20, 1997 Vladimir Yamnikov, owner (Kristall vodka), dies of cirrhosis at 56 January 20, 1996 Buster Benton, singer and guitarist, dies at 63 January 20, 1996 David Robin Francis Guy Greville, 8th Duke of Warwick, dies at 61 January 20, 1996 Ellis Hillman, politician, dies at 68 January 20, 1996 Gerald Joseph Mulligan, baritone saxophonist/composer, dies at 68 January 20, 1996 Liesbeth Askonas, concert agent, dies at 83 January 20, 1996 Peter Stadlen, pianist/critic, dies at 85 January 20, 1996 Sidney Korshak, lawyer, dies at 87 January 20, 1995 John Halas, Hungarian/US cartoonist (Animal Farm), dies at 81 January 20, 1995 Mehdi Bazargan, director Iranian oil corp/premier (1979), dies at 86 January 20, 1995 Robert Shaw, town Planner, dies at 81 January 20, 1994 Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, Kenyan vice-president (1963-66), dies at about 81 January 20, 1994 Matt Busby, Scottish soccer coach (Manchester United), dies at 84 January 20, 1994 David Dean Rusk, American Politician January 20, 1993 Audrey Hepburn, actress (Roman Holiday), dies of colon cancer at 63 January 20, 1993 Joseph Anthony [Deuster], U.S. director/actor (Rainmaker), dies at 80 January 20, 1993 Mercer McCleod, entertainer, dies of heart failure at 86 January 20, 1992 Muhammad Abd al-Khaliq Hassuna, sec-gen of Arab League (1952-72), dies January 20, 1992 Roberto d'Aubuisson, leader of El Salvador, dies January 20, 1991 Bill Riordon, U.S. tennis promotor (Jimmy Connors), dies January 20, 1991 Louis Seigner, actor (Eclipse, Special Section), dies in a fire at 87 January 20, 1990 Barbara Stanwyck, [Ruby Stevens], actress (Big Valley), dies at 82 January 20, 1990 Miloslav Istvan, composer, dies at 61 January 20, 1990 Naruhito Higashi-Kuni, Japanese PM (1945), dies January 20, 1989 Beatrice Lillie, actress (Thoroughly Modern Millie), dies at 94 January 20, 1988 Philippe de Rothschild, Bordeaux Vineyard manager, dies in Paris at 86 January 20, 1985 Jo Juda, Dutch musician, dies at 75 January 20, 1984 Johnny Weissmuller, U.S. swimmer (Olympics-5 gold-1924, 28), dies at 79 January 20, 1984 Stanley Milgram, American Psychologist January 20, 1983 Bill Brandt, British Photographer January 20, 1976 Trofim Lysenko, Russian Celebrity January 20, 1975 Franz Andre, Belgian conductor, dies at 81 January 20, 1974 Edmund Blunden, British poet/critic, dies at 77 January 20, 1973 Amilcar L Cabral, fought for Guinea Bissau independence, murdered 51 January 20, 1971 Gilbert M Anderson, actor (1st Movie Cowboy), dies at 88 January 20, 1970 George M. Humphrey, American Lawyer January 20, 1970 George Humphrey, American Lawyer January 20, 1965 Alan Freed, DJ (Big Beat), dies at 42 January 20, 1965 Katharine Anthony, American Writer January 20, 1964 Jan Rychlik, composer, dies at 47 January 20, 1962 Robinson Jeffers, poet/playwright (Dear Judas), dies at 75 January 20, 1960 Matt Moore, actor (Deluge, Coquette), dies at 72 January 20, 1959 Carl Switzer, actor (Alfalfa-Our Gang), shot to death at 31 January 20, 1957 James Connolly, 1st Oly winner (1896) since Barasdates (369 CE), dies January 20, 1952 Arthur Farwell, composer, dies at 74 January 20, 1950 Henry L. Stimson, American Statesman January 20, 1949 Josephus T J Cuypers, architect (Amsterdam Stock Exchange), dies at 87 January 20, 1948 Mahatma Gandhi, India's pacifist, assassinated January 20, 1947 Josh Gibson, Negro League slugger, dies of a brain tumor at age 35 January 20, 1945 Francis William Aston, British Scientist January 20, 1943 Giacomo Benvenuti, composer, dies at 57 January 20, 1936 George V, King of Britain (1910-36), dies at 70 January 20, 1933 Augustine Birrell, English Author January 20, 1914 Emil Liebling, composer, dies at 62 January 20, 1914 Henry Southwick Perkins, composer, dies at 80 January 20, 1905 Stanislaw Pilinski, composer, dies at 65 January 20, 1900 John Ruskin, English writer (Dearest Mama Talbot), dies of flu at 81 January 20, 1900 Richard D Blackmore, English novelist (Lorna Doone), dies at 74 January 20, 1896 Heinrich M von Battenberg, German son-in-law of Victoria, dies at 37 January 20, 1896 Jose Rizal, Filipino Writer January 20, 1891 David Kalakahua, emperor of Hawaii, dies January 20, 1890 Franz Paul Lachner, composer, dies at 86 January 20, 1882 John Linnell, British painter/minaturist/engraver, dies January 20, 1867 Nathaniel Parker Willis, American Author January 20, 1862 Felix Zollicoffer, Gen killed after mistakenly riding into Union lines January 20, 1859 B vs. Arnim, writer, dies at 73 January 20, 1859 Bettina Brentano, composer, dies at 73 January 20, 1857 Edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer, dies at 32 January 20, 1842 Grace Darling, English Celebrity January 20, 1838 Pierre-Louis Hus-Desforges, composer, dies at 64 January 20, 1837 John Soane, English architect (Book of Designs), dies at 84 January 20, 1830 Michal Bogdanowicz, composer, dies at 50 January 20, 1819 Carlos IV, King of Spain (1788-1808), dies at 70 January 20, 1813 C M Wieland, writer, dies at 79 January 20, 1813 Christoph Martin Wieland, German Poet January 20, 1803 Samuel Hopkins, American Clergyman January 20, 1798 Christian Cannabich, German composer/royal chaplain master, dies at 66 January 20, 1789 Johann Christoph Oley, composer, dies at 50 January 20, 1779 John Burman, Dutch botanist/director (botanical gardens), dies at 71 January 20, 1774 Abraham Tucker, British Philosopher January 20, 1745 Charles VII Albert, German emperor (1742-45), dies at 47 January 20, 1727 John van Bylevelt, Catholic apostole, dies January 20, 1713 Pavao Vitezovic, Croatian historian, dies January 20, 1691 Christian de Placker, composer, dies at 77 January 20, 1666 Anna of Austria, queen of France/daughter of Philip III, dies at 64 January 20, 1639 Mustapha I, sultan of Turkey (1622-23), dies January 20, 1612 Rudolf II von Habsburg, emperor of Germany (1576-1612), dies at 59 January 20, 1569 Miles Coverdale, English bible translator Great bible, dies at 80 January 20, 1479 John II, king of Aragon/Navarra, dies at 81 January 20, 882 Louis II/III the Younger, German king (876-82), dies January 20, 842 Theophilus, Byzantine kaiser (829-42), dies January 20, 820 Abu Abdallah M ibn Idris al-Sjafi'i, islamic (Book of Mother), dies January 20, 250 Fabianus, Pope (236-50)/saint, dies |