Welcome to Today in History for Sunday, July 20, 2008.
Famous Deaths for Tomorrow in History ...
0833 - Ansegis/Ansegius, French abbot of Fontenelle/author, dies at about 63 1031 - Robert II de Vrome, King of France (996-1031), dies 1201 - Agnes of France, queen of France, dies [or 7/18] 1322 - Frederik II van Sierck, bishop of Utrecht (1317-22), dies 1454 - Johan II, King of Castili‰, dies at 49 1573 - Lancelot of Brederode, water beggar, beheaded 1597 - Franciscus Raphelengius [French of Ravelingen], Neth publisher, dies 1607 - Paulus Merula, Dutch lawyer/historian (Historia Belgica), dies at 48 1609 - Federico Zuccari, Italian Mannerist painter, dies at about 69 1613 - Heinrich Julius, [von Braunschweig-Wolfenbttel], duke, dies 1636 - John Oldham, trader in Mass, murdered by indians 1732 - Francesco Bartolomeo Conti, composer, dies at 51 1752 - John C Pepusch, English composer (Beggar's Opera), dies at about 85 1762 - Christoph Nichelsmann, German klavecinist/composer, dies 1766 - Isabelle Farnese, queen of Spain, dies 1808 - Fran‡ois-Hippolyte Barthelemon, composer, dies at 66 1819 - John Playfair, Scottish geologist/mathematician, dies 1824 - Joan M Kemper, lawyer (layed-out Civil Code), dies 1825 - Joseph-Denis Doche, composer, dies at 58 1859 - Hans E Schack, Danish politician/writer (Fantasy), dies 1866 - Faa di Bruno, Italian captain (Er d'italia, Lissa), commits suicide 1866 - G F Berhard Riemann, German mathematician (zeta-function), dies 1868 - Jan Bedrich Kittl, composer, dies at 62 1868 - Antoine Prumier, composer, dies at 75 1881 - Thomas Fermor-Hesketh, English 1st baron of Hesketh, dies 1888 - Henri Braekeleer, Flemish painter, dies 1893 - Tom Kelly, cricketer (two Tests for Australia 1977-79, 64 runs), dies 1898 - Yuri Arnold, composer, dies at 86 1903 - Leo XIII, [Vincenzo G Pecci], Pope (1878-1903), dies at 93 1908 - Federico Chueca, composer, dies at 62 1914 - Leo van Gheluwe, composer, dies at 76 1923 - Pancho Villa, [Doroteo Arango], Mexican rebel, murdered at 55 1927 - Ferdinand I VAM, King of Romania, dies at 61 1936 - Jos‚ Sanjurjo y Sacanell, Spanish general/high director, dies 1936 - Arthur Battelle Whiting, composer, dies at 75 1937 - Guglielmo Marconi, Ital engineer/marquis (radio, Nobel 1909), dies 1939 - Joseph Mendes da Costa, sculptor, dies 1940 - Y G Van de Peat, Dutch director of employment, commits suicide 1942 - Patric Cobb, British sea officer, dies in battle 1944 - Mertz, German colonel (July 20th plotter), executed 1944 - Pierre Vi‚not, French ambassador to London/writer, dies 1944 - Rudolf Schmundt, gen/Hitler's Army adjunct, dies from wounds 1944 - Werner von Haeffen, German lieutenant (July 20th plotter), executed 1944 - Ludwig Beck, gen/chief Germany general staff (July 20th plot), dies 1944 - Korten, chef gen of Germany Luftwaffe, dies in bomb explosion 1944 - Heinz Burns, German (Olympic-gold-1936), dies in bombing 1944 - Friedrich Olbricht, German general (July 20th plotter), executed 1944 - Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg, count/German antifascist colonel, dies 1944 - Brandt, col/German staff chief, dies in bombing 1944 - Arthur J Treadwell, English mayor of Stoke Newington, dies at about 71 1945 - Paul Val‚ry, French poet (Le cimetiŠre Marin, Mon Faust), dies at 73 1945 - Arthur Seccull, S Africa cricketer (Test v England 1896), dies 1951 - Abdullah Ibn Hussein, Jordan's King (1946-51), killed in Jerusalem 1951 - Mustafa Shuqri Ashu, tailor/murderer of king Abdullah, shot to death 1954 - Blair Moody, (Sen-Mich), dies at 52 1956 - Ken Burn, cricketer (Tasmanian rep on 1890 Ashes tour, 2 Tests), dies 1957 - Phil Hanna, singer (Once Upon a Tune), dies at 46 1958 - Franklin Pangborn, dies at 69 1959 - Harry Fox II, dies at 77 1962 - Andr‚ Renard, Belgium worker's union leader (MSU), dies at 51 1962 - George MacAulay Trevelyan, English royal historian, dies at 86 1966 - Julien Carette, dies of burns at 68 1968 - Joseph Keilberth, German conductor (Bayreuther Festival), dies 1969 - Roy Hamilton, rocker, dies at 40 1973 - Bruce Lee, [Lee Yuen Kam], actor (Enter the Dragon), dies at 32 1974 - Allen Jenkins, actor (Fugitive from a Chain Gang), dies at 74 1976 - Tom Lowry, cricketer (early New Zealand Test captain), dies 1977 - Carter De Haven, actor (Courage, Great Dictator), dies at 90 1977 - F G Jnger, writer, dies 1983 - Frank Reynolds, news anchor (ABC Evening News), dies at 59 1984 - Gail Kubik, US composer (Gerald McBoing Boing), dies at 69 1984 - Jim [James] Fixx, jogger/writer (Jim Fixx on Running), dies at 52 1986 - Helen Craig, actress (Rich Man Poor Man), dies at 74 1987 - Richard Egan, actor (Big Cube, Amsterdam Kill), dies at 63 1989 - Marie-Madeleine Fourcade, commander (French resistance), dies 1989 - Mary Treen, actress (Career, Rock-a-bye Baby), dies at 71 1990 - Sara Heyblom, Dutch actress (Obsessions, Pygmalion), dies 1991 - Henri Marius Rellys, dies at 86 1993 - Donald Alexander, System director/producer (East Valley), dies at 79 1994 - Kim II Sung, pres of North-Korea (1948-94), buried 1994 - Paul Delvaux, Belgian surrealistisch painter, dies at 96 1994 - Reginald Hall, endocrinologist, dies at 83 1995 - Helmut Erich Robert Gernsheim, photographer/collector, dies at 82 1995 - Natalia Dmitrevna Shpiller, singer, dies at 85 1996 - Colin Campbell Mitchell, soldier, dies at 70 1996 - Peter Malcolm Gordon Raleigh, journalist, dies at 77 1997 - Linda Stirling, college prof/B movie actress (Pretender), dies at 75
