General Events and Observations of July 20

985: Pope Boniface VII
1031: King Robert II of France (b. 972)
1156: Emperor Toba of Japan (b. 1103)
1160: Peter Lombard, French theologian
1320: King Oshin of Armenia (b. 1282)
1351: Margaretha Ebner, German visionary (b. 1291)
1387: Robert IV of Artois, Count of Eu (poisoned) (b. 1356)
1398: Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March, heir to the throne of England
1398: Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March, heir to the throne of England 1374)
1398: Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March, heir to the throne of England 1374)
1453: Enguerrand de Monstrelet, French chronicler
1453: Enguerrand de Monstrelet, French chronicler
1454: King John II of Castile (b. 1405)
1454: King John II of Castile (b. 1405)
1524: Claude of France, wife of Louis XII of France (b. 1499)
1524: Claude of France, wife of Louis XII of France (b. 1499)
1616: Hugh O'Neill, 3rd Earl of Tyrone, English soldier
1616: Hugh O'Neill, 3rd Earl of Tyrone, English soldier
1704: Peregrine White, first English child born in the Massachusetts B
1704: Peregrine White, first English child born in the Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1620)
1752: Johann Christoph Pepusch, German composer (b. 1667)
1816: Gavrila Romanovich Derzhavin, Russian poet (b. 1743)
1866: Bernhard Riemann, German mathematician (b. 1826)
1897: Jean Ingelow, English poet (b. 1820)
1901: William Cosmo Monkhouse, English poet and critic (b. 1840)
1903: Pope Leo XIII (b. 1810)
1908: Demetrius Vikelas, Greek author, president of the International
1908: Demetrius Vikelas, Greek author, president of the International Olympic Committee (b. 1835)
1922: Andrey Markov, Russian mathematician (b. 1856)
1926: Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinskiy, head of the Soviet secret police
1926: Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinskiy, head of the Soviet secret police 1877)
1927: King Ferdinand of Romania (b. 1865)
1928: Kostas Karyotakis, Greek poet (b. 1896)
1932: René Bazin, French novelist (b. 1853)
1937: Guglielmo Marconi, Italian inventor, recipient of the Nobel Priz
1937: Guglielmo Marconi, Italian inventor, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics (b. 1874)
1941: Lew Fields, American vaudeville performer (b. 1867)
1944: Mildred Harris, American actress (b. 1901)
1945: Paul Valéry, French author and poet (b. 1871)
1951: Friedrich Wilhelm Hohenzollern, Crown Prince of Germany (b. 1882
1951: King Abdullah I of Jordan (b. 1882)
1953: Dumarsaid Estime, President of Haiti (b. 1900)
1953: Jan Struther, British author (b. 1901)
1956: James Alexander Calder, Canadian politician (b. 1868)
1959: William D. Leahy, American admiral (b. 1875)
1969: Roy Hamilton, American singer (b. 1929)
1970: Iain Macleod, Conservative Party Politician and Chancellor of Exchequer at time of his death (b. 1913)
1973: Bruce Lee, American actor and martial artist (b. 1940)
1973: Robert Smithson, American land artist (b. 1938)
1982: Okot p'Bitek, Ugandan poet (b. 1931)
1983: Frank Reynolds, American television news anchor (b. 1923)
1987: Richard Egan, American actor (b. 1921)
1990: Herbert Jenkins, Atlanta's longest serving police chief (b. 1907
1993: Vincent Foster Jr., White House deputy counsel (b. 1945)
1999: Sandra Gould, American actress (b. 1916)
2000: Gregory Hill (also known as Malaclypse the Younger,) American wr
2000: Gregory Hill (also known as Malaclypse the Younger,) American wr (b. 1941)
2003: Nicolas Freeling, English writer (b. 1927)
2004: Adi Lady Lala Mara, Fiji chieftainess, wife of Kamisese Mara (b.
2004: Adi Lady Lala Mara, Fiji chieftainess, wife of Kamisese Mara (b. 1931)
2005: Finn Gustavsen, Norwegian politician (b. 1926)
2005: James Doohan, Canadian-born actor (b. 1920)
2005: Kayo Hatta, American film director (b. 1958)
2006: Gérard Oury, French filmmaker (b. 1919)
2006: Ted Grant, British Trotskyist (b. 1913)
2007: Tammy Faye Messner (Bakker), American televangelist (b. 1942)

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