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Deaths on November 20

1347 : 0Colonna, Roman senator, dies in battle
1480 : Eleonora van Austrian, translator, dies
1518 : Pierre de la Rue/Peter van Straten, Flemish composer, dies
1527 : Wendelmoet "Weyntjen" Claesdochter, 1st Dutch woman burned as heretic
1669 : Arnold Geulincx, South Neth philosopher (Cholera), dies at 45
1675 : Francisco de Moura y Cortereal, Span land guardian of Neth (1664-68)
1678 : Charles Dujardin, painter/etcher (Learned Dog), dies at about 56
1713 : Thomas Tompion, English clock maker (cylinder tunnel), dies
1737 : Caroline of Ansbach, queen of Great-Britain, dies
1741 : Melchior de Polignac, French diplomat/clergyman, dies
1750 : Wilhelmus Schortinghuis, theologist (Christian religion), dies at 50
1758 : Johan Helmich Roman, Finnish composer/violist, dies at 64
1764 : Christian Goldbach, German mathematician, dies
1827 : Alexey Nikolayevich Titov, composer, dies at 58
1851 : Wenzel Sedlak, composer, dies at 75
1856 : Farkas/Wolfgang Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician, dies at 81
1863 : James Bruce, Count of Elgin & Kincardine, governor Jamaica, dies at 52
1882 : Bela Albrecht Pal Keler, composer, dies at 62
1887 : Louis Gallait, Belgian painter (Egmont & Receiver), dies at 77
1894 : Anton Rubinstein, Russian composer (Dmitri Donskoi), dies at 64
1898 : John Fowler, English engineer (London Metropolitan Railway), dies
1899 : Carl A E Ahlqvist, [A Oksanen], Finnish translator, dies at 63
1900 : Peter S Kíyer, Danish painter/sculptor/graphic artist, dies at 49
1910 : Leo Tolstoy, Russian author (Anna Karenina), dies at 82 [NS]
1925 : Alexandra, Danish princess/Queen of Great Britain, dies at 80
1927 : Karl Wilhelm Eugen Stenhammer, composer, dies at 56
1936 : Jos‚ A Primo de Rivera y Sa‚nz de Heredia, Spanish Falange, executed
1939 : Marie Joseph Leon Desire Paque, composer, dies at 72
1944 : Sekio Nishina, Japanese inventor (kaiten-suicide submarine), dies
1947 : Wolfgang Borchert, German author (Draussen vor of the Tr), dies at 26
1950 : Francesco Cilea, composer, dies at 84
1952 : Benedetto Croce, Italian philosopher (La Critica), dies at 86
1957 : Weldon Hart, composer, dies at 46
1960 : Jacob Cohen, Hebrew poet/writer, dies
1962 : Jasper McLevy, socialist mayor of Bridgeport Ct, dies
1964 : John Tasker Howard, composer, dies at 73
1965 : Gabri‰lla VM Elisabeth, queen of the Belgians, dies at 89
1968 : Cathy Lewis, actress (Deidre-Hazel), dies of cancer at 50
1968 : Helen Gardner, silent film actress (Sandra), dies
1973 : Allan Sherman, parodist (Camp Granada, Harvey & Sheila), dies at 48
1975 : Francisco Franco, [y Bahamonde], Span dictator (1936-75), dies at 82
1977 : Maxie Wander, writer, dies
1983 : Marcel Dalio, actor (Casablanca), dies at 83
1983 : Richard Loo, actor, (China Sky), dies of cardio-pulmonary arrest
1984 : Alexander Moyzes, composer, dies at 78
1985 : Bill Scott, cartoon voice (Mr Peabody, Bullwinkle), dies at 65
1989 : Lynn Bari, actress (Shock, Nocturne, 6 Gun Law), dies at 71
1991 : Gina Petrushka, actress (Exorcist, Sybil), dies
1992 : John Foreman, producer (Prizzi's Honor), dies at 67 of heart attack
1993 : Christopher Frank, French writer, dies at 51
1993 : Emile Ardolino, director (Dirty Dancing), dies at 50 of AIDs
1993 : Heather Farr, golfer, dies of cancer at 28
1994 : John Lucarotti, scriptwriter, dies at 68
1994 : Saeedi Sirjani, poet, dies at 64
1995 : Ahmed Abel-Wadoud Karadawi, academic/activist, dies at 50
1995 : Sergei Grinkov, figure skater (Oly-gold), dies of heart attack at 28
1996 : Bert Geoffrey Achong, electron microscopist, dies at 67
1997 : Gary Burris, murderer (Kenneth Chambers), executed in Indiana
1997 : Robert Palmer, rock critic, dies at 52

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