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Died on April 20th
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| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| Robert Armstrong |
Actor |
20-Nov-1890 |
20-Apr-1973 |
King Kong |
| Ferdinand Braun |
Physicist |
6-Jun-1850 |
20-Apr-1918 |
Rectifier effect in semiconductors |
| Cantinflas |
Actor |
12-Aug-1911 |
20-Apr-1993 |
Around the World in Eighty Days |
| Peter Carsten |
Actor |
30-Apr-1928 |
20-Apr-2012 |
Dark of the Sun |
| Paul Celan |
Poet |
23-Nov-1920 |
20-Apr-1970 |
Todesfuge |
| Henry Chadwick |
Journalist |
5-Oct-1824 |
20-Apr-1908 |
Father of baseball |
| Christian X |
Royalty |
26-Sep-1870 |
20-Apr-1947 |
King of Denmark, 1912-47 |
| Pope Clement V |
Religion |
c. 1260 |
20-Apr-1314 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1305-14 |
| George Clinton |
Military |
26-Jul-1739 |
20-Apr-1812 |
US Vice President, 1805-12 |
| George A. Cowan |
Physicist |
15-Feb-1920 |
20-Apr-2012 |
Founder, Santa Fe Institute |
| Milovan Djilas |
Government |
12-Jun-1911 |
20-Apr-1995 |
Yugoslavian revolutionary |
| Eric Harris |
Criminal |
9-Apr-1981 |
20-Apr-1999 |
Columbine Massacre |
| Dorothy Height |
Activist |
24-Mar-1912 |
20-Apr-2010 |
National Council of Negro Women |
| Stanley Hiller, Jr. |
Inventor |
15-Nov-1924 |
20-Apr-2006 |
Helicopter designer |
| Trevor Huddleston |
Religion |
15-Jun-1913 |
20-Apr-1998 |
Anti-Apartheid activist |
| Bernard Katz |
Scientist |
26-Mar-1911 |
20-Apr-2003 |
Neurotransmitters and the pineal gland |
| Dylan Klebold |
Criminal |
11-Sep-1981 |
20-Apr-1999 |
Columbine Massacre |
| Carl Loewe |
Composer |
30-Nov-1796 |
20-Apr-1869 |
German composer of ballads |
| Archibald Macleish |
Poet |
7-May-1892 |
20-Apr-1982 |
Conquistador |
| Steve Marriott |
Guitarist |
30-Jan-1947 |
20-Apr-1991 |
The Small Faces, Humble Pie |
| Sean O'Faolain |
Novelist |
22-Feb-1900 |
20-Apr-1991 |
Come Back to Erin |
| Cecil Parker |
Actor |
3-Sep-1897 |
20-Apr-1971 |
The Ladykillers |
| Giuseppe Peano |
Mathematician |
27-Aug-1858 |
20-Apr-1932 |
Infinitesimal calculus |
| Pontiac |
Head of State |
c. 1720 |
20-Apr-1769 |
Chief of the Ottawa |
| John Russell |
Painter |
29-Mar-1745 |
20-Apr-1806 |
English portrait painter |
| Don Siegel |
Film Director |
26-Oct-1912 |
20-Apr-1991 |
Dirty Harry |
| Giuseppe Sinopoli |
Conductor |
2-Nov-1946 |
20-Apr-2001 |
Principal Conductor, Philharmonia, 1984-94 |
| Warren L. Smith |
Economist |
23-Mar-1914 |
20-Apr-1972 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1968-69 |
| Bram Stoker |
Author |
8-Nov-1847 |
20-Apr-1912 |
Dracula |
| Señor Wences |
Performance Artist |
17-Apr-1896 |
20-Apr-1999 |
Ventriloquist |
| Fielding H. Yost |
Football |
30-Apr-1871 |
20-Apr-1946 |
Legendary UMich Head Coach |
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