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April 20th
182 Notable deaths
Enrique Simonet
Spanish painter (1866-1927).
Born February 2nd, 1866 in Valencia.
Died April 20th, 1927 at 61 years old in Madrid.
Joachim von Kortzfleisch
German general (1890–1945).
Born January 3rd, 1890 in Brunswick.
Died April 20th, 1945 at 55 years old in Wulwesort.
Anna Molka Ahmed
Pakistani artist (1917-1994).
Born August 13th, 1917 in London. [ref]
Died April 20th, 1994 at 76 years old in Lahore. [ref]
Heherson Alvarez
Filipino politician.
Born October 16th, 1939 in Santiago.
Died April 20th, 2020 at 80 years old in Manila (COVID-19). [ref]
Sergei Brukhonenko
Soviet scientist.
Born May 12th, 1890 in Michurinsk.
Died April 20th, 1960 at 69 years old in Moscow.
Jeremy Bernstein
American physicist.
Born December 31st, 1929 in Rochester.
Died April 20th, 2025 at 95 years old in New York City. [ref]
Karl Holz
Nazi leader (1895-1945).
Born December 27th, 1895 in Nuremberg.
Died April 20th, 1945 at 49 years old in Nuremberg.
Hilda Bernard
Argentine actress (1920–2022).
Born October 29th, 1920 in Puerto Deseado.
Died April 20th, 2022 at 101 years old in Buenos Aires. [ref]
Elmer Gedeon
United states navy captain, major league baseball player, one of two mlb players killed in world war ii (1917-1944).
Born April 15th, 1917 in Cleveland.
Died April 20th, 1944 at 27 years old in Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise (killed in action).
Peter Carsten
German actor (1928-2012).
Born April 30th, 1928 in Weißenburg in Bayern.
Died April 20th, 2012 at 83 years old in Piran. [ref]
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