April 20th
169 Notable deaths
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]
Sergei Brukhonenko
Soviet scientist.
Born May 12th, 1890 in Michurinsk.
Died April 20th, 1960 at 69 years old in Moscow.
Hilda Bernard
Argentine actress.
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]
Charles Sumner Tainter
American inventor and businessman.
Born April 25th, 1854 in Watertown.
Died April 20th, 1940 at 85 years old in San Diego.
Jean Carmet
French actor (1920-1994).
Born April 25th, 1921 in Bourgueil. [ref]
Died April 20th, 1994 at 72 years old in Sèvres (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Eric Tigerstedt
Finnish inventor.
Born August 14th, 1886 in Helsinki.
Died April 20th, 1925 at 38 years old in New York City (kidney failure).
Peter Lee Lawrence
German actor (1944-1974).
Born February 21st, 1944 in Lindau.
Died April 20th, 1974 at 30 years old in Rome. [ref]
Deaths 71 to 80 of 169
Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde