May 20th
162 Notable deaths
Warren Grant Magnuson
American politician (1905-1989).
Born April 12th, 1905 in Moorhead.
Died May 20th, 1989 at 84 years old in Seattle.
Oleg Yankovsky
Soviet and russian actor.
Born February 23rd, 1944 in Karsakpay.
Died May 20th, 2009 at 65 years old in Moscow (pancreatic cancer).
Gilbert Murray
Anglo-australian scholar (1866-1957).
Born January 2nd, 1866 in Sydney.
Died May 20th, 1957 at 91 years old in Oxford. [ref]
Jarno Saarinen
Finnish motorcycle racer (1945-1973).
Born December 11th, 1945 in Turku.
Died May 20th, 1973 at 27 years old in Monza Circuit, Monza.
Sandra Bem
American psychologist.
Born June 22nd, 1944 in Pittsburgh.
Died May 20th, 2014 at 69 years old in Ithaca.
Ana Aslan
Romanian biologist and physician.
Born January 1st, 1897 in Brăila.
Died May 20th, 1988 at 91 years old in Polonia.
John David Jackson
American theoretical physicist and textbook author.
Born January 19th, 1925 in London.
Died May 20th, 2016 at 91 years old in Lansing.
Bruno Bräuer
German general (1893-1947).
Born February 4th, 1893 in Stanisławów, Lower Silesian Voivodeship.
Died May 20th, 1947 at 54 years old in Chaidari (ballistic trauma).
Gōgen Yamaguchi
Japanese karateka (1909-1989).
Born January 20th, 1909 in Kagoshima.
Died May 20th, 1989 at 80 years old in Tokyo.
Tetsuzō Iwamoto
Japanese flying ace.
Born June 15th, 1916 in Japan.
Died May 20th, 1955 at 38 years old in Masuda (sepsis).
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I shall not die of a cold. I shall die of having lived. Willa Cather