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June 20th
149 Notable deaths
Rong Guotuan
Chinese table tennis player (1937-1968).
Born August 10th, 1937 in British Hong Kong.
Died June 20th, 1968 at 30 years old in Beijing (hanging).
Angelo Niculescu
Romanian footballer and manager (1921-2015).
Born October 1st, 1921 in Craiova.
Died June 20th, 2015 at 93 years old in Bucharest.
Wilhelm Busch
German protestant pastor and writer (1897-1966).
Born March 27th, 1897 in Elberfeld.
Died June 20th, 1966 at 69 years old in Lübeck.
George Loane Tucker
American film director, actor and screenwriter.
Born June 12th, 1880 in Chicago.
Died June 20th, 1921 at 41 years old in Los Angeles (disease).
Francis Graham-Smith
British astronomer.
Born April 25th, 1923 in Lancashire.
Died June 20th, 2025 at 102 years old [ref]
Wilhelm Hallwachs
Physicist, photoelectric effect (1859-1922).
Born July 9th, 1859 in Darmstadt.
Died June 20th, 1922 at 62 years old in Dresden.
Ludwig Gattermann
German chemist.
Born April 20th, 1860 in Goslar.
Died June 20th, 1920 at 60 years old in Freiburg im Breisgau.
Sture Allén
Professor of computational linguistics, permanent secretary of the swedish academy.
Born December 31st, 1928 in Lundby church parish.
Died June 20th, 2022 at 93 years old in Stockholm. [ref]
Harry B. Whittington
British paleontologist.
Born March 24th, 1916 in Birmingham.
Died June 20th, 2010 at 94 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
Raphaël Salem
French mathematician of greek origin (1898-1963).
Born November 7th, 1898 in Thessaloniki.
Died June 20th, 1963 at 64 years old in Paris.
Deaths 91 to 100 of 149
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