August 20th
138 Notable deaths
Ignacio Padilla
Mexican writer (1968-2016).
Born November 7th, 1968 in Mexico City. [ref]
Died August 20th, 2016 at 47 years old in Querétaro Municipality (traffic collision). [ref]
Adolf Dymsza
Polish actor.
Born April 7th, 1900 in Warsaw.
Died August 20th, 1975 at 75 years old in Góra Kalwaria.
Alexander Nikolayevich Samokhvalov
Soviet russian artist.
Born August 20th, 1894 in Bezhetsk. [ref]
Died August 20th, 1971 at 77 years old in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Georg Häfner
German priest and martyr (1900–1942).
Born October 19th, 1900 in Würzburg.
Died August 20th, 1942 at 41 years old in Dachau.
André-Georges Haudricourt
French academic (1911-1996).
Born January 17th, 1911 in Paris. [ref]
Died August 20th, 1996 at 85 years old in Paris. [ref]
Rudolf Hundstorfer
Austrian politician and trade unionist (1951-2019).
Born September 19th, 1951 in Vienna. [ref]
Died August 20th, 2019 at 67 years old in Brač (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Julio Lozano Díaz
President of honduras (1885-1957).
Born March 27th, 1885 in British Hong Kong.
Died August 20th, 1957 at 72 years old in Miami.
Sergey Mergelyan
Armenian mathematician.
Born May 19th, 1928 in Simferopol.
Died August 20th, 2008 at 80 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Lazarus Salii
President of palau (1936-1988).
Born November 17th, 1936 in Angaur.
Died August 20th, 1988 at 51 years old in Koror (ballistic trauma).
Moshe Shamir
Israeli writer (1921-2004).
Born September 15th, 1921 in Safed. [ref]
Died August 20th, 2004 at 82 years old in Rishon LeZion. [ref]
Deaths 91 to 100 of 138
Death takes no bribes. Benjamin Franklin