April 20
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Events
Births
- 1492 - Pietro Aretino
- 1807 - Aloysius Bertrand introduced the prose poem into French literature and inspired Symbolist poets.
- 1879 - Paul Poiret, French a couturier based in Paris before the First World War and during the Belle Epoque.
- 1889 - Adolf Hitler, failed artist and leader of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945.
- 1901 - Michel Leiris, French surrealist writer and ethnographer.
- 1914 - Karel Thole, Dutch painter and illustrator.
Deaths
Deaths
- 1176 – Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English-Irish military leader (b. 1130)
- 1314 – Pope Clement V (b. 1264)
- 1517 – Bogdan III the One-Eyed, Romanian son of Stephen III of Moldavia (b. 1470)
- 1521 – Zhengde Emperor of China (b. 1491)
- 1534 – Elizabeth Barton, English nun (b. 1506)
- 1558 – Johannes Bugenhagen, German priest and theologian (b. 1485)
- 1643 – Christoph Demantius, German composer and poet (b. 1567)
- 1703 – Lancelot Addison, English educator (b. 1632)
- 1769 – Chief Pontiac, American tribal leader (b. 1720)
- 1831 – John Abernethy, English surgeon (b. 1764)
- 1873 – William Tite, English architect, designed the Royal Exchange (b. 1798)
- 1874 – Alexander H. Bailey, American politician (b. 1817)
- 1887 – Muhammad Sharif Pasha, Greek-Egyptian politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1826)
- 1899 – Joseph Wolf, German illustrator (b. 1820)
- 1902 – Joaquim de Sousa Andrade, Brazilian poet (b. 1833)
- 1912 – Bram Stoker, Irish author (b. 1847)
- 1918 – Karl Ferdinand Braun, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1850)
- 1927 – Enrique Simonet, Spanish painter (b. 1866)
- 1929 – Prince Henry of Prussia (b. 1862)
- 1931 – Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon, 5th Baronet, Scottish fencer and businessman (b. 1862)
- 1932 – Giuseppe Peano, Italian mathematician (b. 1858)
- 1935 – Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon, English fashion designer (b. 1863)
- 1935 – John Cameron, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1872)
- 1942 – Jüri Jaakson, Estonian politician and businessman (b. 1870)
- 1944 – Elmer Gedeon, American baseball player and pilot (b. 1917)
- 1945 – Erwin Bumke, German jurist (b. 1874)
- 1947 – Christian X of Denmark (b. 1870)
- 1951 – Ivanoe Bonomi, Italian politician, 25th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1873)
- 1964 – Eddie Dyer, American baseball player and manager (b. 1899)
- 1967 – Léo-Paul Desrosiers, Canadian journalist and author (b. 1896)
- 1968 – Rudolph Dirks, German-American illustrator (b. 1877)
- 1969 – Vjekoslav Luburić, Croatian general (b. 1911)
- 1980 – M. Canagaratnam, Sri Lankan Tamil politician (b. 1924)
- 1982 – Archibald MacLeish, American poet (b. 1892)
- 1986 – Sibte Hassan, Pakistani journalist, scholar, and activist (b. 1916)
- 1989 – Doru Davidovici, Romanian pilot (b. 1945)
- 1990 – Arnold Alas, Estonian landscape architect and artist (b. 1911)
- 1991 – Steve Marriott, English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (The Small Faces and Humble Pie) (b. 1947)
- 1991 – Don Siegel, American director and producer (b. 1912)
- 1992 – Benny Hill, English comedian and actor (b. 1924)
- 1992 – Marcel Albers, Dutch motor racing driver (b. 1967)
- 1993 – Cantinflas, Mexican actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1911)
- 1993 – Ben Platt (actor), American actor
- 1994 – Jean Carmet, French actor (b. 1920)
- 1996 – Trần Văn Trà, Vietnamese general and politician (b. 1918)
- 1996 – Christopher Robin Milne, English bookseller (b. 1920)
- 1999 – Casualties of the Columbine High School massacre:
- Cassie Bernall, American student (b. 1981)
- Eric Harris, American student and murderer (b. 1981)
- Dylan Klebold, American student and murderer (b. 1981)
- Rachel Scott, American student, inspired the Rachel's Challenge (b. 1981)
- William David Sanders, American educator (b. 1951)
- 1999 – Rick Rude, American wrestler (b. 1958)
- 1999 – Señor Wences, Spanish ventriloquist and comedian (b. 1896)
- 2001 – Giuseppe Sinopoli, Italian conductor and composer (b. 1946)
- 2002 – Alan Dale, American singer (b. 1925)
- 2002 – Pierre Rapsat, Belgian singer-songwriter (b. 1948)
- 2003 – Ruth Hale, American playwright and actress (b. 1908)
- 2003 – Daijiro Kato, Japanese motorcycle racer (b. 1976)
- 2003 – Bernard Katz, German biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
- 2005 – Zygfryd Blaut, Polish footballer (b. 1943)
- 2005 – Ea Jansen, Estonian historian (b. 1921)
- 2005 – Fumio Niwa, Japanese author(b. 1904)
- 2007 – Andrew Hill, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1931)
- 2007 – Michael Fu Tieshan, Chinese bishop (b. 1931)
- 2007 – Fred Fish, American computer programmer (b. 1952)
- 2008 – VL Mike, American rapper (Chopper City Boyz) (b. 1976)
- 2008 – Monica Lovinescu, Romanian journalist and author (b. 1923)
- 2009 – Beata Asimakopoulou, Greek actress (b. 1932)
- 2010 – Dorothy Height, American educator and activist (b. 1912)
- 2011 – Tim Hetherington, English-American photographer and journalist (b. 1970)
- 2011 – Chris Hondros, American photographer (b. 1970)
- 2011 – Gerard Smith, American guitarist (TV on the Radio) (b. 1974)
- 2012 – Mario Arturo Acosta Chaparro, Mexican general (b. 1942)
- 2012 – Jack Ashley, Baron Ashley of Stoke, English politician (b. 1922)
- 2012 – Matt Branam, American academic (b. 1954)
- 2012 – George Cowan, American chemist, businessman, and philanthropist (b. 1920)
- 2012 – Bert Weedon, English guitarist and songwriter (b. 1920)
- 2013 – Günseli Başar, Turkish model, Miss Europe 1952 (b. 1932)
- 2013 – Glenn Cannon, American actor and director (b. 1932)
- 2013 – Peter Kane Dufault, American poet (b. 1923)
- 2013 – Huang Wenyong, Malaysia-Singaporean actor (b. 1952)
- 2013 – Jocasta Innes, Chinese-English journalist and author (b. 1934)
- 2013 – Rick Mather, American-English architect (b. 1937)
- 2013 – Howard Phillips, American politician (b. 1941)
- 2013 – Nosher Powell, English actor and stuntman (b. 1928)
- 2014 – Rubin Carter, American boxer (b. 1937)
- 2014 – Neville Wran, Australian politician (b. 1926)
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