Famous Deaths on 20 Oct

Famous Deaths on 20 Oct

1139 - Henry X, Duke of Bavaria
1570 - João de Barros, Portuguese historian (b. 1496)
1631 - Michael Maestlin, German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1550)
1640 - John Ball, English Puritan clergyman (b. 1585)
1652 - Antonio Coello, Spanish writer (b. 1611)
1713 - Archibald Pitcairne, Scottish physician (b. 1652)
1740 - Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1685)
1842 - Grace Darling, English heroine (b. 1815)
1865 - Champ Ferguson, Confederate guerrilla (b. 1821)
1890 - Sir Richard Burton, British explorer and writer (b. 1821)
1900 - Naim Frashëri, Albanian poet (b. 1846)
1907 - Said Pasha Kurd, Kurdish statesman (b.1834)
1910 - David B. Hill, Governor of New York (b. 1843)
1926 - Eugene Debs, American labor leader and Socialist presidential candidate (b. 1855)
1935 - Arthur Henderson, Scottish politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1863)
1936 - Anne Sullivan, American teacher (b. 1866)
1940 - Gunnar Asplund, Swedish architect (b. 1885)
1953 - Werner Baumbach, German bomber pilot (b. 1916)
1964 - Herbert Hoover, 31st President of the United States (b. 1874)
1967 - Yoshida Shigeru, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1878)
1968 - Bud Flanagan, British wartime entertainer (b. 1896)
1972 - Harlow Shapley, American astronomer (b. 1885)
1977 - Members of the American rock group Lynyrd Skynyrd killed in a plane crash:
460 - Aelia Eudocia, Byzantine Empress