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Kenny Rogers remade his career and was one of the most successful cross-over artists of all time.
Notable Deaths on March 20
2020 — Kenny Rogers
American singer (born 1938)
March 20 has 105 recorded notable deaths across history, from 687 to 2026. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
105 source records
687 – 2026
Today in history
Major events on March 20
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- 1903 The first of a series of auctions of sheep farming land in southern Patagonia takes place impacting established settlers. Source
- 1888 The premiere of the very first Romani language operetta is staged in Moscow, Russia. Source
- 1616 Sir Walter Raleigh is freed from the Tower of London after 13 years of imprisonment. Source
- 1952 The US Senate ratifies the Security Treaty between the United States and Japan. Source
Did you know
Muhammad bin Tughluq reigned from February 1325 until his death in March 1351.
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William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield,, was a British barrister, politician and judge best known for his reforms to English law.
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Delerue won numerous important film music awards, including an Academy Award for A Little Romance (1979), three César Awards, two ASCAP Awards, and one Gemini Award for Sword of Gideon (1986).
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In 1951 he became a foreign member of the Polish Academy of Sciences and Letters in Kraków.
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Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1351
Muhammad bin Tughluq
Sultan of Delhi
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1793
William Murray
1st Earl of Mansfield, Scottish judge and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (born 1705)
William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield,, was a British barrister, politician and judge best known for his reforms to English law.
1992
Georges Delerue
French composer (born 1925)
Georges Delerue was a French composer who composed more than 350 scores for cinema and television.
1983
Ivan Matveyevich Vinogradov
Russian mathematician and academic (born 1891)
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1958
Adegoke Adelabu
Nigerian merchant, journalist, and politician (born 1915)
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2012
Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg
Polish-Israeli rabbi and author (born 1910)
Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg was a Polish-born, American-raised, Israeli Haredi rabbi and rosh yeshiva who, from 1965, made his home in the Kiryat Mattersdorf neighborhood of Jerusalem, Israel.
1897
Apollon Maykov
Russian poet and playwright (born 1821)
Apollon Nikolayevich Maykov was a Russian poet, best known for his lyric verse showcasing images of Russian villages, nature, and history.
1878
Julius Robert von Mayer
German physician and physicist (born 1814)
Julius Robert von Mayer was a German physician, chemist, and physicist and one of the founders of thermodynamics.
2010
Ai
American poet and academic (born 1947)
Florence Ai Ogawa was an American poet and educator who won the 1999 National Book Award for Poetry for Vice: New and Selected Poems.
1966
Johnny Morrison
American baseball player (born 1895)
John Dewey Morrison, nicknamed "Jughandle Johnny", was an American professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of ten seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates and Brooklyn Robins.
1191
Pope Clement III (born 1130)
Pope Clement III, born Paolo Scolari, was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 19 December 1187 to his death in 1191.
1568
Albert
Duke of Prussia (born 1490)
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687
Cuthbert
Northumbrian (English) monk, bishop, and saint (born 634)
Cuthbert was a saint of the early Northumbrian church in the Celtic tradition.
1549
Thomas Seymour
1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley, English general and politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (born 1508)
Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley was a brother of Jane Seymour, the third wife of King Henry VIII.
851
Ebbo
archbishop of Reims
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2012
Jim Stynes
Irish-Australian footballer (born 1966)
James Peter Stynes was an Irish-born Australian rules footballer, youth worker and sports administrator.
1933
Giuseppe Zangara
Italian-American assassin of Anton Cermak (born 1900; executed)
Giuseppe Zangara was an Italian-born American man who attempted to assassinate the President-elect of the United States, Franklin D. Roosevelt, on February 15, 1933, 17 days before Roosevelt's inauguration.
1990
Lev Yashin
Russian footballer (born 1929)
Lev Ivanovich Yashin was a Soviet professional footballer. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time and the best goalkeeper in the history of the sport.
2010
Girija Prasad Koirala
Indian-Nepalese politician, 30th Prime Minister of Nepal (born 1924)
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