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<html> <head> <title>Died on August 20th</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px;"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> Died on August 20th LISTS <table border=1 class="sortable" id="sort_grunk"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/219/000099919/">Adolf von Baeyer</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Oct-1835</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Aug-1917</tt></td> <td>Synthesized indigo</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/681/000094399/">St. Bernard of Clairvaux</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1090</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Aug-1153</tt></td> <td>Reformed the Cistercian Order</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/750/000099453/">Percy Williams Bridgman</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Apr-1882</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Aug-1961</tt></td> <td>High-pressure physics</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/874/000278040/">Dorothy Burgess</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Mar-1907</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Aug-1961</tt></td> <td>Hold Your Man</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/221/000022155/">Phyllis Diller</a></td> <td><center>Comic</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Jul-1917</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Aug-2012</tt></td> <td>The original female stand-up comic</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/238/000086977/">Paul Ehrlich</a></td> <td><center>Doctor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Mar-1854</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Aug-1915</tt></td> <td>Father of chemotherapy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/004/000111668/">Hua Guofeng</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Feb-1921</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Aug-2008</tt></td> <td>Premier of China, 1976-80</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/470/000061287/">William F. Halsey</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Oct-1882</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Aug-1959</tt></td> <td>WWII Commander of the South Pacific</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/853/000022787/">Leona Helmsley</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Jul-1920</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Aug-2007</tt></td> <td>Queen of Mean</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/249/000248502/">Jack Horkheimer</a></td> <td><center>Astronomer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Jun-1938</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Aug-2010</tt></td> <td>Naked-eye astronomer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/758/000113419/">Fred Hoyle</a></td> <td><center>Astronomer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Jun-1915</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Aug-2001</tt></td> <td>Opposed the Big Bang but named it</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/536/000095251/">Pope John XIV</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>?</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Aug-984 AD</tt></td> <td>Roman Catholic Pope, 983-84</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/412/000039295/">Stephanie Tubbs Jones</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Sep-1949</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Aug-2008</tt></td> <td>Congresswoman, Ohio 11th</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/185/000051032/">Thad Jones</a></td> <td><center>Jazz Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Mar-1923</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Aug-1986</tt></td> <td>Jazz cornet/fluglehorn/trumpeter and bandleader</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/026/000258249/">Jules Laforgue</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Aug-1860</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Aug-1887</tt></td> <td>Pessimistic poet who inspired T. S. Eliot</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/716/000205101/">Edward Ludwig</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Oct-1898</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Aug-1982</tt></td> <td>The Fighting Seabees</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/640/000280797/">Ilona Massey</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Jun-1910</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Aug-1974</tt></td> <td>Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/436/000167932/">C. William O'Neill</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Feb-1916</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Aug-1978</tt></td> <td>Governor of Ohio, 1957-59</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/518/000088254/">Pope Pius VII</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Aug-1740</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Aug-1823</tt></td> <td>Roman Catholic Pope 1800-23</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/331/000088067/">Pope Pius X</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Jun-1835</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Aug-1914</tt></td> <td>Roman Catholic Pontiff, 1903-14</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/995/000278161/">Rags Ragland</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Aug-1905</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Aug-1946</tt></td> <td>Panama Hattie</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/182/000177648/">Franz Reuleaux</a></td> <td><center>Mathematician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Sep-1829</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Aug-1905</tt></td> <td>Father of modern kinematics</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/179/000114834/">Alice Grant Rosman</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Aug-1961</tt></td> <td>Visitors to Hugo</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/321/000094039/">Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling</a></td> <td><center>Philosopher</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Jan-1775</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Aug-1854</tt></td> <td>Naturphilosophie</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/388/000129998/">Harley O. Staggers, Sr.</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Aug-1907</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Aug-1991</tt></td> <td>Congressman from West Virginia, 1949-81</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/182/000205564/">Kim Stanley</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Feb-1925</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Aug-2001</tt></td> <td>Seance on a Wet Afternoon</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/708/000174186/">Herbert Hall Turner</a></td> <td><center>Astronomer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Aug-1861</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Aug-1930</tt></td> <td>Stellar positions</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/779/000126401/">Gene Upshaw</a></td> <td><center>Football</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Aug-1945</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Aug-2008</tt></td> <td>NFL Hall-of-Fame Guard, NFLPA Leader</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/495/000097204/">Johan de Witt</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Sep-1625</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Aug-1672</tt></td> <td>Leader of Holland, 1653-72</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/904/000162418/">Meles Zenawi</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-May-1955</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Aug-2012</tt></td> <td>Prime Minister of Ethiopia</td> </tr> </table> Do you know something we don't? <a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=106798" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a> Copyright ©2012 Soylent Communications </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"><div class="contentf"><center><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a> <a style="color: #0000ff" href="http://mapper.nndb.com/maps/581/000000581/"><img src="http://mapper.nndb.com/t/581/581/s581.jpg" width=128> NPR mostly unconnected to CPB</a> Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</center></div> <div class="contentf"><center> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </center></div> <div class="contentf"><center>BibliographiesNNDB has added thousands of bibliographies for people, organizations, schools, and general topics, listing more than 50,000 books and 120,000 other kinds of references. 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