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In the year 1943
511 Notable deaths
Bernile Nienau
German draftswoman.
Born April 20th, 1926 in Dortmund.
Died October 5th, 1943 at 17 years old in Munich (poliomyelitis).
Richard Sears
American tennis player (1861-1943).
Born October 16th, 1861 in Boston.
Died April 8th, 1943 at 81 years old in Boston.
Carlo Tresca
American newspaper editor (1879–1943).
Born March 9th, 1879 in Sulmona.
Died January 11th, 1943 at 63 years old in New York City.
Henriette Caillaux
Second wife of the former prime minister of france (1874-1943).
Born December 5th, 1874 in Rueil-Malmaison.
Died January 29th, 1943 at 68 years old in Mamers.
Ottla Kafka
Sister of franz kafka.
Born October 29th, 1892 in Prague.
Died October 7th, 1943 at 50 years old in Auschwitz.
Georg, Crown Prince of Saxony
Last crown prince of the kingdom of saxony (1893–1943).
Born January 15th, 1893 in Dresden.
Died May 14th, 1943 at 50 years old in Groß Glienicke (drowning).
Ugo Cavallero
Italian general (1880-1943).
Born September 20th, 1880 in Casale Monferrato.
Died September 13th, 1943 at 62 years old in Frascati (gunshot wound).
Kurt Huber
German folk song researcher, professor at the ludwig-maximilians-university munich, member of the white rose (1893-1943).
Born October 24th, 1893 in Chur.
Died July 13th, 1943 at 49 years old in Munich, Munich Prison (decapitation).
Takeda Sōkaku
Japanese martial artist (1859-1943).
Born October 10th, 1859 in Aizu.
Died April 25th, 1943 at 83 years old in Japan.
Montagu Love
British actor (1877–1943).
Born March 15th, 1880 in Portsmouth.
Died May 17th, 1943 at 63 years old in Beverly Hills (myocardial infarction).
Willi Graf
German military physician and resistance fighter, "white rose" member (1918–1943).
Born January 2nd, 1918 in Kuchenheim.
Died October 12th, 1943 at 25 years old in Munich (decapitation by guillotine).
Hemu Kalani
Revolutionary of british india (1923–1943).
Born March 23rd, 1923 in Sukkur.
Died January 21st, 1943 at 19 years old (hanging to death).
Jimmy Collins
Baseball player and manager, first manager of the boston red sox, member of the national baseball hall of fame (1870–1943).
Born January 16th, 1870 in Buffalo.
Died March 6th, 1943 at 73 years old in Buffalo.
Nicholas John Spykman
Dutch-american geopolitician (1893-1943).
Born October 13th, 1893 in Amsterdam. [ref]
Died June 26th, 1943 at 49 years old in New Haven (cancer). [ref]
Oswald Teichmüller
German mathematician.
Born June 18th, 1913 in Nordhausen.
Died September 11th, 1943 at 30 years old in Dnieper. [ref]
Charley Paddock
American athlete and olympic gold medalist (1900-1943).
Born August 11th, 1900 in Gainesville. [ref]
Died July 21st, 1943 at 42 years old in Sitka.
John Frank Stevens
American canal engineer (1853–1943).
Born April 25th, 1853 in West Gardiner.
Died June 2nd, 1943 at 90 years old in Southern Pines.
Cornelia Fort
American aviator.
Born February 5th, 1919 in Nashville.
Died March 21st, 1943 at 24 years old in Merkel (mid-air collision).
Heinrich Zimmer
German indologist and linguist (1890–1943).
Born December 6th, 1890 in Greifswald.
Died March 20th, 1943 at 52 years old in New Rochelle (pneumonia).
Helmuth Groscurth
German officer (1898-1943).
Born December 16th, 1898 in Lüdenscheid.
Died April 7th, 1943 at 44 years old in Frolovo.
Abraham Grace Merritt
American author (1884-1943).
Born January 20th, 1884 in Beverly.
Died August 21st, 1943 at 59 years old in Indian Rocks Beach (cardiovascular disease).
Franz Oppenheimer
German-jewish physician, sociologist and political economist (1864-1943).
Born March 30th, 1864 in Berlin.
Died September 30th, 1943 at 79 years old in Los Angeles.
Mao Zemin
Mao zedong's brother (1896–1943).
Born April 3rd, 1896 in Xiangtan.
Died September 27th, 1943 at 47 years old in Xinjiang.
R. Austin Freeman
British writer (1862-1943).
Born April 11th, 1862 in Marylebone.
Died September 28th, 1943 at 81 years old in Gravesend.
Joseph Anton Schneiderfranken
German mystic, writer and painter (1876-1943).
Born November 25th, 1876 in Aschaffenburg.
Died February 14th, 1943 at 66 years old in Massagno.
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