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In the year 1965
517 Notable deaths
Sherman Minton
Us supreme court justice from 1949 to 1956.
Born October 20th, 1890 in Georgetown.
Died April 9th, 1965 at 74 years old in New Albany.
Otozō Yamada
Japanese general (1881–1965).
Born November 6th, 1881 in Nagano Prefecture.
Died July 18th, 1965 at 83 years old in Japan.
Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i
President of iraq (1904-1965).
Born July 14th, 1904 in Baghdad.
Died December 6th, 1965 at 61 years old in Baghdad.
Harry Crerar
Canadian general.
Born April 28th, 1888 in Hamilton.
Died April 1st, 1965 at 76 years old in Ottawa.
H. V. Evatt
Australian judge and politician (1894-1965).
Born April 30th, 1894 in East Maitland. [ref]
Died November 2nd, 1965 at 71 years old in Canberra. [ref]
John Kitzmiller
American actor (1913-1965).
Born December 4th, 1913 in Battle Creek.
Died February 23rd, 1965 at 51 years old in Rome (liver cirrhosis).
Hayato Ikeda
Prime minister of japan from 1960 to 1964.
Born December 3rd, 1899 in Yoshina.
Died August 13th, 1965 at 65 years old in Tokyo (pneumonia, laryngeal cancer).
Abdullah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah
Ruler of sheikhdom of kuwait from 1950 to 1965.
Born January 1st, 1895 in Kuwait City.
Died November 24th, 1965 at 70 years old in Kuwait City (kidney failure).
Arnold Peter Møller
Danish businessman (1876–1965).
Born October 2nd, 1876 in Store Magleby.
Died June 12th, 1965 at 88 years old in Copenhagen.
Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland
Swedish prince.
Born June 17th, 1884 in Tullgarn Palace.
Died June 5th, 1965 at 80 years old in Flen (myocardial infarction).
Red Nichols
American jazz musician.
Born May 8th, 1905 in Ogden. [ref]
Died June 28th, 1965 at 60 years old in Las Vegas (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Chen Cheng
Chinese politician and soldier (1897–1965).
Born January 4th, 1897 in Qingtian.
Died March 5th, 1965 at 68 years old in Taipei (liver cancer).
Paul Waner
American major league baseball player, outfielder (1903–1965).
Born April 16th, 1903 in Oklahoma.
Died August 29th, 1965 at 62 years old in Sarasota.
Nancy Carroll
American actress (1903–1965).
Born November 19th, 1903 in New York City.
Died August 6th, 1965 at 61 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction, aneurysm).
Randall Jarrell
Poet, critic, novelist, essayist.
Born May 6th, 1914 in Nashville. [ref]
Died October 14th, 1965 at 51 years old in Chapel Hill (struck by vehicle). [ref]
Alexander Poskrebyshev
Soviet politician (1891-1965).
Born August 7th, 1891.
Died January 3rd, 1965 at 73 years old in Moscow.
Motilal
Indian actor (1910-1965).
Born December 4th, 1910 in Shimla.
Died June 17th, 1965 at 54 years old in Mumbai.
Prince Friedrich, Prince of Hohenzollern
German prince (1891-1965).
Born August 30th, 1891 in Heiligendamm.
Died February 6th, 1965 at 73 years old in Krauchenwies.
Kyuzo Mifune
Japanese judoka (1883–1965).
Born April 21st, 1883 in Iwate Prefecture.
Died January 27th, 1965 at 81 years old in Tokyo.
Fan S. Noli
Albanian politician (1882-1965).
Born January 6th, 1882 in İbriktepe.
Died March 13th, 1965 at 83 years old in Fort Lauderdale (surgical complications).
Myra Hess
British pianist (1890–1965).
Born February 25th, 1890 in Hampstead.
Died November 26th, 1965 at 75 years old in 23, Cavendish Close Nw8 (myocardial infarction).
Humberto Delgado
Portuguese politician (1906-1965).
Born May 15th, 1906 in Brogueira.
Died February 13th, 1965 at 58 years old in Olivenza.
Rafael Hernández Marín
Puerto rican musician, united states army soldier (1891–1965).
Born October 24th, 1892 in Aguadilla.
Died December 11th, 1965 at 73 years old in San Juan (cancer).
Johann von Leers
German politician (1902-1965).
Born January 25th, 1902 in Dragun.
Died March 5th, 1965 at 63 years old in Cairo.
Hermann Staudinger
German chemist, winner of the 1953 nobel prize in chemistry (1881–1965).
Born March 23rd, 1881 in Worms.
Died September 9th, 1965 at 84 years old in Freiburg im Breisgau. [ref]
Deaths 101 to 125 of 517
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