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913 Notable deaths
by gunshot wound
Venustiano Carranza
44th president of mexico.
Born December 29th, 1859 in Cuatro Ciénegas de Carranza.
Died May 21st, 1920 at 60 years old in Tlaxcalantongo (gunshot wound).
Hijikata Toshizō
Japanese military leader (1835-1869).
Died June 20th, 1869 at 34 years old in Hakodate (gunshot wound).
Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia
Grand duchess of russia (1899–1918); third daughter of nicholas ii and alexandra feodorovna (alix of hesse).
Born June 26th, 1899 in Petergof.
Died July 17th, 1918 at 19 years old in Ipatiev House (gunshot wound).
Jozef Gabčík
Czechoslovak soldier (1912–1942).
Born April 7th, 1912 in Poluvsie. [ref]
Died June 18th, 1942 at 30 years old in Ss. Cyril and Methodius Cathedral (gunshot wound). [ref]
Karl-Otto Koch
German ss military regiment officer and first commandant of the buchenwald and sachsenhausen concentration camp (1897–1945).
Born August 2nd, 1897 in Darmstadt.
Died April 5th, 1945 at 47 years old in Buchenwald concentration camp (gunshot wound).
William Desmond Taylor
Irish-american film director and actor (1872-1922).
Born April 26th, 1872 in Carlow.
Died February 1st, 1922 at 49 years old in Westlake (gunshot wound).
Shauna Grant
American pornographic actress and nude model (1963–1984).
Born May 30th, 1963 in Bellflower. [ref]
Died March 23rd, 1984 at 20 years old in Palm Springs (gunshot wound).
Hassan al-Banna
Egyptian islamist leader and politician (1906—1949).
Born October 14th, 1906 in Mahmoudiyah.
Died February 12th, 1949 at 42 years old in Cairo (gunshot wound).
Maurice Bishop
Revolutionary and grenada 's second prime minister (1979-1983).
Born May 29th, 1944 in Aruba. [ref]
Died October 19th, 1983 at 39 years old in St. George's (gunshot wound).
Violette Szabo
French-british soe spy.
Born June 26th, 1921 in Levallois-Perret.
Died February 5th, 1945 at 23 years old in Ravensbrück concentration camp (gunshot wound).
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