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514 Notable deaths
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John Monk Saunders
Screenwriter, novelist, film director (1897-1940).
Born November 22nd, 1897 in Hinckley.
Died March 11th, 1940 at 42 years old in Fort Myers (hanging to death).
Koçi Xoxe
Albanian politician (1917–1949).
Born May 1st, 1911 in Florina Prefecture. [ref]
Died June 11th, 1949 at 38 years old in Tirana (hanging to death). [ref]
Fritz-Dietlof von der Schulenburg
German politician (1902-1944).
Born September 5th, 1902 in London.
Died August 10th, 1944 at 41 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging to death).
Zdzisław Marchwicki
Polish serial killer.
Born October 18th, 1927 in Dąbrowa Górnicza.
Died April 29th, 1977 at 49 years old in Katowice (hanging to death).
Fritz Knoechlein
Ss officer.
Born May 27th, 1911 in Munich.
Died January 21st, 1949 at 37 years old in Hamelin (hanging to death).
Dhan Gopal Mukerji
Indian-american writer.
Born July 6th, 1890 in Bengal Presidency.
Died July 14th, 1936 at 46 years old in New York City (hanging to death).
Arvid Harnack
German jurist, economist, and resistance fighter in nazi germany (1901–1942).
Born May 24th, 1901 in Darmstadt. [ref]
Died December 22nd, 1942 at 41 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging to death).
Rakhat Aliev
Kazakh politician (1962-2015).
Born December 10th, 1962 in Almaty.
Died February 24th, 2015 at 52 years old in Vienna Josefstadt Prison (hanging to death).
August Schmidhuber
German general (1901–1947).
Born May 8th, 1901 in Augsburg.
Died February 19th, 1947 at 45 years old in Belgrade (hanging to death).
Caesar von Hofacker
German luftwaffe lieutenant-colonel, member of the 20 july 1944 plot.
Born March 11th, 1896 in Ludwigsburg.
Died December 20th, 1944 at 48 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging to death).
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