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427 Notable deaths
by hanging
Mohammad Najibullah
4th general secretary of the people's democratic party of afghanistan.
Born August 6th, 1947 in Gardēz. [ref]
Died September 27th, 1996 at 49 years old in Kabul (hanging). [ref]
Hans Frank
German lawyer, nazi politician, general governor of nazi occupied poland and convicted war criminal (1900-1946).
Born May 23rd, 1900 in Karlsruhe. [ref]
Died October 16th, 1946 at 46 years old in Nuremberg, Nuremberg Court Prison (hanging). [ref]
Jang Ja-yeon
South korean actress.
Born December 8th, 1982 in Jeongeup.
Died March 7th, 2009 at 26 years old in Seongnam (hanging). [ref]
Jack Unterweger
Austrian serial killer.
Born August 16th, 1950 in Judenburg. [ref]
Died June 29th, 1994 at 43 years old in Graz (hanging). [ref]
Brody Stevens
American comedian (1970-2019).
Born May 22nd, 1970 in Los Angeles.
Died February 22nd, 2019 at 48 years old in Los Angeles (hanging). [ref]
Wilhelm Canaris
German admiral, head of military intelligence service.
Born January 1st, 1887 in Aplerbeck. [ref]
Died April 9th, 1945 at 58 years old in Flossenbürg concentration camp (hanging). [ref]
Timothy Evans
British man wrongly convicted of murder (1924-1950).
Born November 20th, 1924 in Merthyr Tydfil.
Died March 9th, 1950 at 25 years old in HM Prison Pentonville (hanging).
Uday Kiran
Indian film actor.
Born December 30th, 1998 in Hyderabad.
Died January 6th, 2014 at 15 years old in Hyderabad (hanging).
Sayyid Qutb
Egyptian author, educator, poet, and politician (1906—1966).
Born October 9th, 1906 in Musha. [ref]
Died August 29th, 1966 at 59 years old in Cairo (hanging). [ref]
Julius Streicher
German publisher, nazi politician and convicted war criminal (1885-1946).
Born February 12th, 1885 in Fleinhausen.
Died October 16th, 1946 at 61 years old in Nuremberg (hanging).
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