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January 13th
196 Notable deaths
Arthur Wightman
American physicist (1922-2013).
Born March 30th, 1922 in Rochester.
Died January 13th, 2013 at 90 years old in Edison.
Hans Berliner
American chess player and computer scientist (1929–2017).
Born January 27th, 1929 in Berlin. [ref]
Died January 13th, 2017 at 87 years old in Riviera Beach. [ref]
Sabu Martinez
American musician.
Born July 14th, 1930 in New York City. [ref]
Died January 13th, 1979 at 48 years old in Stockholm (gastrointestinal system disease). [ref]
Kálmán Kandó
Hungarian engineer and inventor of phase converter (1869-1931).
Born July 8th, 1869 in Pest. [ref]
Died January 13th, 1931 at 61 years old in Budapest.
Edgar J. Goodspeed
American theologian and scholar of greek and the new testament (1871-1962).
Born October 23rd, 1871 in Quincy. [ref]
Died January 13th, 1962 at 90 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
František Drtikol
Czech photographer and artist (1883-1961).
Born March 3rd, 1883 in Příbram. [ref]
Died January 13th, 1961 at 77 years old in Prague. [ref]
Dorothea Bate
Welsh palaeontologist and archaeozoologist (1878-1951).
Born November 8th, 1878 in Napier House.
Died January 13th, 1951 at 72 years old in Westcliff-on-Sea (coronary thrombosis).
Salvador Novo
Mexican poet.
Born July 30th, 1904 in Mexico City. [ref]
Died January 13th, 1974 at 69 years old in Mexico City. [ref]
Gilberto Agustoni
Swiss prelate (1922-2017).
Born July 26th, 1922 in Schaffhausen.
Died January 13th, 2017 at 94 years old in Rome.
Jean Delumeau
French historian (1923-2020).
Born June 18th, 1923 in Nantes. [ref]
Died January 13th, 2020 at 96 years old in Brest. [ref]
Deaths 101 to 110 of 196
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