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January 27th
189 Notable deaths
Higinio Morínigo
President of paraguay (1897-1983).
Born January 11th, 1897 in Paraguarí.
Died January 27th, 1983 at 86 years old in Asunción.
Lina Ben Mhenni
Tunisian internet activist, blogger and journalist.
Born May 22nd, 1983 in Tunis. [ref]
Died January 27th, 2020 at 36 years old in Tunis (kidney failure). [ref]
Gonzalo Torrente Ballester
Spanish galician writer.
Born June 13th, 1910 in Serantes. [ref]
Died January 27th, 1999 at 88 years old in Salamanca. [ref]
Dagmar Hagelin
Disappeared in the dirty war (1959-1977).
Born September 29th, 1959 in Buenos Aires.
Died January 27th, 1977 at 17 years old in Buenos Aires.
Alfred Bitini Xuma
President of the african national congress (1893-1962).
Born March 8th, 1893 in Transkei.
Died January 27th, 1962 at 68 years old in Johannesburg.
Marietta Blau
Austrian nuclear physicist.
Born April 29th, 1894 in Vienna.
Died January 27th, 1970 at 75 years old in Vienna (cancer).
Srđan Aleksić
Yugoslav actor, beating victim (1966-1993).
Born May 9th, 1966 in Trebinje.
Died January 27th, 1993 at 26 years old in Trebinje (blunt trauma).
Gideon Klein
Czech composer (1919–1945).
Born December 6th, 1919 in Přerov. [ref]
Died January 27th, 1945 at 25 years old in extermination camp, Fürstengrube. [ref]
Jan Christiaan Heunis
South african politician (1927-2006).
Born April 20th, 1927 in Uniondale.
Died January 27th, 2006 at 78 years old in Somerset West.
Mino Reitano
Italian singer, songwriter, actor (1944-2009).
Born December 7th, 1944 in Fiumara.
Died January 27th, 2009 at 64 years old in Agrate Brianza (colorectal cancer). [ref]
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