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October 14th
162 Notable deaths
Milovan Ćirić
Serbian football manager (1918–1986).
Born February 12th, 1918 in Belgrade.
Died October 14th, 1986 at 68 years old in Belgrade.
Samuel M. Ralston
American politician (1857–1925).
Born December 1st, 1857 in New Cumberland.
Died October 14th, 1925 at 67 years old in Indianapolis.
Norman Steenrod
American mathematician (1910-1971).
Born April 22nd, 1910 in Dayton. [ref]
Died October 14th, 1971 at 61 years old in Princeton. [ref]
Heinrich Kayser
German physicist (1853–1940).
Born March 16th, 1853 in Bingen am Rhein.
Died October 14th, 1940 at 87 years old in Bonn.
Klim Churyumov
Ukrainian astronomer and children's poet (1937–2016).
Born February 19th, 1937 in Mykolaiv.
Died October 14th, 2016 at 79 years old in Kharkiv (stroke). [ref]
Shtjefën Gjeçovi
Albanian priest and scholar.
Born July 12th, 1874 in Janjevo.
Died October 14th, 1929 at 55 years old in Zym.
Clelia Matania
Italian film and voice actress (1918–1981).
Born September 18th, 1918 in London.
Died October 14th, 1981 at 63 years old in Rome.
António Maria da Silva
Portuguese politician and engineer (1872-1950).
Born May 26th, 1872 in Lisbon.
Died October 14th, 1950 at 78 years old in Lisbon.
Walter M. Elsasser
German-american physicist.
Born April 20th, 1904 in Mannheim. [ref]
Died October 14th, 1991 at 87 years old in Baltimore. [ref]
Nikolay Zabolotsky
Russian poet, children's writer and translator (1903-1958).
Died October 14th, 1958 at 55 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Deaths 91 to 100 of 162
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