October 3rd
172 Notable deaths
Paul Peel
Canadian artist (1860-1892).
Born November 7th, 1860 in London.
Died October 3rd, 1892 at 31 years old in Paris.
Armi Ratia
Finnish designer and businessperson.
Born July 13th, 1912 in Pälkjärvi.
Died October 3rd, 1979 at 67 years old in Helsinki.
Džafer Kulenović
Yugoslav politician (1891-1956).
Born February 17th, 1891 in Rajnovci.
Died October 3rd, 1956 at 65 years old in Damascus.
Rudolf Witzig
German world war ii fallschirmjäger (1916-2001).
Born August 14th, 1916 in Herne.
Died October 3rd, 2001 at 85 years old in Oberschleißheim.
Truman Handy Newberry
American politician (1864-1945).
Born November 5th, 1864 in Detroit.
Died October 3rd, 1945 at 80 years old in Grosse Pointe.
Isabella Karle
American physical chemist.
Born December 2nd, 1921 in Detroit.
Died October 3rd, 2017 at 95 years old in Alexandria (brain cancer). [ref]
Lester Germer
American physicist.
Born October 10th, 1896 in Chicago.
Died October 3rd, 1971 at 74 years old in Shawangunk Ridge.
Tadeusz Kotarbiński
Polish philosopher.
Born March 31st, 1886 in Warsaw. [ref]
Died October 3rd, 1981 at 95 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
Fakih Usman
Indonesian politician.
Born March 2nd, 1904 in Gresik.
Died October 3rd, 1968 at 64 years old in Indonesia.
George Thomson, Baron Thomson of Monifieth
British politician (1921-2008).
Born January 16th, 1921 in Dundee.
Died October 3rd, 2008 at 87 years old in London (infectious disease). [ref]
Deaths 81 to 90 of 172
Death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent, it clears out the old to make way for the new. Steve Jobs