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November 16th
153 Notable deaths
Joseph Henry Maiden
Anglo-australian botanist (1859-1925).
Born April 25th, 1859 in St John's Wood.
Died November 16th, 1925 at 66 years old in Turramurra.
Alfred Neuland
Estonian weightlifter.
Born October 10th, 1895 in Walk.
Died November 16th, 1966 at 71 years old in Tallinn.
Laureano Vallenilla Lanz
Venezuelan politician.
Born November 11th, 1870 in Barcelona.
Died November 16th, 1936 at 66 years old in Paris.
Enno Penno
Estonian politician.
Born April 22nd, 1930 in Tallinn.
Died November 16th, 2016 at 86 years old in Stockholm. [ref]
Abbas Mirza Sharifzadeh
Azerbaijani actor.
Born March 22nd, 1893 in Shamakhi.
Died November 16th, 1938 at 45 years old in Baku (ballistic trauma, Great Purge in Azerbaijan).
Sigurður Eggerz
Icelandic politician (1875-1945).
Born March 1st, 1875 in Borðeyri.
Died November 16th, 1945 at 70 years old in Reykjavík.
Carolina Michaëlis de Vasconcelos
German academic.
Born March 15th, 1851 in Berlin.
Died November 16th, 1925 at 74 years old in Porto. [ref]
Dmitri Skobeltsyn
Russian physicist.
Born November 24th, 1892 in Saint Petersburg.
Died November 16th, 1990 at 97 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Rudolf Schlechter
German taxonomist, botanist and orchidologist (1872-1925).
Born October 16th, 1872 in Berlin.
Died November 16th, 1925 at 53 years old in Berlin.
Gerhard Hessenberg
German mathematician.
Born August 16th, 1874 in Frankfurt am Main.
Died November 16th, 1925 at 51 years old in Berlin.
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Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life. Bertolt Brecht