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December 16th
172 Notable deaths
Juan Carreño
Mexican footballer.
Born August 14th, 1909 in Mexico City.
Died December 16th, 1940 at 31 years old in Mexico City (appendicitis).
Lelio Basso
Italian democratic socialist politician and journalist (1903-1978).
Born December 25th, 1903 in Varazze. [ref]
Died December 16th, 1978 at 74 years old in Rome. [ref]
Eduard Bagritsky
Russian/soviet poet (1895–1934).
Born November 3rd, 1895 in Odesa. [ref]
Died December 16th, 1934 at 39 years old in Moscow (asthma). [ref]
Yngve Larsson
Ph.d., municipal commissioner (borgarråd), member of parliament and statesman. (1881-1977).
Born December 13th, 1881 in Sundsvalls parish. [ref]
Died December 16th, 1977 at 96 years old in Oscar Parish.
Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger
German language lyricist and holocaust victim (1924-1942).
Born August 15th, 1924 in Chernivtsi.
Died December 16th, 1942 at 18 years old in Mikhaylivka (typhus).
Manol Manolov
Bulgarian footballer (1925-2008).
Born August 4th, 1925 in Sofia.
Died December 16th, 2008 at 83 years old in Sofia.
George Nuttall
British bacteriologist.
Born July 5th, 1862 in San Francisco. [ref]
Died December 16th, 1937 at 75 years old in London. [ref]
Mircea Petescu
Romanian footballer (1943-2018).
Born October 15th, 1943 in Pecica.
Died December 16th, 2018 at 75 years old in Vosselaar (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
Juan Demóstenes Arosemena
President of panama (1879-1939).
Born June 24th, 1879 in Panama City. [ref]
Died December 16th, 1939 at 60 years old in Penonomé, Coclé.
Gustav de Vries
Dutch mathematician.
Born January 22nd, 1866 in Amsterdam.
Died December 16th, 1934 at 68 years old in Haarlem.
Deaths 121 to 130 of 172
Life is like a very short visit to a toy shop between birth and death. Desmond Morris