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December 19th
158 Notable deaths
Abbas II
Khedive of egypt and sudan (1874-1944) (r. 1892-1914).
Born July 14th, 1874 in Alexandria.
Died December 19th, 1944 at 70 years old in Geneva.
Hiep Thi Le
Vietnamese-american actress (1971-2017).
Born November 30th, 1971 in Da Nang.
Died December 19th, 2017 at 46 years old in Los Angeles (stomach cancer). [ref]
Jacques Tourneur
French-american film director (1904-1977).
Born November 12th, 1904 in 12th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died December 19th, 1977 at 73 years old in Bergerac. [ref]
Viktor Abakumov
Head of smersh, russian minister of state security (1908-1954).
Born April 24th, 1908 in Moscow.
Died December 19th, 1954 at 46 years old in Leningrad.
Kyösti Kallio
Finnish politician and 4th president of finland (1873-1940).
Born April 10th, 1873 in Ylivieska. [ref]
Died December 19th, 1940 at 67 years old in Helsinki Central Railway Station (myocardial infarction).
Takeo Kurita
Japanese admiral.
Born April 28th, 1889 in Mito.
Died December 19th, 1977 at 88 years old in Nishinomiya.
Frederick Terman
American electronic engineer (1900-1982).
Born June 7th, 1900 in English. [ref]
Died December 19th, 1982 at 82 years old in Palo Alto.
Umashankar Joshi
Gujarati poet, scholar and writer. (1911-1988).
Died December 19th, 1988 at 77 years old in Mumbai.
Hugo Münsterberg
German-american psychologist.
Born June 1st, 1863 in Gdańsk. [ref]
Died December 19th, 1916 at 53 years old in Cambridge (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Stella Gibbons
British writer.
Born January 5th, 1902 in London.
Died December 19th, 1989 at 87 years old in London.
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Life is hard. After all, it kills you. Katharine Hepburn