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December 27th
186 Notable deaths
Alfred Pfaff
German footballer (1926-2008).
Born July 16th, 1926 in Rödelheim.
Died December 27th, 2008 at 82 years old in Erlenbach am Main. [ref]
Hans Tietmeyer
German central banker (1931-2016).
Born August 18th, 1931 in Metelen.
Died December 27th, 2016 at 85 years old in Frankfurt am Main. [ref]
Boris Gnedenko
Russian mathematician.
Born December 1st, 1912 in Ulyanovsk. [ref]
Died December 27th, 1995 at 83 years old in Moscow. [ref]
John J. Carty
American electrical engineer.
Born April 14th, 1861 in Cambridge.
Died December 27th, 1932 at 71 years old in Johns Hopkins Hospital. [ref]
Isaac Schwartz
Soviet and russian composer.
Died December 27th, 2009 at 86 years old in Siversky. [ref]
Antoni Ponikowski
Polish politician (1878-1949).
Born May 29th, 1878 in Siedlce.
Died December 27th, 1949 at 71 years old in Warsaw.
Eivind Astrup
Norwegian explorer and writer (1871-1895).
Born September 17th, 1871 in Oslo.
Died December 27th, 1895 at 24 years old in Folldal (typhoid fever).
Clifford Darling
Bahamian politician (1922-2011).
Born February 6th, 1922 in Acklins.
Died December 27th, 2011 at 89 years old in Nassau. [ref]
Arvid Järnefelt
Finnish judge (1861-1932).
Born November 16th, 1861 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died December 27th, 1932 at 71 years old in Helsinki.
Theodor Berkelmann
German general (1894-1943).
Born April 17th, 1894 in Metz.
Died December 27th, 1943 at 49 years old in Poznań (brain cancer).
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