December 29th
162 Notable deaths
Pietro Parente
Catholic cardinal.
Born February 16th, 1891 in Casalnuovo Monterotaro.
Died December 29th, 1986 at 95 years old in Rome.
Pavel Kolchin
Soviet cross-country skier.
Born January 9th, 1930 in Yaroslavl.
Died December 29th, 2010 at 80 years old in Otepää. [ref]
Nello Celio
Member of the swiss federal council (1914-1995).
Born February 12th, 1914 in Quinto.
Died December 29th, 1995 at 81 years old in Bern.
Sergey Kvochkin
Russian footballer (1938-2007).
Born October 6th, 1938 in Oskemen.
Died December 29th, 2007 at 69 years old in Almaty.
Katay Don Sasorith
Nationalist, politician, author, and prime minister of laos (1904-1959).
Born July 12th, 1904 in Pakse.
Died December 29th, 1959 at 55 years old in Vientiane.
John T. Dillon
American actor of the silent era (1876-1937).
Died December 29th, 1937 at 61 years old in Los Angeles (pneumonia).
Patrick Leahy
Athletics competitor.
Born May 20th, 1877 in Charleville.
Died December 29th, 1927 at 50 years old in United States of America. [ref]
John Henry Leech
English entomologist.
Born December 5th, 1862 in United Kingdom.
Died December 29th, 1900 at 38 years old in Salisbury.
Theodor Ziehen
German neurologist.
Born November 12th, 1862 in Frankfurt am Main. [ref]
Died December 29th, 1950 at 88 years old in Wiesbaden. [ref]
Jan Rypka
Czech academic, literature historian, orientalist, translator and university educator.
Born May 28th, 1886 in Kroměříž. [ref]
Died December 29th, 1968 at 82 years old in Prague. [ref]
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Do not seek death. Death will find you. But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment. Dag Hammarskjold