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February 13th
176 Notable deaths
Arno Breker
German sculptor, a favorite of adolf hitler.
Born July 19th, 1900 in Elberfeld. [ref]
Died February 13th, 1991 at 90 years old in Düsseldorf. [ref]
Leiji Matsumoto
Japanese manga artist (1938–2023).
Born January 25th, 1938 in Kyoto Prefecture.
Died February 13th, 2023 at 85 years old in Tokyo (heart failure). [ref]
Ottaplakkal Neelakandan Velu Kurup
Indian writer.
Born May 27th, 1931 in Chavara.
Died February 13th, 2016 at 84 years old in Thiruvananthapuram (respiratory failure).
Paulino Alcántara
Spanish footballer (1896-1964).
Born October 7th, 1896 in Iloilo City.
Died February 13th, 1964 at 67 years old in Barcelona.
Josephine Tey
Scottish author, mystery writer (1896-1952).
Born July 25th, 1896 in Inverness.
Died February 13th, 1952 at 55 years old in London (liver cancer).
Zia Mohyeddin
Pakistani actor (1931–2023).
Born June 20th, 1931 in Faisalabad. [ref]
Died February 13th, 2023 at 91 years old in Karachi. [ref]
Christabel Pankhurst
Suffragette, co-founder of the women's social and political union, editor (1880-1958).
Born September 22nd, 1880 in Trafford. [ref]
Died February 13th, 1958 at 77 years old in Santa Monica. [ref]
Marian Rejewski
Polish mathematician and cryptologist (1905–1980).
Born January 16th, 1905 in Bydgoszcz. [ref]
Died February 13th, 1980 at 75 years old in Warsaw (myocardial infarction).
Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev
President of chechnya (1952-2004).
Born September 12th, 1952 in Vydrikha.
Died February 13th, 2004 at 51 years old in Doha (car bomb).
Murtala Muhammed
Nigerian politician and general (1938–1976).
Born November 8th, 1938 in Kano.
Died February 13th, 1976 at 37 years old in Lagos.
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To the most trivial actions, attach the devotion and mindfulness of a hundred monks. To matters of life and death, attach a sense of humor. Zhuangzi