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February 28th
165 Notable deaths
Clemens von Pirquet
Austrian physician (1874-1929).
Born May 12th, 1874 in Hirschstetten.
Died February 28th, 1929 at 54 years old in Vienna (suicide method).
Fidel Sánchez Hernández
President of el salvador (1917-2003).
Born July 7th, 1917 in El Divisadero. [ref]
Died February 28th, 2003 at 85 years old in San Salvador (myocardial infarction).
Alexander King
British chemist and environmentalist (1909-2007).
Born January 26th, 1909 in Langside.
Died February 28th, 2007 at 98 years old in London. [ref]
Clifford Edmund Bosworth
British historian and orientalist (1928–2015).
Born December 29th, 1928 in Sheffield.
Died February 28th, 2015 at 86 years old in Yeovil.
Zhou Fohai
Chinese politician (1897–1948).
Born May 29th, 1897 in Yuanling County. [ref]
Died February 28th, 1948 at 50 years old in Nanjing Prison. [ref]
Gustav Otto
German aerospace engineer.
Born January 12th, 1883 in Cologne.
Died February 28th, 1926 at 43 years old in Munich.
Vladimir Vladimirovich Petrov
Russian ice hockey player (1947-2017).
Born June 30th, 1947 in Krasnogorsk.
Died February 28th, 2017 at 69 years old in Moscow (cancer). [ref]
Prince Gabriel Constantinovich of Russia
Russian prince.
Born July 15th, 1887 in Pavlovsk. [ref]
Died February 28th, 1955 at 67 years old in Paris. [ref]
Béla Imrédy
Hungarian prime minister (1891-1946).
Born December 29th, 1891 in Budapest.
Died February 28th, 1946 at 54 years old in Budapest (ballistic trauma).
Gus Lesnevich
American boxer (1915-1964).
Born February 22nd, 1915 in Pittsburgh.
Died February 28th, 1964 at 49 years old in Cliffside Park.
Deaths 71 to 80 of 165
It is not length of life, but depth of life. Ralph Waldo Emerson