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February 9th
178 Notable deaths
Manuel Enrique Araujo
President of el salvador (1865-1913).
Born October 12th, 1865 in Alegría.
Died February 9th, 1913 at 47 years old in San Salvador.
Elisabeth Sonrel
French artist (1874-1953).
Born May 17th, 1874 in Tours. [ref]
Died February 9th, 1953 at 78 years old in Sceaux. [ref]
Alistair Cameron Crombie
Australian zoologist, historian of science (1915-1996).
Born November 4th, 1915 in Brisbane. [ref]
Died February 9th, 1996 at 80 years old in Oxford.
Israel Nathan Herstein
American mathematician.
Born March 28th, 1923 in Lublin.
Died February 9th, 1988 at 64 years old in Chicago.
Sergei Slonimsky
Soviet composer (1932-2020).
Born August 12th, 1932 in Saint Petersburg.
Died February 9th, 2020 at 87 years old in Saint Petersburg (surgical complications). [ref]
Eduard Kukan
Czechoslovak diplomat, minister of defence of slovakia, minister of foreign affairs of slovakia, member of slovak national council, ambassador and slovak politician.
Born December 26th, 1939 in Trnovec nad Váhom. [ref]
Died February 9th, 2022 at 82 years old in Bratislava (myocardial infarction). [ref]
William LeBaron
American film producer.
Born February 16th, 1883 in Elgin.
Died February 9th, 1958 at 74 years old in Santa Monica (myocardial infarction).
Pierre Dac
French humorist (1893-1975).
Born August 15th, 1893 in Châlons-en-Champagne. [ref]
Died February 9th, 1975 at 81 years old in 17th arrondissement of Paris (lung cancer). [ref]
Andor Földes
Hungarian-american classical pianist.
Born December 21st, 1913 in Budapest. [ref]
Died February 9th, 1992 at 78 years old in Herrliberg (fall). [ref]
Deaths 111 to 120 of 178
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