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February 9th
178 Notable deaths
Aleksander Gieysztor
Historian.
Born July 17th, 1916 in Moscow. [ref]
Died February 9th, 1999 at 82 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
Agnes Mary Frances Duclaux
Anglo-french writer (1857-1944).
Born February 27th, 1857 in Leamington Hastings. [ref]
Died February 9th, 1944 at 86 years old in Aurillac. [ref]
Lyubov Shevtsova
Soviet partisan and heroine of the soviet union.
Born September 8th, 1924 in Izvaryne.
Died February 9th, 1943 at 18 years old in Rovenky (ballistic trauma).
Alexandre de Fisterra
Spanish poet, inventor and editor.
Born May 6th, 1919 in Fisterra.
Died February 9th, 2007 at 87 years old in Zamora.
Randolph Lycett
English tennis player (1886-1935).
Born August 27th, 1886 in Birmingham.
Died February 9th, 1935 at 48 years old in Jersey.
Ksaver Šandor Gjalski
Croatian writer (1854-1935).
Born October 26th, 1854 in Zabok. [ref]
Died February 9th, 1935 at 80 years old in Zabok. [ref]
Gazanfar Musabekov
Azerbaijani politician (1888-1938).
Born July 26th, 1888 in Pirəbədil.
Died February 9th, 1938 at 49 years old in Moscow.
Paul Neumann
Austrian swimmer (1875-1932).
Born June 13th, 1875 in Vienna. [ref]
Died February 9th, 1932 at 56 years old in Vienna.
Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge
British arachnologist (1860-1905).
Born November 3rd, 1860 in Dorset.
Died February 9th, 1905 at 44 years old in Wimbledon.
Deaths 131 to 140 of 178
Man cannot possess anything as long as he fears death. But to him who does not fear it, everything belongs. Leo Tolstoy