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April 29th
174 Notable deaths
Baltzar von Platen
Swedish inventor.
Born February 24th, 1898 in Ystad. [ref]
Died April 29th, 1984 at 86 years old in Ystad church parish. [ref]
Johan Willem Beyen
Dutch politician (1897-1976).
Born May 2nd, 1897 in Utrecht. [ref]
Died April 29th, 1976 at 78 years old in The Hague. [ref]
Joseph Nérette
President of haiti (1924-2007).
Born April 9th, 1924 in Port-au-Prince.
Died April 29th, 2007 at 83 years old in Port-au-Prince (lung cancer). [ref]
Ernest Fox Nichols
American physicist and academic administrator (1869-1924).
Born June 1st, 1869 in Leavenworth County.
Died April 29th, 1924 at 54 years old in New York City.
Eugene O'Brien
American stage and film actor (1880-1966).
Born November 14th, 1880 in Boulder.
Died April 29th, 1966 at 85 years old in Los Angeles (pneumonia).
Chen Zhongshi
Chinese writer.
Born August 3rd, 1942 in Xi'an.
Died April 29th, 2016 at 73 years old in Xi'an (laryngeal cancer). [ref]
Wilhelm Schlenk
German chemist (1879-1943).
Born March 22nd, 1879 in Munich.
Died April 29th, 1943 at 64 years old in Tübingen.
Barbu Ștefănescu Delavrancea
Romanian writer.
Born April 11th, 1858 in Bucharest.
Died April 29th, 1918 at 60 years old in Iași. [ref]
Carl Hellmuth Hertz
German physicist (1920–1990).
Born October 15th, 1920 in Berlin.
Died April 29th, 1990 at 69 years old in Lunds Allhelgonaförsamling.
Pyotr Stolyarsky
Ukrainian music educator (1871-1944).
Born November 30th, 1871 in Lypovets.
Died April 29th, 1944 at 72 years old in Yekaterinburg.
Deaths 111 to 120 of 174
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