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May 18th
157 Notable deaths
Peter van de Kamp
Dutch astronomer.
Born December 26th, 1901 in Kampen. [ref]
Died May 18th, 1995 at 93 years old in Amsterdam. [ref]
Bernard Pyne Grenfell
British egyptologist.
Born December 16th, 1869 in Birmingham.
Died May 18th, 1926 at 56 years old in Oxford.
Eduard Jan Dijksterhuis
Dutch historian.
Born October 28th, 1892 in Tilburg. [ref]
Died May 18th, 1965 at 72 years old in De Bilt (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Edward R. Ayrton
English egyptologist and archaeologist (1882-1914).
Born December 17th, 1882 in Wuhu. [ref]
Died May 18th, 1914 at 31 years old in Sri Lanka (drowning). [ref]
Avraham Shlonsky
Israeli poet (1900-1973).
Born March 6th, 1900 in Kremenchuk. [ref]
Died May 18th, 1973 at 73 years old in Tel Aviv.
Jo Benkow
Norwegian politician (1924-2013).
Born August 15th, 1924 in Trondheim.
Died May 18th, 2013 at 88 years old in Oslo. [ref]
Frank McGlynn, Sr.
American actor.
Born October 26th, 1866 in San Francisco.
Died May 18th, 1951 at 84 years old in Newburgh.
Moritz von Auffenberg
Austrian-hungarian general and minister of war (1852-1928).
Died May 18th, 1928 at 75 years old in Vienna.
Selig Brodetsky
Russian-born english mathematician.
Born February 10th, 1888 in Olviopol.
Died May 18th, 1954 at 66 years old in London.
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