May 1st
166 Notable deaths
Ranasinghe Premadasa
President of sri lanka from 1989 to 1993.
Born June 23rd, 1924 in Colombo.
Died May 1st, 1993 at 68 years old in Colombo.
Lothrop Stoddard
American historian, political scientist, journalist and race theorist.
Born June 29th, 1883 in Brookline.
Died May 1st, 1950 at 66 years old in Washington, D.C. (cancer).
Walther Wenck
Wehrmacht general.
Born September 18th, 1900 in Lutherstadt Wittenberg.
Died May 1st, 1982 at 81 years old in Bad Rothenfelde (traffic collision).
Glenda Farrell
Actress (1904-1971).
Born June 30th, 1904 in Enid. [ref]
Died May 1st, 1971 at 66 years old in New York City (lung cancer). [ref]
Ejnar Mikkelsen
Danish explorer and writer.
Born December 23rd, 1880 in Brønderslev.
Died May 1st, 1971 at 90 years old in Sankt Lukas Stiftelsen.
Henryk Ross
Polish-born israeli photographer and holocaust survivor (1910-1991).
Died May 1st, 1991 at 81 years old in Israel.
Harold Nicolson
British diplomat, author, diarist and politician (1886-1968).
Born November 21st, 1886 in Tehran.
Died May 1st, 1968 at 81 years old in Sissinghurst Castle Garden.
Ebenezer Howard
British writer, founder of the garden city movement.
Born January 29th, 1850 in City of London. [ref]
Died May 1st, 1928 at 78 years old in Welwyn Garden City. [ref]
Yi Un
Former crown prince of korea.
Born October 20th, 1897 in Deoksugung.
Died May 1st, 1970 at 72 years old in Changdeokgung.
Jill Sobule
American singer-songwriter.
Born January 16th, 1959 in Denver. [ref]
Died May 1st, 2025 at 66 years old in Woodbury (structure fire). [ref]
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Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive – the risk to be alive and express what we really are. Miguel Angel Ruiz