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May 23rd
178 Notable deaths
Adela Pankhurst
British-australian suffragette and political activist.
Born June 19th, 1885 in Manchester.
Died May 23rd, 1961 at 75 years old in Sydney.
Atahualpa Yupanqui
Argentine musician and writer (1908–1992).
Born January 31st, 1908 in Pergamino, Pergamino Partido.
Died May 23rd, 1992 at 84 years old in Nîmes.
Aya Kitō
Japanese diarist.
Born July 19th, 1962 in Toyohashi.
Died May 23rd, 1988 at 25 years old in Toyohashi (spinocerebellar ataxia).
Ron Hill
English former runner and clothing entrepreneur (1938–2021).
Born September 25th, 1939 in Accrington. [ref]
Died May 23rd, 2021 at 81 years old in Tameside. [ref]
Aleksey Mozgovoy
Pro-russian rebel and warlord in eastern ukraine.
Born April 3rd, 1975 in Nyzhnia Duvanka.
Died May 23rd, 2015 at 40 years old in Mykhailivka.
Rakhaldas Bandyopadhyay
Indian archaeologist (1885-1930).
Born April 12th, 1885 in Berhampore.
Died May 23rd, 1930 at 45 years old in Kolkata.
Telford Taylor
American attorney and law professor (1908–1998).
Born February 24th, 1908 in Schenectady.
Died May 23rd, 1998 at 90 years old in Manhattan. [ref]
William Aberhart
Canadian politician (1878-1943).
Born December 30th, 1878 in Perth County.
Died May 23rd, 1943 at 64 years old in Vancouver.
Ernst Niekisch
German politician (1889-1967).
Born May 23rd, 1889 in Trzebnica. [ref]
Died May 23rd, 1967 at 78 years old in West Berlin. [ref]
Princess Leonida Bagration of Mukhrani
Georgian-russian imperial and royal.
Born October 6th, 1914 in Tbilisi.
Died May 23rd, 2010 at 95 years old in Madrid. [ref]
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