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May 6th
180 Notable deaths
Pete Desjardins
American diver.
Born April 10th, 1907 in St-Pierre-Jolys.
Died May 6th, 1985 at 78 years old in Miami.
Valeriy Shevchuk
Ukrainian writer.
Born August 20th, 1939 in Zhytomyr.
Died May 6th, 2025 at 85 years old in Feofaniya Clinical Hospital. [ref]
Johannes Brinkman
Dutch architect (1902-1949).
Born March 22nd, 1902 in Rotterdam. [ref]
Died May 6th, 1949 at 47 years old in Rotterdam. [ref]
Vladimir Sudets
Soviet air commander during world war ii (1904–1981).
Born October 23rd, 1904 in Dnipro.
Died May 6th, 1981 at 76 years old in Moscow.
Albrecht Dieterich
German classical philologist and religious studies scholar.
Born May 2nd, 1866 in Bad Hersfeld. [ref]
Died May 6th, 1908 at 42 years old in Heidelberg. [ref]
Stevan Raičković
Serbian poet (1928–2007).
Born July 5th, 1928 in Neresnica.
Died May 6th, 2007 at 78 years old in Belgrade.
Borys Hrinchenko
Ukrainian writer, political activist, historian, and ethnographer (1863–1910).
Born December 9th, 1863 in Kharkov Governorate.
Died May 6th, 1910 at 46 years old in Ospedaletti.
Giulio Bevilacqua
Italian cardinal (1881-1965).
Born November 14th, 1881 in Isola della Scala.
Died May 6th, 1965 at 83 years old in Brescia.
José Maza Fernández
Chilean politician (1889-1964).
Born October 13th, 1889 in Los Ángeles.
Died May 6th, 1964 at 74 years old in Santiago.
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