May 6th
178 Notable deaths
Władysław Szczepaniak
Polish footballer (1910-1979).
Born May 19th, 1910 in Warsaw.
Died May 6th, 1979 at 68 years old in Warsaw.
Youssef Anis Abi-Aad
Maronite archbishop of aleppo (1940–2017).
Born January 12th, 1940 in Dfoun.
Died May 6th, 2017 at 77 years old
Tamás Gábor
Hungarian fencer (1932-2007).
Born April 24th, 1932 in Budapest.
Died May 6th, 2007 at 75 years old in Budapest. [ref]
Hasan Kikić
Bosnian author, poet lawyer and writer (1905-1942).
Born August 20th, 1905 in Gradačac.
Died May 6th, 1942 at 36 years old
Gary Prado Salmón
Bolivian politician.
Born November 15th, 1938 in Rome. [ref]
Died May 6th, 2023 at 84 years old in Santa Cruz de la Sierra. [ref]
Carel Steven Adama van Scheltema
Dutch poet.
Born February 26th, 1877 in Amsterdam. [ref]
Died May 6th, 1924 at 47 years old in Bergen. [ref]
Stanislav Kolář
Czechoslovak table tennis player.
Born March 31st, 1912 in Prague.
Died May 6th, 2003 at 91 years old
Edison Pettit
American astronomer (1889–1962).
Born September 22nd, 1889 in Peru.
Died May 6th, 1962 at 72 years old in Tucson.
Stanislav Lusk
Czechoslovak rower (1931–1987).
Born November 12th, 1931 in Třeboň. [ref]
Died May 6th, 1987 at 55 years old in Prague. [ref]
Alfred John North
Australian ornithologist.
Born June 11th, 1855 in Melbourne.
Died May 6th, 1917 at 61 years old in Sydney.
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You’ll drift apart, it’s true, but you’ll be out in the open, part of everything alive again. Philip Pullman