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June 20th
139 Notable deaths
Wilhelm Hallwachs
Physicist, photoelectric effect (1859-1922).
Born July 9th, 1859 in Darmstadt.
Died June 20th, 1922 at 62 years old in Dresden.
Ludwig Gattermann
German chemist.
Born April 20th, 1860 in Goslar.
Died June 20th, 1920 at 60 years old in Freiburg im Breisgau.
Sture Allén
Professor of computational linguistics, permanent secretary of the swedish academy.
Born December 31st, 1928 in Lundby church parish.
Died June 20th, 2022 at 93 years old in Stockholm. [ref]
Harry B. Whittington
British paleontologist.
Born March 24th, 1916 in Birmingham.
Died June 20th, 2010 at 94 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
Raphaël Salem
French mathematician of greek origin (1898-1963).
Born November 7th, 1898 in Thessaloniki. [ref]
Died June 20th, 1963 at 64 years old in Paris. [ref]
Esther Brand
South african former athlete.
Born September 29th, 1922 in Springbok.
Died June 20th, 2015 at 92 years old in Bloemfontein (fall). [ref]
Francisco Iturrino
Spanish artist (1864-1924).
Born September 9th, 1864 in Santander.
Died June 20th, 1924 at 59 years old in Cagnes-sur-Mer.
Leonid Vladimirovich Kharitonov
Soviet actor (1930-1987).
Born May 19th, 1930 in Saint Petersburg.
Died June 20th, 1987 at 57 years old in Moscow (stroke).
Toni Merkens
German racing cyclist.
Born June 21st, 1912 in Cologne.
Died June 20th, 1944 at 31 years old in Bad Wildbad.
Wibke Bruhns
German journalist and news presenter.
Born September 8th, 1938 in Halberstadt.
Died June 20th, 2019 at 80 years old in Hamburg.
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