July 18th
134 Notable deaths
Hasan Turkmani
Syrian politician (1935-2012).
Born January 1st, 1935 in Aleppo.
Died July 18th, 2012 at 77 years old in Damascus (explosive device).
Paul Schneider
Prussian pastor (1897-1939).
Born August 29th, 1897 in Pferdsfeld.
Died July 18th, 1939 at 41 years old in Buchenwald concentration camp.
Vítězslav Novák
Czech composer and pedagogue (1870-1949).
Born December 5th, 1870 in Kamenice nad Lipou. [ref]
Died July 18th, 1949 at 78 years old in Prague, Skuteč. [ref]
Kenji Miyamoto
Communist leader.
Born October 17th, 1908 in Hikari.
Died July 18th, 2007 at 98 years old in Tokyo. [ref]
Salo Flohr
Czech chess player, arbiter, theoretician, organiser and writer.
Born November 21st, 1908 in Horodenka.
Died July 18th, 1983 at 74 years old in Moscow.
Prince Constantine Constantinovich of Russia
Russian prince (1891-1918).
Born January 1st, 1891 in Saint Petersburg.
Died July 18th, 1918 at 27 years old in Alapayevsk.
Lucio Urtubia
Spanish anarchist and forger (1931–2020).
Born February 18th, 1931 in Cascante.
Died July 18th, 2020 at 89 years old in 20th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Juan Marsé
Spanish writer.
Born January 8th, 1933 in Barcelona.
Died July 18th, 2020 at 87 years old in Barcelona. [ref]
Jean Jules Jusserand
French historian.
Born February 18th, 1855 in Lyon. [ref]
Died July 18th, 1932 at 77 years old in Paris. [ref]
Deaths 61 to 70 of 134
Die happily and look forward to taking up a new and better form. Like the sun, only when you set in the west can you rise in the east. Rumi