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July 1st
177 Notable deaths
Georg Ratzinger
German musician and catholic priest.
Born January 15th, 1924 in Pleiskirchen.
Died July 1st, 2020 at 96 years old in Regensburg. [ref]
Roscoe Pound
American legal scholar and educator (1870-1964).
Born October 27th, 1870 in Lincoln. [ref]
Died July 1st, 1964 at 93 years old in Cambridge.
Moshé Feldenkrais
Israeli engineer and creator of the feldenkrais method (1904-1984).
Born May 6th, 1904 in Slavuta. [ref]
Died July 1st, 1984 at 80 years old in Tel Aviv. [ref]
Zhang Wentian
Leader of the communist party in china (1900-1976).
Born August 30th, 1900 in Shanghai.
Died July 1st, 1976 at 75 years old in Wuxi.
Purushottam Das Tandon
Indian freedom fighter.
Born August 1st, 1882 in Allahabad.
Died July 1st, 1962 at 79 years old
Rudolf Laban
Austrian choreographer (1879-1958).
Born December 15th, 1879 in Bratislava. [ref]
Died July 1st, 1958 at 78 years old in Weybridge. [ref]
Alan L. Hart
American writer and physician.
Born October 4th, 1890 in Coffey County.
Died July 1st, 1962 at 71 years old
Dilano van 't Hoff
Dutch racing driver.
Born July 26th, 2004 in Dordrecht.
Died July 1st, 2023 at 18 years old in Spa-Francochamps Circuit. [ref]
Louis Andriessen
Dutch composer, pianist and university lecturer.
Born June 6th, 1939 in Utrecht. [ref]
Died July 1st, 2021 at 82 years old in Weesp (dementia). [ref]
William Lawrence Bragg
Australian-born british physicist and x-ray crystallographer.
Born March 31st, 1890 in Adelaide. [ref]
Died July 1st, 1971 at 81 years old in Ipswich. [ref]
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