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August 12th
143 Notable deaths
Tetsuzan Nagata
General in the imperial japanese army (1884-1935).
Born January 14th, 1884 in Suwa.
Died August 12th, 1935 at 51 years old in Tokyo (attempted murder).
Kurt Biedenkopf
German politician.
Born January 28th, 1930 in Ludwigshafen. [ref]
Died August 12th, 2021 at 91 years old in Dresden. [ref]
Mónica Miguel
Mexican actress (1936-2020).
Born March 13th, 1936 in Tepic, Nayarit.
Died August 12th, 2020 at 84 years old in Mexico City. [ref]
Can Yücel
Turkish poet (1926-1999).
Born August 21st, 1926 in Istanbul. [ref]
Died August 12th, 1999 at 72 years old in İzmir (cancer).
Itzik Feffer
Soviet yiddish poet (1900-1952).
Born November 23rd, 1900 in Shpola.
Died August 12th, 1952 at 51 years old in Moscow.
Lin Fengmian
Chinese painter (1900-1991).
Born November 22nd, 1900 in Jiaying Zhou.
Died August 12th, 1991 at 90 years old in Hong Kong.
Arso Jovanović
Yugoslav paritsan.
Born March 24th, 1907 in Podgorica.
Died August 12th, 1948 at 41 years old in Vršac.
Karl Leisner
German catholic priest and martyr.
Born February 28th, 1915 in Rees, am Rhein. [ref]
Died August 12th, 1945 at 30 years old in Waldsanatorium bei Planegg (tuberculosis). [ref]
Suzanne Spaak
Belgian anti-nazi resistance worker and counterintelligence agent.
Born July 6th, 1905 in City of Brussels.
Died August 12th, 1944 at 39 years old in Fresnes Prison (ballistic trauma, shot to the head).
Zhu Ziqing
Chinese poet.
Born November 22nd, 1898 in Haizhou Zhilizhou. [ref]
Died August 12th, 1948 at 49 years old in Beijing.
Deaths 61 to 70 of 143
Every exit is an entry somewhere else. Tom Stoppard