August 9th
174 Notable deaths
Harry Hillman
American athletics competitor.
Born September 8th, 1881 in Brooklyn.
Died August 9th, 1945 at 63 years old in Hanover.
Sergei Tretyakov
Russian writer-artist.
Born June 20th, 1892 in Kuldīga. [ref]
Died August 9th, 1939 at 47 years old in Moscow (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Giorgi Leonidze
Georgian poet.
Born January 8th, 1900 in Patardzeuli. [ref]
Died August 9th, 1966 at 66 years old in Tbilisi. [ref]
Emil František Burian
Czech poet, journalist, singer, actor, musician, composer, playwright adviser, playwright and director communist.
Born June 11th, 1904 in Plzeň. [ref]
Died August 9th, 1959 at 55 years old in Prague (gastrointestinal system disease). [ref]
Schubert Gambetta
Uruguayan footballer (1920-1991).
Born April 14th, 1920 in Montevideo.
Died August 9th, 1991 at 71 years old in Montevideo.
Alberts Kviesis
President of latvia (1881-1944).
Born December 22nd, 1881 in Ērgļi.
Died August 9th, 1944 at 62 years old in Riga (myocardial infarction).
Rudolf Thurneysen
Swiss linguist and celticist (1857-1940).
Born March 14th, 1857 in Basel.
Died August 9th, 1940 at 83 years old in Bonn.
Bertold Hummel
German composer.
Born November 27th, 1925 in Hüfingen. [ref]
Died August 9th, 2002 at 76 years old in Würzburg. [ref]
Gösta Nystroem
Swedish composer (1890-1966).
Born October 13th, 1890. [ref]
Died August 9th, 1966 at 75 years old [ref]
Deaths 121 to 130 of 174
Man cannot possess anything as long as he fears death. But to him who does not fear it, everything belongs. Leo Tolstoy