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September 22nd
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214 Notable deaths
Aleksandras Stulginskis
Second president of lithuania (from 19 june 1920 until 7 june 1926).
Born February 26th, 1885 in Kutaliai.
Died September 22nd, 1969 at 84 years old in Kaunas.
Paul van Zeeland
Belgian lawyer, economist, catholic politician and statesman (1893-1973).
Born November 11th, 1893 in Soignies.
Died September 22nd, 1973 at 79 years old in Brussels.
Charles Ehresmann
French mathematician (1905-1979).
Born April 19th, 1905 in Strasbourg.
Died September 22nd, 1979 at 74 years old in Amiens.
Qiao Guanhua
Chinese diplomat (1913–1983).
Born March 28th, 1913 in Yancheng.
Died September 22nd, 1983 at 70 years old in Beijing (cancer).
Annemarie Heinrich
German-born argentinian photographer (1912–2005).
Born January 9th, 1912 in Darmstadt.
Died September 22nd, 2005 at 93 years old in Buenos Aires.
Paul Jaray
Hungarian engineer (1889–1974).
Born March 11th, 1889 in Vienna.
Died September 22nd, 1974 at 85 years old in St. Gallen.
Garrett Davis
American politician (1801–1872).
Born September 10th, 1801 in Mount Sterling.
Died September 22nd, 1872 at 71 years old in Paris.
Igor Chislenko
Russian footballer (1939-1994).
Born January 4th, 1939 in Moscow.
Died September 22nd, 1994 at 55 years old in Moscow.
Harry Joseph Flynn
Roman catholic archbishop (1933–2019).
Born May 2nd, 1933 in Schenectady.
Died September 22nd, 2019 at 86 years old in Saint Paul (cancer). [ref]
Jane Winton
American actress (1905–1959).
Born October 10th, 1905 in Philadelphia.
Died September 22nd, 1959 at 53 years old in New York City.
Vojtěch Jarník
Czech academic, mathematician and university educator (1897–1970).
Born December 22nd, 1897 in Prague. [ref]
Died September 22nd, 1970 at 72 years old in Prague. [ref]
Giovanni Lodetti
Italian footballer (1942–2023).
Born August 10th, 1942 in Caselle Lurani.
Died September 22nd, 2023 at 81 years old in Milan. [ref]
Vladimir Veksler
Experimental physicist, starting development of the synchrocyclotron particle accelerator.
Born March 4th, 1907 in Zhytomyr.
Died September 22nd, 1966 at 59 years old in Moscow.
István Thomán
(1862–1940 classical pianist, piano teacher.
Born November 4th, 1862 in Humenné.
Died September 22nd, 1940 at 77 years old in Budapest.
Bob Kelly
English footballer (1893-1969).
Born November 16th, 1893 in Lancashire.
Died September 22nd, 1969 at 75 years old in Fylde.
Alexander Golovanov
Soviet air marshal (1904-1975).
Born August 7th, 1904 in Nizhny Novgorod.
Died September 22nd, 1975 at 71 years old in Moscow.
Jorge Fons
Mexican film director and screenwriter (1939–2022).
Born April 23rd, 1939 in Túxpan.
Died September 22nd, 2022 at 83 years old in Mexico City. [ref]
Ángel Zárraga
Mexican painter (1886-1946).
Born August 16th, 1886 in Victoria de Durango.
Died September 22nd, 1946 at 60 years old in Cuernavaca.
Muhammad II ibn al-Husayn
Bey of tunis (1811-1859).
Born September 18th, 1811 in Le Bardo. [ref]
Died September 22nd, 1859 at 48 years old in La Marsa. [ref]
Sahana Pradhan
Minister of foreign affairs of nepal (1927-2014).
Born June 11th, 1927 in Kathmandu.
Died September 22nd, 2014 at 87 years old in Kathmandu (cardiovascular disease).
Katarina Ivanović
Serbian painter (1811–1882).
Born April 15th, 1811 in Veszprém.
Died September 22nd, 1882 at 71 years old in Székesfehérvár.
Shin Saburi
Japanese actor and film director (1909–1982).
Born February 12th, 1909 in Utashinai.
Died September 22nd, 1982 at 73 years old in Itabashi (liver cancer).
Muhammad ibn Ahmad Abd al-Ghani
Prime minister of algeria (1927-1996).
Born March 18th, 1927 in Oran.
Died September 22nd, 1996 at 69 years old in Algiers.
Irina Rakobolskaya
Russian physicist and aviator (1919-2016).
Born December 22nd, 1919 in Dankov.
Died September 22nd, 2016 at 96 years old in Moscow.
Jüri Tamm
Estonian athletics competitor, sportsperson and politician (1957–2021).
Born February 5th, 1957 in Pärnu.
Died September 22nd, 2021 at 64 years old [ref]
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