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In the year 1920
146 Notable deaths
Meri Mangakāhia
New zealand suffragist.
Born May 22nd, 1868 in Hokianga Harbour.
Died October 10th, 1920 at 52 years old in Panguru (influenza, 1918-1920 flu pandemic).
Boris Turayev
Russian historian.
Born August 5th, 1868 in Navahrudak.
Died June 23rd, 1920 at 51 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Pavel Shternberg
Russian astronomer.
Born April 2nd, 1865 in Oryol.
Died February 1st, 1920 at 54 years old in Moscow.
Carlos Deltour
French rower (1864-1920).
Born April 8th, 1864 in Guadalajara.
Died May 29th, 1920 at 56 years old in Cambo-les-Bains.
Yevgeny Trubetskoy
Russian philosopher (1863-1920).
Born October 5th, 1863 in Moscow.
Died January 23rd, 1920 at 56 years old in Novorossiysk. [ref]
Nataliya Kobrynska
Ukrainian writer, editor (1855-1920).
Born June 8th, 1855 in Beleluia. [ref]
Died January 22nd, 1920 at 64 years old in Bolekhiv (typhus). [ref]
Tryggve Andersen
Norwegian writer.
Born September 27th, 1866 in Ringsaker.
Died April 10th, 1920 at 53 years old in Gran.
Victoriano Guisasola y Menéndez
Catholic cardinal.
Born March 21st, 1852 in Oviedo.
Died September 2nd, 1920 at 68 years old in Madrid.
Nasib bey Yusifbeyli
2nd prime minister of the azerbaijan democratic republic.
Died May 31st, 1920 at 38 years old in Kurdamir (murder).
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When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche