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In the year 1938
403 Notable deaths
Zitkala-Sa
Yankton dakota writer (1876-1938).
Born February 22nd, 1876 in Yankton Indian Reservation.
Died January 28th, 1938 at 61 years old in Washington, D.C..
Nikolai Bukharin
Soviet politician (1888-1938).
Born October 9th, 1888 in Moscow.
Died March 15th, 1938 at 49 years old in Kommunarka shooting ground (ballistic trauma).
Genrikh Yagoda
Russian secret police official (1891-1938).
Born November 19th, 1891 in Rybinsk.
Died March 15th, 1938 at 46 years old in Moscow (ballistic trauma).
Faustina Kowalska
Nun and saint from poland.
Born August 25th, 1905 in Głogowiec, Łęczyca County. [ref]
Died October 5th, 1938 at 33 years old in Kraków. [ref]
Alexei Rykov
Premier of russia and the soviet union (1881-1938).
Born February 25th, 1881 in Saratov.
Died March 15th, 1938 at 57 years old in Moscow (ballistic trauma).
Kanō Jigorō
Japanese educator and judoka (1860–1938).
Born December 10th, 1860 in Mikage. [ref]
Died May 4th, 1938 at 77 years old in Hikawa Maru (pneumonia). [ref]
Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne
Countess of strathmore and kinghorne; mother of queen elizabeth the queen mother.
Born September 11th, 1862 in London.
Died June 23rd, 1938 at 75 years old in London (myocardial infarction).
Jane Toppan
American serial killer.
Born March 31st, 1854 in Boston.
Died October 29th, 1938 at 84 years old in Taunton.
Gabriele D'Annunzio
Italian writer.
Born March 12th, 1863 in Pescara. [ref]
Died March 1st, 1938 at 74 years old in Gardone Riviera (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Yakov Yurovsky
Chief executioner of tsar nicholas ii (1878-1938).
Born June 19th, 1878 in Kuybyshev.
Died August 2nd, 1938 at 60 years old in Moscow (ulcer).
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No art is possible without a dance with death. Kurt Vonnegut