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In the year 1938
430 Notable deaths
Aleksander Michałowski
Polish musician.
Born May 17th, 1851 in Kamianets-Podilskyi.
Died October 17th, 1938 at 87 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
José Luis Tejada Sorzano
President of bolivia.
Born January 12th, 1882 in La Paz.
Died October 4th, 1938 at 56 years old in Arica.
Édouard-Alfred Martel
French cave explorer.
Born July 1st, 1859 in Pontoise. [ref]
Died June 3rd, 1938 at 78 years old in Montbrison.
John Pepper
Hungarian politician (1886-1938).
Born November 8th, 1886 in Budapest.
Died February 8th, 1938 at 51 years old in Moscow.
Oskar Böhme
German composer and trumpeter.
Born February 24th, 1870 in Dresden.
Died October 23rd, 1938 at 68 years old in Orenburg.
Miguel Fleta
Spanish operatic tenor (1897–1938).
Born December 1st, 1897 in Albalate de Cinca. [ref]
Died May 29th, 1938 at 40 years old in A Coruña (uremia). [ref]
Yan Karlovich Berzin
Russian politician and diplomat (1889-1938).
Born November 25th, 1889 in Jaunpils.
Died July 29th, 1938 at 48 years old in Lubyanka Building.
Samuel Maykapar
Russian composer (1867-1938).
Born December 18th, 1867 in Kherson.
Died May 8th, 1938 at 70 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Konstantin Kalinin
World war i aviator and soviet aircraft designer.
Born February 5th, 1887 in Warsaw.
Died October 22nd, 1938 at 51 years old in Voronezh.
Max Wien
German physicist.
Born December 25th, 1866 in Königsberg.
Died February 24th, 1938 at 71 years old in Jena.
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Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities. George R.R. Martin