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In the year 1938
403 Notable deaths
Ettore Majorana
Italian physicist.
Born August 5th, 1906 in Catania.
Died March 27th, 1938 at 31 years old in Italy. [ref]
Ernst vom Rath
German diplomat (1909-1938).
Born June 3rd, 1909 in Frankfurt am Main.
Died November 9th, 1938 at 29 years old in Paris.
Carl von Ossietzky
German journalist, author, pacifist and recipient of the 1935 nobel peace prize.
Born October 3rd, 1889 in Hamburg. [ref]
Died May 4th, 1938 at 48 years old in Berlin (tuberculosis). [ref]
King Oliver
American jazz cornet player and bandleader.
Born December 19th, 1881 in New Orleans.
Died April 10th, 1938 at 56 years old in Savannah (myocardial infarction).
Fred Noonan
American flight navigator, sea captain, and aviation pioneer.
Born April 4th, 1893 in Cook County.
Died June 20th, 1938 at 45 years old in Pacific Ocean.
Osip Mandelstam
Russian poet and essayist (1891-1938).
Born January 14th, 1891 in Warsaw. [ref]
Died December 27th, 1938 at 47 years old (typhus). [ref]
Joseph Strauss
American structural engineer.
Born January 9th, 1870 in Cincinnati.
Died May 16th, 1938 at 68 years old in Los Angeles.
Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia
Member of the russian imperial family.
Born October 12th, 1876 in Pushkin.
Died October 12th, 1938 at 62 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
Daisy Greville, Countess of Warwick
British countess.
Born December 10th, 1861 in 27 And 28, Berkeley Square W1. [ref]
Died July 26th, 1938 at 76 years old in Easton Lodge. [ref]
Hans Litten
German lawyer.
Born June 19th, 1903 in Halle (Saale).
Died February 5th, 1938 at 34 years old in Dachau concentration camp (hanging).
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