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In the year 1939
363 Notable deaths
Juozas Tūbelis
Prime minister of lithuania (1882-1939).
Born April 9th, 1882 in Ilgalaukiai. [ref]
Died September 30th, 1939 at 57 years old in Kaunas. [ref]
Witmer Stone
American ornithologist (1866-1939).
Born September 22nd, 1866 in Philadelphia. [ref]
Died May 24th, 1939 at 72 years old in Philadelphia. [ref]
Aurelio Mosquera Narváez
President of ecuador (1938 - 1939).
Born August 2nd, 1883 in Quito.
Died November 17th, 1939 at 56 years old in Quito.
Arthur E. Kennelly
American electrical engineer (1861–1939).
Born December 17th, 1861 in Colaba.
Died June 18th, 1939 at 77 years old in Boston.
Charles Barrois
French geologist (1851-1939).
Born April 21st, 1851 in Lille. [ref]
Died November 5th, 1939 at 88 years old in Sainte-Geneviève-en-Caux. [ref]
Alexander Lukomsky
Russian general (1868-1939).
Born July 10th, 1868 in Zhuravka.
Died January 25th, 1939 at 70 years old in Paris.
Nikolaos Triantafyllakos
Prime minister of greece (1855-1939).
Born August 28th, 1855 in Tripoli.
Died September 16th, 1939 at 84 years old in Athens.
Józef Czechowicz
Polish poet and avant-garde pioneer.
Born March 15th, 1903 in Lublin. [ref]
Died September 9th, 1939 at 36 years old in Lublin. [ref]
Alfredo Panzini
Italian lexicographer (1863-1939).
Born December 31st, 1863 in Senigallia.
Died April 10th, 1939 at 75 years old in Rome.
Johan Petter Åhlén
Olympic curler (1879-1939).
Born April 13th, 1879 in Insjön. [ref]
Died March 31st, 1939 at 59 years old in Atlantic Ocean. [ref]
Deaths 271 to 280 of 363
It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks