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In the year 1940
393 Notable deaths
Luisa Tetrazzini
Italian opera singer (1871-1940).
Born June 29th, 1871 in Florence. [ref]
Died April 28th, 1940 at 68 years old in Milan. [ref]
Verner von Heidenstam
Swedish writer (1859-1940).
Born July 6th, 1859 in Olshammar. [ref]
Died May 20th, 1940 at 80 years old in Övralid. [ref]
Johnny Dodds
American jazz clarinetist and alto saxophonist.
Born April 12th, 1892 in New Orleans. [ref]
Died August 8th, 1940 at 48 years old in Chicago (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Berton Churchill
Canadian actor (1876-1940).
Born December 9th, 1876 in Toronto.
Died October 10th, 1940 at 63 years old in New York City (urinary system disease).
Charles S. Deneen
American politician (1863-1940).
Born May 4th, 1863 in Edwardsville.
Died February 5th, 1940 at 76 years old in Chicago. [ref]
Helmut Wick
German officer and fighter pilot in world war ii.
Born August 5th, 1915 in Mannheim.
Died November 28th, 1940 at 25 years old in English Channel (killed in action).
Alicia Boole Stott
Irish-english mathematician (1860-1940).
Died December 17th, 1940 at 80 years old in England, Highgate.
Mikhail Frinovsky
Great purge perpetrator (1898-1940).
Born February 7th, 1898 in Narovchat.
Died February 4th, 1940 at 41 years old in Moscow.
John Atkinson Hobson
English economist, social scientist and critic of imperialism (1858-1940).
Born July 6th, 1858 in Derby. [ref]
Died April 1st, 1940 at 81 years old in Hampstead. [ref]
Ameen Rihani
Arab-american writer (1876-1940).
Born November 24th, 1876 in Ottoman Syria.
Died September 13th, 1940 at 63 years old (traffic collision).
Deaths 101 to 110 of 393
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