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In the year 1940
393 Notable deaths
Angelo Gremo
Italian bicycle racer.
Born December 3rd, 1887 in Turin.
Died August 5th, 1940 at 52 years old in Turin.
István Énekes
Boxer (1911-1940).
Born February 20th, 1911 in Budapest.
Died January 2nd, 1940 at 28 years old in Budapest.
Mikhail Aleksandrovich Bonch-Bruevich
Russian engineer (1888-1940).
Born February 21st, 1888 in Oryol.
Died March 7th, 1940 at 52 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Mato Kósyk
Sorbian poet.
Born June 18th, 1853 in Werben. [ref]
Died November 22nd, 1940 at 87 years old in Albion. [ref]
Ole Lilloe-Olsen
Sport shooter.
Born April 27th, 1883 in Oslo, Vestre Aker.
Died April 30th, 1940 at 57 years old in Oslo, Vestre Aker.
Stepan Aghajanian
Painter (1863-1940).
Born December 28th, 1863 in Shusha.
Died December 13th, 1940 at 76 years old in Yerevan.
Robert Frangeš-Mihanović
Croatian sculptor (1872-1940).
Born October 2nd, 1872 in Sremska Mitrovica. [ref]
Died January 12th, 1940 at 67 years old in Zagreb. [ref]
David Hammond
American swimmer.
Born January 5th, 1881 in Chicago.
Died February 3rd, 1940 at 59 years old in Miami.
Albert Young
American boxer (1877-1940).
Born September 28th, 1877 in Lauterecken.
Died July 22nd, 1940 at 62 years old in San Francisco.
Frank William Taussig
United states economist (1859-1940).
Born December 28th, 1859 in St. Louis.
Died November 11th, 1940 at 80 years old in Cambridge.
Deaths 341 to 350 of 393
Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold. Ralph Waldo Emerson