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In the year 1940
435 Notable deaths
Mato Kósyk
Sorbian poet.
Born June 18th, 1853 in Werben. [ref]
Died November 22nd, 1940 at 87 years old in Albion. [ref]
István Énekes
Boxer (1911–1940).
Born February 20th, 1911 in Budapest.
Died January 2nd, 1940 at 28 years old in Budapest.
Edvarts Virza
Latvian writer, poet and translator (1883-1940).
Born December 27th, 1883 in Rāceņi. [ref]
Died March 1st, 1940 at 56 years old in Riga. [ref]
Albert Young
American boxer (1877-1940).
Born September 28th, 1877 in Lauterecken.
Died July 22nd, 1940 at 62 years old in San Francisco.
Jay O'Brien
Bobsledder (1883-1940).
Born February 22nd, 1883 in New York City.
Died April 5th, 1940 at 57 years old in Palm Beach (myocardial infarction).
George Latimer Bates
American naturalist (1863-1940).
Born March 21st, 1863 in Abingdon.
Died January 31st, 1940 at 76 years old in Chelmsford.
Rudolf Medek
Czechoslovak legioneer, poet, general, politic writer and bookwriter (1890-1940).
Born January 8th, 1890 in Hradec Králové. [ref]
Died September 22nd, 1940 at 50 years old in Libeň. [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.
David Hammond
American swimmer.
Born January 5th, 1881 in Chicago.
Died February 3rd, 1940 at 59 years old in Miami.
Heinrich von Handel-Mazzetti
Austrian botanist (1882-1940).
Born February 19th, 1882 in Vienna.
Died February 1st, 1940 at 57 years old in Vienna (struck by vehicle).
Deaths 371 to 380 of 435
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