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In the year 1943
493 Notable deaths
Henrik Pontoppidan
Writer, nobel laureate.
Born July 24th, 1857 in Fredericia. [ref]
Died August 21st, 1943 at 86 years old in Ordrup. [ref]
Vito Cascio Ferro
Member of the sicilian mafia (1862–1943).
Born January 22nd, 1862 in Palermo.
Died September 20th, 1943 at 81 years old in Palermo.
Abdelaziz of Morocco
Sultan of morocco (1878-1943).
Born February 24th, 1878 in Marrakesh.
Died June 10th, 1943 at 65 years old in Tangier.
Ludwig von Reuter
German admiral (1869–1943).
Born February 9th, 1869 in Guben.
Died December 18th, 1943 at 74 years old in Potsdam.
Lin Sen
Chairman of the national government of china (1868-1943).
Born March 16th, 1868 in Minhou County.
Died August 1st, 1943 at 75 years old in Chongqing (traffic collision).
Dmitry Ilyich Ulyanov
Russian revolutionary (1874-1943).
Born August 16th, 1874 in Ulyanovsk.
Died July 16th, 1943 at 68 years old in Gorki Leninskiye.
Ruth Belville
British businesswoman (1854–1943).
Born March 5th, 1854 in Greenwich.
Died December 7th, 1943 at 89 years old in Beddington (carbon monoxide poisoning).
Prince Hubertus of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
German prince.
Born August 24th, 1909 in Reinhardsbrunn.
Died November 26th, 1943 at 34 years old in Velyki Mosty.
William Aberhart
Canadian politician (1878-1943).
Born December 30th, 1878 in Perth County.
Died May 23rd, 1943 at 64 years old in Vancouver.
Salvo D'Acquisto
Recipient of the gold medal of military valor and servant of god (1920–1943).
Born October 15th, 1920 in Naples.
Died September 23rd, 1943 at 22 years old in Fiumicino (gunshot wound).
Deaths 91 to 100 of 493
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