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In the year 1943
456 Notable deaths
Henri-Jean Guillaume Martin
French painter (1860-1943).
Born August 5th, 1860 in Grande rue Saint-Michel. [ref]
Died November 12th, 1943 at 83 years old in Labastide-du-Vert. [ref]
Estella Agsteribbe
Gymnast.
Born April 6th, 1909 in Amsterdam.
Died September 17th, 1943 at 34 years old in Auschwitz.
Marija Bursać
First woman proclaimed a people's hero of yugoslavia.
Born August 2nd, 1920 in Kamenica.
Died September 22nd, 1943 at 23 years old in Vidovo Selo (died of wounds).
Abbott Lawrence Lowell
U.s. educator and legal scholar (1856-1943).
Born December 13th, 1856 in Boston. [ref]
Died January 6th, 1943 at 86 years old in Boston. [ref]
Salvo D'Acquisto
Recipient of the gold medal of military valor and servant of god.
Born October 15th, 1920 in Naples.
Died September 23rd, 1943 at 22 years old in Fiumicino (ballistic trauma).
Constantin Prezan
Romanian general (1861-1943).
Born January 27th, 1861 in Butimanu. [ref]
Died August 27th, 1943 at 82 years old in Bucharest.
Helene Stöcker
German feminist, pacifist and gender activist.
Born November 13th, 1869 in Wuppertal, Elberfeld. [ref]
Died February 24th, 1943 at 73 years old in New York City (cancer). [ref]
Rodger Young
Medal of honor recipient.
Born April 28th, 1918 in Tiffin.
Died July 31st, 1943 at 25 years old in New Georgia.
Hans Woellke
German shot putter (1911-1943).
Born February 18th, 1911 in Biskupiec.
Died March 22nd, 1943 at 32 years old in Khatyn (killed in action).
Ivan Goran Kovačić
Croatian poet and writer (1913-1943).
Born March 21st, 1913 in Lukovdol.
Died July 13th, 1943 at 30 years old in Foča.
Deaths 191 to 200 of 456
Our minds are too small to comprehend something as huge as death. Let it go. Maxime Lagacé