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In the year 1943
467 Notable deaths
Vahida Maglajlić
Yugoslav partisan.
Born April 17th, 1907 in Banja Luka. [ref]
Died April 1st, 1943 at 35 years old in Mala Krupska Rujiška. [ref]
Nguyen An Ninh
Vietnamese writer, activist and revolutionary (1900–1943).
Born September 15th, 1900 in Cholon. [ref]
Died August 14th, 1943 at 42 years old in Côn Sơn Island.
Anita Augspurg
German jurist, actress, writer, editor, and activist (1857-1943).
Born September 22nd, 1857 in Verden. [ref]
Died December 20th, 1943 at 86 years old in Zurich. [ref]
Yuzuru Hiraga
Japanese admiral (1878-1943).
Born March 8th, 1878 in Tokyo.
Died February 13th, 1943 at 64 years old in Tokyo.
Anna Dresden-Polak
Dutch gymnast (1906-1943).
Born November 24th, 1906 in Amsterdam.
Died July 23rd, 1943 at 36 years old in Sobibór Extermination Camp.
Arthur Hinsley
Catholic cardinal.
Born August 25th, 1865 in Carlton. [ref]
Died March 17th, 1943 at 77 years old in Buntingford (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Henri Focillon
French art historian (1881-1943).
Born September 7th, 1881 in Dijon. [ref]
Died March 3rd, 1943 at 61 years old in New Haven. [ref]
Aimo Cajander
Finnish politician (1879-1943).
Born April 4th, 1879 in Uusikaupunki. [ref]
Died January 21st, 1943 at 63 years old in Helsinki. [ref]
Ernst Linder
Swedish general.
Born April 25th, 1868 in Pojo. [ref]
Died September 14th, 1943 at 75 years old in Engelbrekt church parish. [ref]
Maria Restituta Kafka
Franciscan nun and nurse; nazi critic; victim of execution in nazi-run austria.
Born May 1st, 1894 in Husovice.
Died March 30th, 1943 at 48 years old in Vienna (guillotine). [ref]
Deaths 261 to 270 of 467
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