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In the year 1943
469 Notable deaths
Leonhard Hess Stejneger
Biologist (1851-1943).
Born October 30th, 1851 in Bergen.
Died February 28th, 1943 at 91 years old in Washington, D.C..
Eduard Helly
Austrian mathematician.
Born June 1st, 1884 in Vienna.
Died November 28th, 1943 at 59 years old in Chicago.
Lojze Grozde
Slovenian writer.
Born May 27th, 1923 in Zgornje Vodale.
Died January 1st, 1943 at 19 years old in Mirna (torture).
Vasil Zacharka
Belarusian exiled politician.
Born April 1st, 1877 in Dabrasyel′tsy.
Died March 14th, 1943 at 65 years old in Prague.
Jean Alavoine
French cyclist.
Born April 1st, 1888 in Roubaix.
Died July 18th, 1943 at 55 years old in Argenteuil (traffic collision).
Friedrich Hartogs
German mathematician.
Born May 20th, 1874 in City of Brussels.
Died August 18th, 1943 at 69 years old in Munich (intoxication).
Stefan Bryła
Polish civil engineer (1886-1943).
Born August 17th, 1886 in Kraków.
Died December 3rd, 1943 at 57 years old in Warsaw (unnatural death).
George Moorhouse
American soccer player (1901-1943).
Born May 4th, 1901 in Liverpool.
Died October 12th, 1943 at 42 years old in New York City.
George Hillyard
British tennis player (1864-1943).
Born February 6th, 1864 in Hanwell.
Died March 24th, 1943 at 79 years old in Pulborough.
Adolf Urban
German footballer.
Born January 3rd, 1914 in Gelsenkirchen.
Died May 27th, 1943 at 29 years old in Staraya Russa. [ref]
Deaths 331 to 340 of 469
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