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In the year 1943
493 Notable deaths
Władysław Sikorski
Polish military and political leader (1881-1943).
Born May 20th, 1881 in Tuszów Narodowy.
Died July 4th, 1943 at 62 years old in Gibraltar (1943 Gibraltar B-24 crash).
Lepa Radić
Serbian communist partisan (1925-1943).
Born December 19th, 1925 in Gašnica.
Died February 8th, 1943 at 17 years old in Bosanska Krupa (hanging to death). [ref]
Hans Scholl
German pacifist, executed by nazi germany (1918-1943).
Born September 22nd, 1918 in Ingersheim an der Jagst.
Died February 22nd, 1943 at 24 years old in Munich Prison (decapitation).
Prince Christoph of Hesse-Kassel
German air force officer (1901-1943).
Born May 14th, 1901 in Frankfurt am Main.
Died October 7th, 1943 at 42 years old in Forlì.
Franceska Mann
Polish dancer.
Born February 4th, 1917 in Warsaw.
Died October 23rd, 1943 at 26 years old in Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp.
Helen Herron Taft
First lady to william howard taft (1861-1943).
Born June 2nd, 1861 in Cincinnati.
Died May 22nd, 1943 at 81 years old in Washington, D.C..
Alastair Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
Member of the british royal family, british army officer (1914-1943).
Born August 9th, 1914 in Mayfair.
Died April 26th, 1943 at 28 years old in Ottawa (hypothermia).
Gregoria de Jesús
First lady of the philippines (1875-1943).
Born May 9th, 1875 in Caloocan.
Died March 15th, 1943 at 67 years old in Manila.
Dwight Frye
Actor (1899-1943).
Born February 22nd, 1899 in Kansas.
Died November 7th, 1943 at 44 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction).
Sophie Taeuber-Arp
Swiss artist (1889–1943).
Born January 19th, 1889 in Davos.
Died January 13th, 1943 at 53 years old in Zurich (carbon monoxide poisoning).
Deaths 31 to 40 of 493
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