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In the year 1943
466 Notable deaths
Dudley Pound
Royal navy admiral of the fleet (1877-1943).
Born August 29th, 1877 in Isle of Wight.
Died October 21st, 1943 at 66 years old in Royal Masonic Hospital.
Johann Niemann
German ss officer.
Born August 4th, 1913 in Völlen.
Died October 14th, 1943 at 30 years old in Sobibór Extermination Camp (axe).
Ottla Kafka
Sister of franz kafka.
Born October 29th, 1892 in Prague.
Died October 7th, 1943 at 50 years old in Auschwitz.
Pavel Milyukov
Russian politician and historian (1859-1943).
Born January 27th, 1859 in Moscow.
Died March 31st, 1943 at 84 years old in Aix-les-Bains.
Aurel Stein
Hungarian-british archaeologist (1862-1943).
Born November 26th, 1862 in Pest. [ref]
Died October 26th, 1943 at 80 years old in Kabul. [ref]
Hans Jeschonnek
German generaloberst.
Born April 9th, 1899 in Inowrocław.
Died August 18th, 1943 at 44 years old in Gołdap County, Robinson complex (ballistic trauma).
Frank Maxwell Andrews
United states army general.
Born February 3rd, 1884 in Nashville.
Died May 3rd, 1943 at 59 years old in Fagradalsfjall.
W. S. Van Dyke
American film director (1889-1943).
Born March 21st, 1889 in San Diego. [ref]
Died February 5th, 1943 at 53 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Arthur Streeton
Australian landscape impressionist (1867-1943).
Born April 8th, 1867 in Duneed. [ref]
Died September 1st, 1943 at 76 years old in Olinda.
Alexander Schmorell
Active within the white rose non-violent resistance group in nazi germany.
Born September 16th, 1917 in Orenburg.
Died July 13th, 1943 at 25 years old in Munich (decapitation).
Deaths 71 to 80 of 466
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride! Hunter S. Thompson