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In the year 1943
466 Notable deaths
Pieter Zeeman
Dutch physicist (1865-1943).
Born May 25th, 1865 in Zonnemaire. [ref]
Died October 9th, 1943 at 78 years old in Amsterdam. [ref]
Maurice Denis
French painter.
Born November 25th, 1870 in Granville. [ref]
Died November 13th, 1943 at 72 years old in Hôpital Cochin (struck by vehicle). [ref]
Jimmy Barry
American boxer.
Born March 7th, 1870 in Chicago.
Died April 4th, 1943 at 73 years old in Chicago.
Ruth Belville
British businesswoman.
Born March 5th, 1854 in Greenwich.
Died December 7th, 1943 at 89 years old in Beddington (carbon monoxide poisoning).
Henrik Pontoppidan
Writer, nobel laureate.
Born July 24th, 1857 in Fredericia. [ref]
Died August 21st, 1943 at 86 years old in Ordrup. [ref]
Otto Jespersen
Danish linguist (1860-1943).
Born July 16th, 1860 in Randers. [ref]
Died April 30th, 1943 at 82 years old in Roskilde. [ref]
Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich of Russia
Russian noble, titled grand duke.
Born November 24th, 1877 in Saint Petersburg.
Died November 9th, 1943 at 65 years old in Paris (disease).
Wilhelm Kube
German politician and nazi official (1887-1943).
Born November 13th, 1887 in Głogów.
Died September 22nd, 1943 at 55 years old in Minsk (explosive device).
Ludwig von Reuter
German admiral.
Born February 9th, 1869 in Guben.
Died December 18th, 1943 at 74 years old in Potsdam.
Leonard Darwin
Son of charles darwin (1850-1943).
Born January 15th, 1850 in Downe. [ref]
Died March 26th, 1943 at 93 years old in London. [ref]
Deaths 81 to 90 of 466
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