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In the year 1944
627 Notable deaths
Bernardino Machado
Portuguese president (1851-1944).
Born March 28th, 1851 in Rio de Janeiro.
Died April 29th, 1944 at 93 years old in Porto.
Merna Kennedy
Actress (1908-1944).
Born September 7th, 1908 in Kankakee. [ref]
Died December 20th, 1944 at 36 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein
German officer and fighter pilot during world war ii.
Born August 14th, 1916 in Copenhagen.
Died January 21st, 1944 at 27 years old in Stendal (killed in action).
Ramón Castillo
Former president of argentina (1873-1944).
Born November 20th, 1873 in Ancasti.
Died October 12th, 1944 at 70 years old in Buenos Aires.
Miguel Asín Palacios
Spanish historian (1871-1944).
Born July 5th, 1871 in Zaragoza. [ref]
Died August 12th, 1944 at 73 years old in Donostia-San Sebastián. [ref]
Fritz-Dietlof von der Schulenburg
German politician (1902-1944).
Born September 5th, 1902 in London.
Died August 10th, 1944 at 41 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging).
Caesar von Hofacker
German luftwaffe lieutenant-colonel, member of the 20 july 1944 plot.
Born March 11th, 1896 in Ludwigsburg.
Died December 20th, 1944 at 48 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging to death).
Joseph Maréchal
Belgian jesuit priest and philosopher (1878–1944).
Born July 1st, 1878 in Charleroi. [ref]
Died December 11th, 1944 at 66 years old in Leuven.
Werner Henke
German navy officer and world war ii u-boat commander.
Born May 13th, 1909 in Toruń, Rudak.
Died June 15th, 1944 at 35 years old in Fort Hunt. [ref]
Josef Wirmer
German jurist and resistance fighter against the nazi régime (1901-1944).
Born March 19th, 1901 in Paderborn. [ref]
Died September 8th, 1944 at 43 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging to death).
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