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In the year 1944
617 Notable deaths
Eduard Dietl
German general.
Born July 21st, 1890 in Bad Aibling.
Died June 23rd, 1944 at 53 years old in Hartberg.
Cayetano Santos Godino
Serial killer (1896–1944).
Born October 31st, 1896 in Buenos Aires.
Died November 15th, 1944 at 48 years old in Ushuaia (internal bleeding).
Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg
German noble.
Born March 15th, 1905 in Stuttgart. [ref]
Died August 10th, 1944 at 39 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging). [ref]
Antanas Smetona
First president of lithuania from 4 april 1919 until 19 june 1920.
Born August 10th, 1874 in Užulėnis.
Died January 9th, 1944 at 69 years old in Cleveland (conflagration).
Emilio De Bono
Italian general (1866-1944).
Born March 19th, 1866 in Cassano d'Adda. [ref]
Died January 11th, 1944 at 77 years old in Verona (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Artur Phleps
Austro-hungarian army officer.
Born November 29th, 1881 in Biertan.
Died September 21st, 1944 at 62 years old in Arad.
Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel
German general and resistance fighter (1886–1944).
Born January 2nd, 1886 in Berlin.
Died August 30th, 1944 at 58 years old in Berlin, Plötzensee Prison (hanging to death).
Hans Hermann Junge
Ss officer (1914–1944).
Born February 11th, 1914 in Preetz.
Died August 13th, 1944 at 30 years old in Dreux.
Agustín Pío Barrios
Paraguayan composer and musician (1885-1944).
Born May 5th, 1885 in San Juan Bautista.
Died August 7th, 1944 at 59 years old in San Salvador (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Deaths 91 to 100 of 617
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