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In the year 1944
617 Notable deaths
Abdulmejid II
Last caliph of the ottoman dynasty (1868–1944).
Born May 29th, 1868 in Beşiktaş.
Died August 23rd, 1944 at 76 years old in Paris (myocardial infarction).
Henning von Tresckow
German general and member of the resistance of 20 july 1944 (1901-1944).
Born January 10th, 1901 in Magdeburg.
Died July 21st, 1944 at 43 years old in Białystok, Ostrów Mazowiecka (hand grenade).
Wang Jingwei
Chinese politician, leader of wang jingwei regime (1883-1944).
Born May 4th, 1883 in Sanshui District. [ref]
Died November 10th, 1944 at 61 years old in Nagoya (cancer). [ref]
Chūichi Nagumo
Japanese admiral.
Born March 25th, 1887 in Yamagata.
Died July 6th, 1944 at 57 years old in Saipan (ballistic trauma).
Ida Tarbell
American journalist (1857-1944).
Born November 5th, 1857 in Erie County.
Died January 6th, 1944 at 86 years old in Bridgeport (pneumonia).
Galeazzo Ciano
Italian politician (1903-1944).
Born March 18th, 1903 in Livorno. [ref]
Died January 11th, 1944 at 40 years old in Verona (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Ludwig Beck
German general.
Born June 29th, 1880 in Biebrich.
Died July 21st, 1944 at 64 years old in Berlin (ballistic trauma).
Richard Sorge
Soviet spy in germany and japan (1895－1944).
Born October 4th, 1895 in Baku.
Died November 7th, 1944 at 49 years old in Sugamo Prison (hanging).
Ernst Thälmann
German communist politician, leader of communist party of germany.
Born April 16th, 1886 in Hamburg. [ref]
Died August 18th, 1944 at 58 years old in Buchenwald concentration camp (ballistic trauma, execution). [ref]
Günther von Kluge
German general (1882-1944).
Born October 30th, 1882 in Poznań.
Died August 19th, 1944 at 61 years old in Dombasle-en-Argonne (poison).
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It is not length of life, but depth of life. Ralph Waldo Emerson