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In the year 1944
617 Notable deaths
Lou Henry Hoover
First lady of the united states (1929-1933).
Born March 29th, 1874 in Waterloo.
Died January 7th, 1944 at 69 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction).
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
American judge and baseball commissioner (1866-1944).
Born November 20th, 1866 in Millville.
Died November 25th, 1944 at 78 years old in Chicago (myocardial infarction).
Guy Gibson
First co of the royal air force's 617 squadron.
Born August 12th, 1918 in Shimla.
Died September 19th, 1944 at 26 years old in Steenbergen.
Arthur Eddington
British astrophysicist (1882-1944).
Born December 28th, 1882 in Kendal.
Died November 22nd, 1944 at 61 years old in Cambridge.
Giovanni Gentile
Italian philosopher, educator, fascist theoretician and politician.
Born May 29th, 1875 in Castelvetrano.
Died April 15th, 1944 at 68 years old in Florence.
Prafulla Chandra Ray
Indian chemist, educationist, poet, historian, industrialist and philanthropist..
Born August 2nd, 1861 in Khulna.
Died June 16th, 1944 at 82 years old in Kolkata.
Erwin von Witzleben
German field marshal (1881–1944).
Born December 4th, 1881 in Wrocław.
Died August 8th, 1944 at 62 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging to death).
Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii
Russian chemist and photographer.
Born August 30th, 1863 in Funikova Gora. [ref]
Died September 27th, 1944 at 81 years old in Paris. [ref]
Orde Wingate
British army officer, creator of the chindit mission in world war ii (1903–1944).
Born February 26th, 1903 in Nainital.
Died March 24th, 1944 at 41 years old in Manipur State.
Friedrich Olbricht
German general (1888–1944).
Born October 4th, 1888 in Leisnig.
Died July 21st, 1944 at 55 years old in Berlin (gunshot wound).
Deaths 41 to 50 of 617
If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death. Samuel Butler