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In the year 1944
629 Notable deaths
Rolf Witting
Finnish politician (1879-1944).
Born September 30th, 1879 in Vyborg.
Died October 11th, 1944 at 65 years old in Porvoo.
Juliusz Kaden-Bandrowski
Polish writer (1885–1944).
Born February 24th, 1885 in Rzeszów.
Died August 8th, 1944 at 59 years old in Warsaw.
Karel Škorpil
Czech archeologist.
Born July 15th, 1859 in Vysoké Mýto. [ref]
Died March 10th, 1944 at 84 years old in Varna. [ref]
Jabbar Garyaghdioglu
Azerbaijani singer.
Born March 31st, 1861 in Shusha.
Died April 28th, 1944 at 83 years old in Baku.
Marat Kazey
Soviet-belarusian partisan and child soldier of ww2.
Born October 10th, 1929 in Stańkava.
Died May 11th, 1944 at 14 years old in Uzda district.
Arsen Kotsoyev
Russian writer (1872–1944).
Born January 15th, 1872 in Gizel.
Died February 4th, 1944 at 72 years old in Vladikavkaz.
Jean Trémoulet
French racing driver.
Born April 12th, 1909 in Dordogne.
Died October 13th, 1944 at 35 years old in Dordogne.
Oszkár Gerde
Hungarian fencer (1883-1944).
Born July 8th, 1883 in Budapest.
Died October 8th, 1944 at 61 years old in Mauthausen concentration camp.
Joseph Noulens
French politician and diplomat (1864–1944).
Born March 29th, 1864 in Bordeaux.
Died September 9th, 1944 at 80 years old in Sorbets.
Olga Menchik
Czech-british chess player (1908-1944).
Born February 16th, 1908 in Moscow.
Died June 26th, 1944 at 36 years old in Clapham.
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Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough. William Saroyan