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In the year 1944
617 Notable deaths
Filippo Tommaso Marinetti
Italian poet and editor, founder of the futurist movement (1876-1944).
Born December 22nd, 1876 in Alexandria.
Died December 2nd, 1944 at 67 years old in Bellagio (myocardial infarction).
Mariya Oktyabrskaya
Soviet war hero.
Born August 3rd, 1902 in Blizhnie.
Died March 15th, 1944 at 41 years old in Smolensk.
Harold Lowe
British sailor (1882-1944).
Born November 21st, 1882 in Llanrhos.
Died May 12th, 1944 at 61 years old in Deganwy.
Margaret Woodrow Wilson
Acting first lady of the united states (1914-1915).
Born April 16th, 1886 in Georgia.
Died February 12th, 1944 at 57 years old in Pondicherry (uremia).
Leo Baekeland
Belgium american inventor (1863-1944).
Born November 14th, 1863 in Ghent.
Died February 23rd, 1944 at 80 years old in Beacon (cerebral hemorrhage).
Romain Rolland
French author (1866-1944).
Born January 29th, 1866 in Clamecy.
Died December 30th, 1944 at 78 years old in Vézelay (tuberculosis).
Christian Wirth
Nazi german police chief, extermination camp commandant, holocaust perpetrator (1885–1944).
Born November 24th, 1885 in Balzheim.
Died May 26th, 1944 at 58 years old in Municipality of Hrpelje-Kozina (gunshot wound).
William Hale Thompson
American politician (1869–1944).
Born May 14th, 1869 in Boston.
Died March 19th, 1944 at 74 years old in The Blackstone Hotel.
Princess Mafalda of Savoy
Savoyard and hesse-kasselian royal.
Born November 19th, 1902 in Rome.
Died August 28th, 1944 at 41 years old in Buchenwald concentration camp, Buchwald.
William Heath Robinson
British illustrator.
Born May 31st, 1872 in London. [ref]
Died September 13th, 1944 at 72 years old in London.
Deaths 51 to 60 of 617
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