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In the year 1945
662 Notable deaths
Henrietta Szold
American zionist.
Born December 21st, 1860 in Baltimore. [ref]
Died February 13th, 1945 at 84 years old in Jerusalem. [ref]
Leonid Pasternak
Russian artist (1862-1945).
Born April 3rd, 1862 in Odesa. [ref]
Died May 31st, 1945 at 83 years old in Oxford. [ref]
Arthur Wynne
Inventor of the crossword puzzle (1871-1945).
Born June 22nd, 1871 in Liverpool.
Died January 14th, 1945 at 73 years old in Clearwater.
Wilhelm Rediess
German waffen-ss general and police leader (1900-1945).
Born October 10th, 1900 in Heinsberg. [ref]
Died May 8th, 1945 at 44 years old in Skaugum (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Agnes Baden-Powell
British scouting pioneer.
Born December 16th, 1858 in Paddington.
Died June 2nd, 1945 at 86 years old in England.
Volin
Russian anarchist.
Born August 11th, 1882 in Voronezh.
Died September 18th, 1945 at 63 years old in Paris (tuberculosis).
Roger Keyes, 1st Baron Keyes
Royal navy officer (1872-1945).
Born October 4th, 1872 in Punjab. [ref]
Died December 26th, 1945 at 73 years old in Buckinghamshire. [ref]
Christian Weber
German ss general (1883-1945).
Born August 25th, 1883 in Polsingen.
Died May 11th, 1945 at 61 years old in Swabian Jura (traffic collision).
Zinaida Gippius
Russian poet, playwright, editor, short story writer and religious thinker (1869-1945).
Born November 20th, 1869 in Belyov. [ref]
Died September 9th, 1945 at 75 years old in Paris. [ref]
Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski
Polish explorer and writer.
Born June 8th, 1878 in Ludza. [ref]
Died January 3rd, 1945 at 66 years old in Grodzisk Mazowiecki. [ref]
Deaths 221 to 230 of 662
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