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In the year 1945
744 Notable deaths
Blas Cabrera Felipe
Spanish physicist (1878-1945).
Born May 20th, 1878 in Arrecife. [ref]
Died August 1st, 1945 at 67 years old in Mexico City (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Joseph MacRory
Catholic cardinal (1861-1945).
Born March 19th, 1861 in Ballygawley.
Died October 13th, 1945 at 84 years old in Armagh.
Peter Chalmers Mitchell
British zoologist.
Born November 23rd, 1864 in Sheffield.
Died July 2nd, 1945 at 80 years old in Glasgow (traffic collision).
Isis Pogson
British astronomer and meteorologist..
Born September 28th, 1852 in Oxford.
Died May 14th, 1945 at 92 years old in Croydon (disease).
José Juan Tablada
Mexican poet, art critic and diplomat (1871-1945).
Born April 3rd, 1871 in Mexico City.
Died August 2nd, 1945 at 74 years old in New York City.
Charles Sands
American golfer, tennis and real tennis player (1865–1945).
Born December 22nd, 1865 in New York City.
Died August 9th, 1945 at 79 years old in New York City.
Nikolai Yevgenyevich Markov
Russian politician.
Born April 14th, 1866 in Simferopol.
Died April 25th, 1945 at 79 years old in Wiesbaden.
Charles W. Gilmore
Paleontologist (1874-1945).
Born March 11th, 1874 in New York City.
Died September 27th, 1945 at 71 years old in New York City.
Lucie Delarue-Mardrus
French writer and sculptor.
Born November 3rd, 1874 in Honfleur.
Died April 26th, 1945 at 70 years old in Château-Gontier.
Ishii Kikujirō
Japanese politician (1866-1945).
Born April 24th, 1866 in Mobara. [ref]
Died May 25th, 1945 at 79 years old in Tokyo. [ref]
Deaths 521 to 530 of 744
While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die. Leonardo da Vinci