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In the year 1945
744 Notable deaths
Albert Taillandier
French racing cyclist.
Born February 8th, 1879 in 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris.
Died July 27th, 1945 at 66 years old in Auzances. [ref]
Gabriel El-Registan
Soviet armenien poet (1899–1945).
Born December 15th, 1899 in Samarkand.
Died June 30th, 1945 at 45 years old in Moscow.
Johan Hübner von Holst
Sport shooter (1881-1945).
Born August 22nd, 1881 in Stockholm.
Died June 13th, 1945 at 63 years old in Stockholm.
Pēteris Juraševskis
Prime minister of latvia (1872-1945).
Born April 4th, 1872 in Sesava Parish.
Died January 10th, 1945 at 72 years old in Jelgava.
Jenő Janovics
Hungarian film director (1872–1945).
Born December 8th, 1872 in Uzhhorod.
Died November 16th, 1945 at 72 years old in Cluj-Napoca.
Walter Weiler
Swiss footballer (1903-1945).
Born December 4th, 1903 in Winterthur. [ref]
Died May 4th, 1945 at 41 years old in Bern. [ref]
Carl Patsch
Austrian slavist, archaeologist and historian (1865–1945).
Born September 14th, 1865 in Kovač.
Died February 21st, 1945 at 79 years old in Vienna.
Yakov Modestovich Gakkel
Russian scientist and engineer.
Born May 12th, 1874 in Irkutsk.
Died December 12th, 1945 at 71 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Teyfuq Abdul
Soviet military officer (1915-1945).
Born December 24th, 1915 in Partenit.
Died March 18th, 1945 at 29 years old in Grodków.
Deaths 651 to 660 of 744
Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde