In the year 1946

439 Notable deaths

Hermann Göring

German nazi politician, military leader, and convicted war criminal (1893–1946).

Born January 12th, 1893 in Rosenheim. [ref]

Died October 15th, 1946 at 53 years old in Nuremberg Court Prison (cyanide poisoning). [ref]

H. G. Wells

English writer (1866–1946).

Born September 21st, 1866 in Bromley.

Died August 13th, 1946 at 79 years old in London (liver tumor).

Amon Göth

Austrian ss functionary, commandant of plaszow concentration camp and convicted war criminal (1908-1946).

Born December 11th, 1908 in Vienna.

Died September 13th, 1946 at 37 years old in Kraków (hanging to death).

John Maynard Keynes

British economist (1883–1946).

Born June 5th, 1883 in Cambridge. [ref]

Died April 21st, 1946 at 62 years old in Firle (myocardial infarction). [ref]

Jack Johnson

American boxer.

Born March 31st, 1878 in Galveston. [ref]

Died June 10th, 1946 at 68 years old in Franklinton (traffic collision). [ref]

Gertrude Stein

American author (1874-1946).

Born February 3rd, 1874 in Allegheny. [ref]

Died July 27th, 1946 at 72 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine (stomach cancer). [ref]

Wilhelm Keitel

German army field marshal and nazi military chief of the nazi military ”wehrmacht” (1882–1946).

Born September 22nd, 1882 in Helmscherode.

Died October 16th, 1946 at 64 years old in Nuremberg Court Prison (hanging).

Joachim von Ribbentrop

German foreign minister of nazi germany (1893-1946).

Born April 30th, 1893 in Wesel. [ref]

Died October 16th, 1946 at 53 years old in Nuremberg (hanging). [ref]

John Logie Baird

Scottish inventor, demonstrating the world's first working television.

Born August 13th, 1888 in Helensburgh. [ref]

Died June 14th, 1946 at 57 years old in Bexhill-on-Sea. [ref]

Louis Slotin

Canadian physicist and chemist (1910-1946).

Born December 1st, 1910 in Winnipeg.

Died May 30th, 1946 at 35 years old in Los Alamos (radiation syndrome).

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