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In the year 1946
406 Notable deaths
Hans Loritz
Ss officer (1895-1946).
Born December 21st, 1895 in Augsburg.
Died January 31st, 1946 at 50 years old in Neumünster (hanging).
Edmund Glaise-Horstenau
Austrian officer in the austro-hungarian army, last vice-chancellor of austria before the 1938 anschluss, a military historian and archivist, and general in the german wehrmacht during the second world war.
Born February 27th, 1882 in Braunau am Inn. [ref]
Died July 20th, 1946 at 64 years old in Langwasser.
László Bárdossy
Hungarian politician (1890-1946).
Born December 10th, 1890 in Szombathely. [ref]
Died January 10th, 1946 at 55 years old in Budapest (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Federico Laredo Brú
President of cuba (1875-1946).
Born April 23rd, 1875 in Remedios.
Died July 7th, 1946 at 71 years old in Havana.
Carl Schuhmann
German athlete (1869-1946).
Born May 12th, 1869 in Münster.
Died March 24th, 1946 at 76 years old in Berlin.
Jules-Albert de Dion
French automotive pioneer (1856-1946).
Born March 9th, 1856 in Nantes. [ref]
Died August 19th, 1946 at 90 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Gualberto Villarroel
President of bolivia (1908-1946).
Born December 15th, 1908 in Villa Rivero.
Died July 21st, 1946 at 37 years old in La Paz.
Logan Pearsall Smith
British american-born writer.
Born October 18th, 1865 in Millville. [ref]
Died March 2nd, 1946 at 80 years old in London.
Nikolay Morozov
Russian revolutionary, scientist, writer.
Died July 30th, 1946 at 92 years old in Borok.
Henry Handel Richardson
Australian author.
Born January 3rd, 1870 in Melbourne. [ref]
Died March 30th, 1946 at 76 years old in Fairlight. [ref]
Deaths 171 to 180 of 406
To the most trivial actions, attach the devotion and mindfulness of a hundred monks. To matters of life and death, attach a sense of humor. Zhuangzi