In the year 1946

406 Notable deaths

Hong Sa-ik

Japanese general.

Born March 4th, 1889 in Anseong.

Died September 26th, 1946 at 57 years old in Manila (hanging).

Alf Common

English footballer (1880-1946).

Born May 25th, 1880 in Sunderland.

Died April 3rd, 1946 at 65 years old in Darlington.

Mihai Antonescu

Romanian politician (1904-1946).

Born November 18th, 1904 in Nucet.

Died June 1st, 1946 at 41 years old in Jilava (ballistic trauma).

Paul Lincke

German composer.

Born November 7th, 1866 in Berlin. [ref]

Died September 4th, 1946 at 79 years old in Hahnenklee, Clausthal-Zellerfeld. [ref]

Juan Bautista Sacasa

President of nicaragua (1874-1946).

Born December 21st, 1874 in León.

Died April 17th, 1946 at 71 years old in Los Angeles, Miami.

Jenny Nyström

Swedish artist (1854-1946).

Born June 13th, 1854 in Kalmar. [ref]

Died January 17th, 1946 at 91 years old in Bromma parish. [ref]

Danuta Siedzikówna

Polish resistance fighter.

Born September 3rd, 1928 in Guszczewina.

Died August 28th, 1946 at 17 years old in Gdańsk (ballistic trauma).

Iván Hindy

Hungarian army officer.

Born June 28th, 1890 in Budapest. [ref]

Died August 29th, 1946 at 56 years old in Budapest.

Simon Flexner

American scientist (1863-1946).

Born March 25th, 1863 in Louisville. [ref]

Died May 2nd, 1946 at 83 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction). [ref]

William Wain Prior

Danish general.

Born July 18th, 1876 in Copenhagen.

Died March 9th, 1946 at 69 years old in Frederiksberg.

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Life is for the living. Death is for the dead. Let life be like music. And death a note unsaid. Langston Hughes