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In the year 1946
420 Notable deaths
Henri Le Fauconnier
French painter (1881-1946).
Born July 5th, 1881 in Hesdin. [ref]
Died December 25th, 1946 at 65 years old in Paris (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Lionel Dunsterville
British army general (1865-1946).
Born November 9th, 1865 in United Kingdom.
Died March 18th, 1946 at 80 years old in Torquay.
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 (1866–1946).
Born November 7th, 1866 in Berlin.
Died September 4th, 1946 at 79 years old in Hahnenklee, Clausthal-Zellerfeld.
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.
Deaths 201 to 210 of 420
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