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In the year 1946
420 Notable deaths
Bill Johnston
American tennis player (1894–1946).
Born November 2nd, 1894 in San Francisco.
Died May 1st, 1946 at 51 years old in San Francisco (tuberculosis).
Hans Bothmann
Ss officer (1911–1946).
Born November 11th, 1911 in Lohe-Rickelshof.
Died April 4th, 1946 at 34 years old in Heide (hanging to death).
Maximilian Steinberg
Russian classical music composer (1883-1946).
Born July 4th, 1883 in Vilnius. [ref]
Died December 6th, 1946 at 63 years old in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Júlio Prestes
President of brazil (1882-1946).
Born March 15th, 1882 in Itapetininga.
Died February 9th, 1946 at 63 years old in São Paulo.
Edward Bairstow
English composer and organist.
Born August 22nd, 1874 in Huddersfield. [ref]
Died May 1st, 1946 at 71 years old in York. [ref]
Heinrich Freiherr von Stackelberg
German economist and noble (1905–1946).
Born October 31st, 1905 in Moscow.
Died October 12th, 1946 at 40 years old in Madrid (lymphoma).
Maurice Janin
French general (1862–1946).
Born October 19th, 1862 in Paris.
Died April 28th, 1946 at 83 years old in Saint-Sébastien.
Karl Groos
German psychologist and philosopher (1861-1946).
Born December 10th, 1861 in Heidelberg.
Died March 27th, 1946 at 84 years old in Tübingen.
Alexey Sudayev
Soviet weapon designer.
Born August 23rd, 1912 in Alatyr.
Died August 17th, 1946 at 33 years old in Moscow.
Patriarch Benjamin I of Constantinople
266th ecumenical patriarch of constantinople.
Born January 18th, 1871 in Zeytinli.
Died February 17th, 1946 at 75 years old in Istanbul.
Deaths 231 to 240 of 420
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