In the year 1946
406 Notable deaths
Ananda Mahidol
Eighth monarch of siam from the chakri dynasty as rama viii.
Born September 20th, 1925 in Heidelberg.
Died June 9th, 1946 at 20 years old in Boromphiman Residential Hall (ballistic trauma).
Alfred Stieglitz
American photographer.
Born January 1st, 1864 in Hoboken. [ref]
Died July 13th, 1946 at 82 years old in New York City. [ref]
Arthur Seyss-Inquart
Austrian nazi politician, and nazi ruler of occupied netherlands, convicted of crimes against humanity and sentenced to death (1892-1946).
Born July 22nd, 1892 in Stonařov. [ref]
Died October 16th, 1946 at 54 years old in Nuremberg (hanging). [ref]
Gifford Pinchot
American forester and politician (1865-1946).
Born August 11th, 1865 in Simsbury. [ref]
Died October 4th, 1946 at 81 years old in New York City (leukemia).
Marcel Petiot
French criminal, doctor and politician (1897-1946).
Born January 17th, 1897 in Auxerre. [ref]
Died May 25th, 1946 at 49 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris (guillotine). [ref]
Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin
Soviet politician (1875-1946).
Born November 19th, 1875 in Verkhnaya Troitsa.
Died June 3rd, 1946 at 70 years old in Moscow (colorectal cancer).
Walter Johnson
American baseball player (1887-1946).
Born November 6th, 1887 in Humboldt.
Died December 10th, 1946 at 59 years old in Washington, D.C. (brain cancer).
Wilhelm Frick
German nazi official (1877-1946).
Born March 12th, 1877 in Alsenz. [ref]
Died October 16th, 1946 at 69 years old in Nuremberg (hanging). [ref]
Alexander Alekhine
Russian-french chess player (1892–1946).
Born October 10th, 1892 in Moscow. [ref]
Died March 24th, 1946 at 53 years old in Estoril (choking, liver failure). [ref]
Joseph Stilwell
United states army general (1883–1946).
Born March 19th, 1883 in Palatka. [ref]
Died October 12th, 1946 at 63 years old in San Francisco (stomach cancer). [ref]
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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