In the year 1946
406 Notable deaths
Friedrich Jeckeln
German ss general, executed for war crimes including mass murder (1895-1946).
Born February 2nd, 1895 in Hornberg.
Died February 3rd, 1946 at 51 years old in Riga (hanging).
Jenny-Wanda Barkmann
Nazi concentration camp guard (1922–1946).
Born May 30th, 1922 in Hamburg.
Died July 4th, 1946 at 24 years old in Gdańsk (hanging).
Ferenc Szálasi
Hungarian fascist politician, executed for war crimes (1897-1946).
Born January 6th, 1897 in Košice.
Died March 12th, 1946 at 49 years old in Budapest (hanging).
Ernest Thompson Seton
British/american author, artist and naturalist, and one of the founders of the scouting movement.
Born August 14th, 1860 in South Shields. [ref]
Died October 23rd, 1946 at 86 years old in Seton Village. [ref]
Gilbert N. Lewic
American physical chemist.
Born October 23rd, 1875 in Weymouth.
Died March 23rd, 1946 at 70 years old in University of California, Berkeley.
Counteé Cullen
American writer.
Born May 30th, 1903 in Louisville.
Died January 9th, 1946 at 42 years old in New York City.
Masahara Homma
Japanese general.
Born November 27th, 1887 in Sado Island.
Died April 3rd, 1946 at 58 years old in Manila (ballistic trauma).
Harlan F. Stone
Chief justice of the united states from 1941 to 1946.
Born October 11th, 1872 in Chesterfield.
Died April 22nd, 1946 at 73 years old in Washington, D.C. (cerebral hemorrhage).
Paul Langevin
French physicist, philosopher of science and pedagogue.
Born January 23rd, 1872 in Paris. [ref]
Died December 19th, 1946 at 74 years old in Paris. [ref]
Manuel de Falla
Spanish composer.
Born November 23rd, 1876 in Cádiz. [ref]
Died November 14th, 1946 at 69 years old in Alta Gracia. [ref]
Deaths 41 to 50 of 406
Everyone dies. But not everyone really lives. Unknown