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In the year 1946
406 Notable deaths
Empress Wanrong
Wife of puyi, empress of china (1906-1946).
Born November 13th, 1906 in Beijing.
Died June 20th, 1946 at 39 years old in Yanji (drug withdrawal).
Milan Nedić
Serbian general and politician (1878-1946).
Born September 2nd, 1878 in Grocka. [ref]
Died February 4th, 1946 at 67 years old in Belgrade (falling).
Mamie Smith
American vaudeville singer and actress (1883-1946).
Born May 26th, 1891 in Cincinnati. [ref]
Died September 16th, 1946 at 55 years old in New York City (disease).
Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov
Russian soviet composer.
Born April 13th, 1883 in Plakhino.
Died July 8th, 1946 at 63 years old in Berlin (myocardial rupture). [ref]
Anton Mussert
Dutch fascist (1894-1946).
Born May 11th, 1894 in Werkendam.
Died May 7th, 1946 at 51 years old in The Hague, Waalsdorpervlakte (ballistic trauma).
Konstantin Rodzaevsky
Russian fascist (1907-1946).
Born August 11th, 1907 in Blagoveshchensk.
Died August 30th, 1946 at 39 years old in Moscow (ballistic trauma).
Martin Gottfried Weiss
German ss officer, concentration camp commandant (1905-1946).
Born June 3rd, 1905 in Weiden in der Oberpfalz.
Died May 29th, 1946 at 40 years old in Landsberg am Lech (hanging).
Thomas Dixon Jr.
American baptist minister, lawyer, politician and white supremacist writer.
Born January 11th, 1864 in Shelby. [ref]
Died April 3rd, 1946 at 82 years old in Raleigh. [ref]
Ignacy Mościcki
President of poland from 1926 to 1939.
Born December 1st, 1867 in Mierzanowo. [ref]
Died October 2nd, 1946 at 78 years old in Versoix. [ref]
Joe Keaton
American actor (1867-1946).
Born July 6th, 1867 in Indiana. [ref]
Died January 13th, 1946 at 78 years old in Ventura County (traffic collision). [ref]
Deaths 71 to 80 of 406
For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one. Kahlil Gibran