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In the year 1946
439 Notable deaths
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]
Wanda Klaff
Nazi concentration camp guard (1922–1946).
Born March 6th, 1922 in Gdańsk.
Died July 4th, 1946 at 24 years old in Gdańsk (hanging).
Dai Li
Chinese kmt general (1897–1946).
Born May 28th, 1897 in Jiangshan City.
Died March 17th, 1946 at 48 years old in Nanjing.
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).
Tony Lazzeri
American baseball player and coach (1903-1946).
Born December 6th, 1903 in San Francisco.
Died August 6th, 1946 at 42 years old in San Francisco (falling from height).
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]
Mae Busch
American actress (1891-1946).
Born June 18th, 1891 in Melbourne. [ref]
Died April 20th, 1946 at 54 years old in Hollywood (cancer). [ref]
Karl Maria Wiligut
Ss general (1866-1946).
Born December 10th, 1866 in Vienna.
Died January 3rd, 1946 at 79 years old in Bad Arolsen.
Yōsuke Matsuoka
Japanese politician (1880-1946).
Born March 4th, 1880 in Yamaguchi Prefecture. [ref]
Died June 26th, 1946 at 66 years old in Sugamo Prison (tuberculosis).
Carter Glass
American politician (1858–1946).
Born January 4th, 1858 in Lynchburg.
Died May 28th, 1946 at 88 years old in Washington, D.C..
Deaths 81 to 90 of 439
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