In the year 1956
417 Notable deaths
Kathleen Howard
Opera singer, actress, magazine editor.
Born July 17th, 1884 in Niagara Falls, Ontario.
Died August 15th, 1956 at 72 years old in Los Angeles, Hollywood.
Adélard Godbout
Canadian politician (1892-1956).
Born September 24th, 1892 in Saint-Éloi.
Died September 18th, 1956 at 63 years old in Montreal.
Pyotr Konchalovsky
Russian artist (1876-1956).
Born February 21st, 1876 in Sloviansk. [ref]
Died February 2nd, 1956 at 79 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Hugh Cecil, 1st Baron Quickswood
British politician (1869-1956).
Born October 14th, 1869 in Hertfordshire.
Died December 10th, 1956 at 87 years old in Sussex.
Lorenzo Perosi
Italian composer (1872–1956).
Born December 21st, 1872 in Tortona.
Died December 12th, 1956 at 83 years old in Rome.
Mikhail Tereshchenko
Russian politician.
Born March 30th, 1886 in Kyiv.
Died April 1st, 1956 at 70 years old in Monte Carlo.
Ernst Robert Curtius
German philologist and literary scholar.
Born April 14th, 1886 in Thann. [ref]
Died April 19th, 1956 at 70 years old in Rome. [ref]
Bob Sweikert
Racecar driver.
Born May 20th, 1926 in Los Angeles.
Died June 17th, 1956 at 30 years old in Salem (traffic collision).
Kazushige Ugaki
Japanese politician (1868-1956).
Born August 9th, 1868 in Okayama.
Died April 30th, 1956 at 87 years old in Tokyo.
Walther Kossel
German physicist (1888-1956).
Born January 4th, 1888 in Berlin.
Died May 22nd, 1956 at 68 years old in Tübingen.
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You needn’t die happy when your time comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from the beginning to the end. Stephen King