In the year 1956
381 Notable deaths
Paul Léautaud
French writer.
Born January 18th, 1872 in 1st arrondissement of Paris.
Died February 22nd, 1956 at 84 years old in Le Plessis-Robinson. [ref]
Julius Lippert
German politician (1895-1956).
Died June 30th, 1956 at 60 years old in Bad Schwalbach.
Jack Southworth
English footballer (1866-1956).
Born December 11th, 1866 in Blackburn.
Died October 16th, 1956 at 89 years old in Liverpool.
Zenobia Camprubí
Spanish-american writer and linguist.
Born August 31st, 1887 in Malgrat de Mar. [ref]
Died October 28th, 1956 at 69 years old in San Juan (ovarian cancer).
Greenleaf Whittier Pickard
American radio pioneer.
Born February 14th, 1877 in Portland.
Died January 8th, 1956 at 78 years old in Newton.
G. W. Pierce
American physicist.
Born January 11th, 1872 in Webberville.
Died August 25th, 1956 at 84 years old in Franklin.
Bernard Griffin
Catholic cardinal.
Born February 21st, 1899 in Birmingham. [ref]
Died August 20th, 1956 at 57 years old in Cornwall (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Walter Sydney Adams
American astronomer.
Born December 20th, 1876 in Antioch.
Died May 11th, 1956 at 79 years old in Pasadena.
Albrecht Alt
German lutheran theologian.
Born September 20th, 1883 in Diespeck. [ref]
Died April 24th, 1956 at 72 years old in Leipzig. [ref]
María Teresa Ferrari
Argentinian physician and university professor.
Born October 11th, 1887 in Buenos Aires.
Died October 30th, 1956 at 69 years old in Buenos Aires.
Deaths 221 to 230 of 381
No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they’d die for. Martin Luther King Jr.