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In the year 1960
436 Notable deaths
Max Huber
Swiss lawyer, president of the international committees of the red cross (1874-1960).
Born December 28th, 1874 in Zürich.
Died January 1st, 1960 at 85 years old in Zürich.
Hans Röttiger
German general (1896-1960).
Born April 16th, 1896 in Hamburg.
Died April 15th, 1960 at 63 years old in Bonn.
Georgi Kyoseivanov
Prime minister of bulgaria (1884-1960).
Born January 19th, 1884 in Peshtera.
Died July 27th, 1960 at 76 years old in Switzerland.
Walter Goehr
German composer and conductor.
Born May 28th, 1903 in Berlin. [ref]
Died December 4th, 1960 at 57 years old in Sheffield. [ref]
Harold Spencer Jones
British astronomer.
Born March 29th, 1890 in Kensington. [ref]
Died November 3rd, 1960 at 70 years old in London. [ref]
H. L. Davis
American novelist and poet (1894–1960).
Born October 18th, 1894 in Nonpareil.
Died October 31st, 1960 at 66 years old in San Antonio (surgical complications, myocardial infarction).
Maurice de Broglie
French physicist (1875-1960).
Born April 27th, 1875 in Paris. [ref]
Died July 14th, 1960 at 85 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine. [ref]
Fiqri Dine
Prime minister of albania during world war ii (1897-1960).
Born August 3rd, 1897 in Maqellarë.
Died November 26th, 1960 at 63 years old in Brussels-Capital Region.
Jaap Kunst
Dutch ethnomusicologist.
Born August 12th, 1891 in Groningen. [ref]
Died December 7th, 1960 at 69 years old in Amsterdam. [ref]
Deaths 241 to 250 of 436
Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there’s a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see. Helen Keller (Remember that Helen Keller was blind)