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In the year 1960
422 Notable deaths
Emily Post
American writer and etiquette expert.
Born October 27th, 1872 in Baltimore.
Died September 25th, 1960 at 87 years old in New York City.
Francis Parker Yockey
American writer (1917-1960).
Born September 18th, 1917 in Chicago.
Died June 17th, 1960 at 42 years old in San Francisco (cyanide poisoning).
Fausto Coppi
Italian cyclist (1919-1960).
Born September 15th, 1919 in Castellania Coppi. [ref]
Died January 2nd, 1960 at 40 years old in Tortona (malaria). [ref]
Said Nursî
Kurdish sunni muslim theologian (1876-1960).
Born March 12th, 1876 in Bitlis.
Died March 23rd, 1960 at 84 years old in Şanlıurfa.
Inejirō Asanuma
Japanese politician.
Born December 27th, 1898 in Miyakejima.
Died October 12th, 1960 at 61 years old in Chiyoda-ku (stab wound).
Giles Gilbert Scott
English architect.
Born November 9th, 1880 in Liverpool.
Died February 8th, 1960 at 79 years old in London (lung cancer).
St John Philby
English arabist, explorer, writer, and british colonial office intelligence officer.
Born April 3rd, 1885 in Badulla.
Died September 30th, 1960 at 75 years old in Beirut.
Victor Klemperer
Philologist, author of lti – lingua tertii imperii (1881-1960).
Born October 9th, 1881 in Gorzów Wielkopolski. [ref]
Died February 11th, 1960 at 78 years old in Dresden. [ref]
Aloysius Stepinac
Croatian cardinal and archbishop of zagreb.
Born May 8th, 1898 in Brezarić. [ref]
Died February 10th, 1960 at 61 years old in Krašić (thrombosis). [ref]
Max von Laue
German physicist, nobel laureate and anti-nazi.
Born October 9th, 1879 in Koblenz. [ref]
Died April 24th, 1960 at 80 years old in West Berlin (traffic collision). [ref]
Deaths 41 to 50 of 422
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