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In the year 1966
441 Notable deaths
Elio Vittorini
Italian writer, literary translator and editor.
Born July 23rd, 1908 in Syracuse. [ref]
Died February 12th, 1966 at 57 years old in Milan (stomach cancer). [ref]
Marguerite Long
French musician.
Born November 13th, 1874 in Nîmes. [ref]
Died February 13th, 1966 at 91 years old in Paris. [ref]
Ludwig Meidner
German expressionist artist (1884-1966).
Born April 18th, 1884 in Bierutów. [ref]
Died May 14th, 1966 at 82 years old in Darmstadt. [ref]
Arthur Lourié
Russian composer.
Born May 1st, 1892 in Slauharad. [ref]
Died October 12th, 1966 at 74 years old in Princeton. [ref]
John Taylor
Race car driver, completed four formula one races 1964-1966, died from a crash at the 1966 german grand prix.
Born March 23rd, 1933 in Anstey.
Died September 8th, 1966 at 33 years old in Koblenz.
Vladimir Minorsky
Russian historian, orientalist, iranist.
Born February 5th, 1877 in Korcheva. [ref]
Died March 25th, 1966 at 89 years old in Cambridge.
Zinovy Peshkov
French general (1884-1966).
Born October 16th, 1884 in Nizhny Novgorod.
Died November 27th, 1966 at 82 years old in Paris.
Väinö Tanner
Finnish politician, prime minister of finland (1881-1966).
Born March 12th, 1881 in Helsinki.
Died April 19th, 1966 at 85 years old in Helsinki.
Emil Julius Gumbel
German mathematician and statistician.
Born July 18th, 1891 in Munich. [ref]
Died September 10th, 1966 at 75 years old in New York City. [ref]
Nikolay Cherkasov
Soviet actor (1903-1966).
Born July 27th, 1903 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died September 14th, 1966 at 63 years old in Saint Petersburg (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Deaths 191 to 200 of 441
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