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In the year 1966
463 Notable deaths
Manuel María Ponce Brousset
President of peru (1874-1966).
Born April 5th, 1874 in Arequipa.
Died July 18th, 1966 at 92 years old in Lima.
Wivi Lönn
Finnish architect (1872-1966).
Born May 20th, 1872 in Tampere. [ref]
Died December 27th, 1966 at 94 years old in Helsinki. [ref]
Edward Gourdin
Athletics competitor; massachusetts superior court judge.
Born August 10th, 1897 in Jacksonville.
Died July 22nd, 1966 at 68 years old in Quincy.
Anna Langfus
Polish/french author.
Born January 1st, 1920 in Lublin. [ref]
Died May 12th, 1966 at 46 years old in Paris. [ref]
Dirk Brouwer
Dutch-american astronomer.
Born September 1st, 1902 in Rotterdam.
Died January 31st, 1966 at 63 years old in New Haven.
Gilberto Govi
Italian actor (1885-1966).
Born October 22nd, 1885 in Genoa.
Died April 28th, 1966 at 80 years old in Genoa.
Sidney Hatch
American long-distance runner.
Born August 18th, 1883 in Forest River.
Died October 17th, 1966 at 83 years old in Maywood.
Hermann Kasack
German writer.
Born July 24th, 1896 in Potsdam. [ref]
Died January 10th, 1966 at 69 years old in Stuttgart. [ref]
Curt Backeberg
German botanist (1894-1966).
Born August 2nd, 1894 in Lüneburg.
Died January 14th, 1966 at 71 years old in Hamburg.
Jānis Mediņš
Latvian composer (1890-1966).
Born October 9th, 1890 in Riga.
Died March 4th, 1966 at 75 years old in Stockholm.
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