In the year 1966
463 Notable deaths
Chester Newton
Olympic wrestler (1903-1966).
Born September 18th, 1903 in Canby.
Died May 11th, 1966 at 62 years old in Oregon City (traffic collision).
Pietro Ciriaci
Italian cardinal (1885–1966).
Born December 2nd, 1885 in Rome.
Died December 30th, 1966 at 81 years old in Rome.
Charles Lomberg
Swedish decathlete (1886-1966).
Born December 4th, 1886 in Gothenburg.
Died March 6th, 1966 at 79 years old in Gothenburg.
Thaddeus Shideler
American hurdler.
Born October 17th, 1883 in Marion.
Died June 22nd, 1966 at 82 years old in Collbran.
Alexander Ireland
Boxer.
Born February 11th, 1901 in Leith.
Died January 24th, 1966 at 64 years old [ref]
Aleksandr Anufriyev
Athletics competitor (1926-1966).
Born May 10th, 1926 in Izhma. [ref]
Died September 26th, 1966 at 40 years old in Naryan-Mar (traffic collision).
Erik Bergström
Swedish footballer (1886-1966).
Born January 6th, 1886 in Gothenburg.
Died January 30th, 1966 at 80 years old in Gothenburg.
Nikolay Ilyich Belyaev
Soviet politician (1903-1966).
Born February 13th, 1903 in Kuterem.
Died October 28th, 1966 at 63 years old in Moscow.
Avtandil Koridze
Olympic wrestler.
Born April 15th, 1935 in Tbilisi.
Died April 12th, 1966 at 30 years old in Terjola (traffic collision).
Andrej Bagar
Czechoslovak politician and actor (1900–1966).
Born October 29th, 1900 in Trenčianske Teplice.
Died July 31st, 1966 at 65 years old in Bratislava.
Deaths 391 to 400 of 463
It is the secret of the world that all things subsist and do not die, but retire a little from sight and afterwards return again. Ralph Waldo Emerson