In the year 1968
474 Notable deaths
Hans-Jürgen Stumpff
German general.
Born June 15th, 1889 in Kołobrzeg.
Died March 9th, 1968 at 78 years old in Frankfurt am Main.
Harry Elmer Barnes
American historian and holocaust denier.
Born June 15th, 1889 in Auburn.
Died August 26th, 1968 at 79 years old in Malibu.
Henry Hallett Dale
English pharmacologist, nobel laureate.
Born June 9th, 1875 in London. [ref]
Died July 23rd, 1968 at 93 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
Ryszard Siwiec
Polish patriot.
Born March 7th, 1909 in Dębica.
Died September 12th, 1968 at 59 years old in Warsaw (Self-immolation).
Prince Friedrich Christian, Margrave of Meissen
Head of the house of wettin.
Born December 31st, 1893 in Dresden.
Died August 9th, 1968 at 74 years old in Samedan.
Basil Sydney
English actor.
Born April 23rd, 1894 in Essex. [ref]
Died January 10th, 1968 at 73 years old in London (respiratory disease). [ref]
Josef Harpe
German general (1887–1968).
Born September 21st, 1887 in Buer.
Died March 14th, 1968 at 80 years old in Nuremberg.
Lin Zhao
Poet and writer.
Born December 16th, 1931 in Suzhou.
Died April 29th, 1968 at 36 years old in Shanghai (ballistic trauma).
Tivadar Soros
Hungarian lawyer, author and editor.
Born April 7th, 1893 in Budapest, Baktalórántháza.
Died February 22nd, 1968 at 74 years old in New York City.
Fedor Tokarev
Russian and soviet weapons designer (1871-1968).
Born June 14th, 1871 in Yegorlykskaya.
Died June 7th, 1968 at 96 years old in Moscow.
Deaths 121 to 130 of 474
Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets. Arthur Miller