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In the year 1968
459 Notable deaths
Martin Noth
German theologian.
Born August 3rd, 1902 in Dresden. [ref]
Died May 30th, 1968 at 65 years old in Shivta. [ref]
Bob Bartlett
American politician (1904-1968).
Born April 20th, 1904 in Seattle. [ref]
Died December 11th, 1968 at 64 years old in Cleveland (surgical complications). [ref]
Bill Tytla
American animator.
Born October 25th, 1904 in Yonkers. [ref]
Died December 31st, 1968 at 64 years old in East Lyme. [ref]
Ramón Menéndez Pidal
Spanish philologist (1869-1968).
Born March 13th, 1869 in A Coruña. [ref]
Died November 14th, 1968 at 99 years old in Madrid. [ref]
Øystein Ore
Norwegian mathematician.
Born October 7th, 1899 in Christiania. [ref]
Died August 13th, 1968 at 68 years old in Bærum. [ref]
Alfred Baeumler
German philosopher (1887-1968).
Born November 19th, 1887 in Nové Město pod Smrkem. [ref]
Died March 19th, 1968 at 80 years old in Eningen unter Achalm. [ref]
Theophilus Ebenhaezer Dönges
Former elected state president of south africa who died before being able to take office.
Born March 8th, 1898 in Klerksdorp. [ref]
Died January 10th, 1968 at 69 years old in Cape Town (cerebrovascular disease).
Corneille Heymans
Belgian physiologist (1892-1968).
Born March 28th, 1892 in Ghent. [ref]
Died July 18th, 1968 at 76 years old in Knokke-Heist. [ref]
Dorothy Abbott
Actress (1920-1968).
Born December 16th, 1920 in Kansas City.
Died December 15th, 1968 at 47 years old in Los Angeles.
Joseph Kentenich
German priest, founder of the international schoenstatt movement.
Born November 16th, 1885 in Gymnich.
Died September 15th, 1968 at 82 years old in Schönstatt (Vallendar). [ref]
Deaths 181 to 190 of 459
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