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In the year 1968
459 Notable deaths
Siegfried Rasp
German general.
Born January 10th, 1898 in Munich.
Died September 2nd, 1968 at 70 years old in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
Leo Huberman
American scholar.
Born October 17th, 1903 in Newark.
Died November 9th, 1968 at 65 years old in Paris.
León Felipe
Spanish poet, anti-fascist (1884-1968).
Born April 11th, 1884 in Tábara. [ref]
Died September 18th, 1968 at 84 years old in Mexico City. [ref]
Eleonora Sears
American tennis player.
Born September 28th, 1881 in Boston.
Died March 16th, 1968 at 86 years old in Palm Beach.
Hugo Rahner
German theologian.
Born May 3rd, 1900 in Pfullendorf. [ref]
Died December 21st, 1968 at 68 years old in Munich (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Santos Iriarte
Uruguayan footballer (1902-1968).
Born November 2nd, 1902 in Canelones.
Died November 10th, 1968 at 66 years old in Montevideo.
Félix Kir
French politician (1876-1968).
Born January 22nd, 1876 in Alise-Sainte-Reine. [ref]
Died April 26th, 1968 at 92 years old in Dijon.
May Puskas
Hungarian noble lady and second spouse of the khedive abbas ii of egypt (1877-1968).
Born June 15th, 1877 in Philadelphia.
Died August 5th, 1968 at 91 years old in Graz.
Hertha Sponer
German physicist and chemist.
Born September 1st, 1895 in Nysa.
Died February 27th, 1968 at 72 years old in Ilten.
Cai Tingkai
Chinese general.
Born April 15th, 1892 in Luoding Zhilizhou. [ref]
Died April 25th, 1968 at 76 years old in Beijing. [ref]
Deaths 251 to 260 of 459
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