In the year 1969
543 Notable deaths
Ramón Grau
President of cuba (1887-1969).
Born September 13th, 1887 in La Palma.
Died July 28th, 1969 at 81 years old in Havana (cancer).
Walter Pitts
American logician and computational neuroscientist (1923-1969).
Born April 23rd, 1923 in Detroit.
Died May 14th, 1969 at 46 years old in Cambridge.
Mikio Naruse
Film director.
Born August 20th, 1905 in Tokyo. [ref]
Died July 2nd, 1969 at 63 years old in Tokyo (colorectal cancer).
Harry Emerson Fosdick
American pastor (1878-1969).
Born May 24th, 1878 in Buffalo.
Died October 5th, 1969 at 91 years old in Bronxville.
William Frederick Friedman
American cryptologist (1891–1969).
Born September 24th, 1891 in Chișinău. [ref]
Died November 12th, 1969 at 78 years old in Washington, D.C..
Angelina Beloff
Russian-mexican artist (1879-1969).
Born June 23rd, 1879 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died December 30th, 1969 at 90 years old in Mexico City. [ref]
Wacław Sierpiński
Polish mathematician.
Born March 14th, 1882 in Warsaw.
Died October 21st, 1969 at 87 years old in Warsaw.
Michael Lippert
Ss officer (1897-1969).
Born April 24th, 1897 in Schönwald.
Died September 1st, 1969 at 72 years old in Wuppertal.
Otto Stern
German-american physicist (1888–1969).
Born February 17th, 1888 in Żory.
Died August 17th, 1969 at 81 years old in Berkeley.
Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer
German military physician, geneticist and biochemist (1896-1969).
Born July 16th, 1896 in Wildeck. [ref]
Died August 8th, 1969 at 73 years old in Münster (traffic collision).
Deaths 111 to 120 of 543
Life is like a very short visit to a toy shop between birth and death. Desmond Morris