In the year 1969

538 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

Mathematician.

Born March 14th, 1882 in Warsaw. [ref]

Died October 21st, 1969 at 87 years old in Warsaw. [ref]

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 538

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