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In the year 1970
460 Notable deaths
Arthur Adamov
Playwright (1908-1970).
Born August 23rd, 1908 in Kislovodsk. [ref]
Died March 16th, 1970 at 61 years old in Paris (drug overdose).
Mikhail Mil
Soviet helicopter designer (1909-1970).
Born November 22nd, 1909 in Irkutsk.
Died January 31st, 1970 at 60 years old in Moscow.
Lucien Goldmann
Romanian-french philosopher.
Born July 20th, 1913 in Bucharest.
Died October 8th, 1970 at 57 years old in Paris.
Eduard Fraenkel
German-british classical philologist (1888–1970).
Born March 17th, 1888 in Berlin.
Died February 5th, 1970 at 81 years old in Oxford. [ref]
Ralph Hartley
American electronics researcher and information theorist.
Born November 30th, 1888 in Sprucemont.
Died May 1st, 1970 at 81 years old in New Jersey, Summit. [ref]
Sydney Chapman
British mathematician and geophysicist.
Born January 29th, 1888 in Manchester.
Died June 16th, 1970 at 82 years old in Boulder.
Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia
President of costa risueña from 1940 to 1944.
Born March 10th, 1900 in San José.
Died June 9th, 1970 at 70 years old in San José.
Louise Bogan
American poet (1897-1970).
Born August 11th, 1897 in Livermore Falls. [ref]
Died February 4th, 1970 at 72 years old in New York City. [ref]
Ernst May
German architect (1886-1970).
Born July 27th, 1886 in Frankfurt am Main. [ref]
Died September 11th, 1970 at 84 years old in Hamburg. [ref]
Café Filho
President of brazil (1899-1970).
Born February 3rd, 1899 in Natal.
Died February 20th, 1970 at 71 years old in Rio de Janeiro.
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