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In the year 1971
469 Notable deaths
Raicho Hiratsuka
Japanese writer (1886-1971).
Born February 10th, 1886 in Tokyo. [ref]
Died May 24th, 1971 at 85 years old
James Alberione
Italian catholic priest and the founder of the pauline family.
Born April 4th, 1884 in Cuneo, Fossano.
Died November 26th, 1971 at 87 years old in Rome.
Naotake Satō
Japanese politician (1882-1971).
Born October 30th, 1882 in Osaka.
Died December 18th, 1971 at 89 years old in Tokyo.
Jan Arnoldus Schouten
Dutch mathematician (1883-1971).
Born August 28th, 1883 in Nieuwer-Amstel. [ref]
Died January 20th, 1971 at 87 years old in Epe. [ref]
Yrjö Väisälä
Finnish astronomer and physicist.
Born September 6th, 1891 in Kontiolahti. [ref]
Died July 21st, 1971 at 79 years old in Rymättylä.
Norman Steenrod
American mathematician (1910-1971).
Born April 22nd, 1910 in Dayton. [ref]
Died October 14th, 1971 at 61 years old in Princeton. [ref]
Edgar Wind
German-born british interdisciplinary art historian.
Born May 14th, 1900 in Berlin. [ref]
Died September 12th, 1971 at 71 years old in London. [ref]
Princess Adelaide of Schaumburg-Lippe
Was daughter of prince william of schaumburg-lippe and consort of the last reigning duke of saxe-altenburg ernst ii.
Born September 22nd, 1875 in Ratibořice.
Died January 27th, 1971 at 95 years old in Ballenstedt.
Robert Thurston Dart
British musicologist.
Born September 3rd, 1921 in Surbiton. [ref]
Died March 6th, 1971 at 49 years old in London. [ref]
Michael Browne
Catholic cardinal.
Born May 6th, 1887 in Ireland.
Died March 31st, 1971 at 83 years old in Rome.
Deaths 261 to 270 of 469
Neither the sun, nor death can be looked at steadily. François de La Rochefoucauld