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In the year 1973
585 Notable deaths
Âşık Veysel Şatıroğlu
Turkish minstrel and highly regarded poet.
Born October 25th, 1894 in Şarkışla.
Died March 21st, 1973 at 78 years old in Şarkışla (lung cancer).
Rafael Franco
President of paraguay (1896-1973).
Born October 22nd, 1896 in Asunción.
Died September 16th, 1973 at 76 years old in Asunción.
Stanley Smith Stevens
American psychologist & scholar (1906-1973).
Born November 4th, 1906 in Ogden.
Died January 18th, 1973 at 66 years old in Vail.
Hermann Reinecke
German general (1888-1973).
Born February 14th, 1888 in Lutherstadt Wittenberg.
Died October 10th, 1973 at 85 years old in Hamburg.
Artturi Ilmari Virtanen
Finnish chemist and professor (1895–1973).
Born January 15th, 1895 in Helsinki.
Died November 11th, 1973 at 78 years old in Helsinki.
Salchak Toka
Tuvan politician (1901-1973).
Born December 15th, 1901 in Saryg-Sep.
Died May 11th, 1973 at 71 years old in Kyzyl.
Bernt Balchen
Aviation pioneer and united states army officer (1899-1973).
Born October 23rd, 1899 in Tveit.
Died October 17th, 1973 at 73 years old in Mount Kisco (bone cancer).
Franz Rademacher
German diplomat and nazi government official.
Born February 20th, 1906 in Neustrelitz.
Died March 17th, 1973 at 67 years old in Bonn.
Adolf Strauss
German wehrmacht general.
Born September 6th, 1879 in Schermcke.
Died March 20th, 1973 at 93 years old in Lübeck.
Richard Titmuss
British sociologist (1907–1973).
Born October 16th, 1907.
Died April 6th, 1973 at 65 years old
Deaths 231 to 240 of 585
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