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In the year 1974
519 Notable deaths
Mark Aitchison Young
British high commissioner (1886-1974).
Born June 30th, 1886 in British Raj.
Died May 12th, 1974 at 87 years old in Winchester.
Clive Brook
British actor (1887-1974).
Born June 1st, 1887 in London. [ref]
Died November 17th, 1974 at 87 years old in London. [ref]
Edward Condon
Physicist (1902-1974).
Born March 2nd, 1902 in Alamogordo.
Died March 26th, 1974 at 72 years old in Boulder.
Robert Ludvigovich Bartini
Italian and soviet aircraft designer.
Born May 14th, 1897 in Rijeka.
Died December 6th, 1974 at 77 years old in Moscow.
Adolph Gottlieb
American artist (1903-1974).
Born March 14th, 1903 in New York City. [ref]
Died March 4th, 1974 at 70 years old in New York City, East Hampton. [ref]
Charles E. Bohlen
American diplomat.
Born August 30th, 1904 in Jefferson County.
Died January 1st, 1974 at 69 years old in Washington, D.C. (pancreatic cancer).
Otto Braun
German communist writer (1900–1974).
Born September 28th, 1900 in Ismaning.
Died August 15th, 1974 at 73 years old in Varna.
James Patrick Cannon
American politician (1890-1974).
Born February 11th, 1890 in Kansas City. [ref]
Died August 21st, 1974 at 84 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Eric Linklater
Scottish fiction, history and travel writer (1899–1974).
Born March 8th, 1899 in Penarth. [ref]
Died November 7th, 1974 at 75 years old in Aberdeen. [ref]
Ernest Gruening
American politician (1887-1974).
Born February 6th, 1887 in New York City.
Died June 26th, 1974 at 87 years old in Washington, D.C..
Deaths 151 to 160 of 519
Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn. Mahatma Gandhi