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In the year 1974
519 Notable deaths
Tina Brooks
American musician.
Born June 7th, 1932 in Fayetteville. [ref]
Died August 13th, 1974 at 42 years old in New York City (kidney failure). [ref]
Alexander P. de Seversky
Russian-american aviation pioneer.
Born June 7th, 1894 in Tbilisi.
Died August 24th, 1974 at 80 years old in New York City.
Roberto Assagioli
Italian psychiatrist and pioneer (1888-1974).
Born February 27th, 1888 in Venice. [ref]
Died August 23rd, 1974 at 86 years old in Capolona. [ref]
Cornelius Lanczos
Hungarian mathematician and physicist (1893-1974).
Born February 2nd, 1893 in Székesfehérvár. [ref]
Died June 25th, 1974 at 81 years old in Budapest. [ref]
Eurico Gaspar Dutra
President of brazil from 1946 to 1951.
Born May 18th, 1883 in Cuiabá.
Died June 11th, 1974 at 91 years old in Rio de Janeiro.
Harry Hooper
Baseball player.
Born August 24th, 1887 in Santa Clara County.
Died December 18th, 1974 at 87 years old in Santa Cruz.
Alexander Kartveli
American aerospace engineer (1896–1974).
Born September 9th, 1896 in Tbilisi.
Died July 20th, 1974 at 77 years old in New York City.
Abraham Robinson
American mathematician (1918–1974).
Born October 6th, 1918 in Waldenburg, Wałbrzych.
Died April 11th, 1974 at 55 years old in New Haven (pancreatic cancer).
Matilde Hidalgo
Ecuadorian physician and suffragist (1889-1974).
Born September 29th, 1889 in Loja. [ref]
Died February 20th, 1974 at 84 years old in Guayaquil.
Vasily Shukshin
Soviet actor, writer, screenwriter and film director.
Born July 25th, 1929 in Srostki. [ref]
Died October 2nd, 1974 at 45 years old in Kletskaya (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Deaths 171 to 180 of 519
Death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent, it clears out the old to make way for the new. Steve Jobs