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In the year 1974
496 Notable deaths
Salvador Novo
Mexican poet.
Born July 30th, 1904 in Mexico City. [ref]
Died January 13th, 1974 at 69 years old in Mexico City. [ref]
Raymond Priestley
English geologist.
Born July 20th, 1886 in Tewkesbury.
Died June 24th, 1974 at 87 years old in Cheltenham.
Léon Rosenfeld
Belgian physicist (1904-1974).
Born August 14th, 1904 in Charleroi. [ref]
Died March 23rd, 1974 at 69 years old in Copenhagen. [ref]
Lothar Mendes
German film director and screenwriter.
Born May 19th, 1894 in Berlin.
Died February 25th, 1974 at 79 years old in London (disease).
Sattar Bahlulzade
Azerbaijani artist (1909-1974).
Born December 15th, 1909 in Əmircan, Baku.
Died October 13th, 1974 at 64 years old in Moscow.
P. Schuyler Miller
American novelist (1912–1974).
Born February 21st, 1912 in Troy.
Died October 13th, 1974 at 62 years old in West Virginia.
Mikhail Tikhonravov
Soviet spaceflight scientist.
Born July 29th, 1900 in Vladimir.
Died March 4th, 1974 at 73 years old in Moscow.
Marieluise Fleißer
German author.
Born November 23rd, 1901 in Ingolstadt. [ref]
Died February 2nd, 1974 at 72 years old in Ingolstadt. [ref]
Lajos Zilahy
Hungarian novelist and playwright.
Born March 27th, 1891 in Salonta. [ref]
Died December 1st, 1974 at 83 years old in Novi Sad. [ref]
José Maria Alkmin
Vice-president of brazil (1901-1974).
Born June 11th, 1901 in Bocaiúva.
Died April 22nd, 1974 at 72 years old in Belo Horizonte.
Deaths 281 to 290 of 496
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