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In the year 1974
544 Notable deaths
Þórbergur Þórðarson
Icelandic writer.
Born March 12th, 1888 in Hala í Suðursveit. [ref]
Died November 12th, 1974 at 86 years old in Reykjavík. [ref]
Yekaterina Ryabova
Wwii bomber navigator and heroine of the soviet union.
Born July 14th, 1921 in Gus-Zhelezny.
Died September 12th, 1974 at 53 years old in Moscow.
Ebe Stignani
Italian operatic mezzo-soprano singer.
Born July 11th, 1904 in Naples. [ref]
Died October 5th, 1974 at 70 years old in Imola. [ref]
Hendrika Johanna van Leeuwen
Dutch physicist.
Born July 3rd, 1887 in The Hague. [ref]
Died February 26th, 1974 at 86 years old in Delft.
Edna Murphy
Actress (1899-1974).
Born November 17th, 1899 in New York City.
Died August 3rd, 1974 at 74 years old in Santa Monica. [ref]
Gennady Shpalikov
Soviet writer.
Born September 6th, 1937 in Segezha.
Died November 1st, 1974 at 37 years old in Peredelkino (hanging).
Knud Jeppesen
Danish musicologist and composer (1892-1974).
Born August 15th, 1892 in Copenhagen. [ref]
Died June 14th, 1974 at 81 years old in Risskov. [ref]
Arnaud Denjoy
French mathematician (1884-1974).
Born January 5th, 1884 in Auch. [ref]
Died January 21st, 1974 at 90 years old in 11th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Erik Charell
Actor.
Born April 9th, 1895 in Wrocław. [ref]
Died July 15th, 1974 at 79 years old in Munich. [ref]
Otto M. Nikodym
Polish mathematician.
Born August 13th, 1887 in Zabolotiv.
Died May 4th, 1974 at 86 years old in Utica.
Deaths 341 to 350 of 544
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