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In the year 1976
521 Notable deaths
Abram Room
Soviet film director.
Born June 28th, 1894 in Vilnius. [ref]
Died July 26th, 1976 at 82 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Franz Altheim
German historian (1898-1976).
Born October 6th, 1898 in Frankfurt.
Died October 17th, 1976 at 78 years old in Münster.
Ermanno Aebi
Italian footballer (1892-1976).
Born November 22nd, 1892 in Milan. [ref]
Died November 22nd, 1976 at 84 years old in Milan.
László Kalmár
Hungarian mathematician and computer scientist.
Born March 27th, 1905 in Edde.
Died August 2nd, 1976 at 71 years old in Mátraháza.
Markus Reiner
Israeli scientist and engineer (1886-1976).
Born January 5th, 1886 in Chernivtsi.
Died April 25th, 1976 at 90 years old
Alexander Frumkin
Soviet chemist.
Born October 24th, 1895 in Chișinău.
Died May 27th, 1976 at 80 years old in Tula.
Rudi Fischer
Swiss racing driver (1912-1976).
Born April 19th, 1912 in Stuttgart.
Died December 30th, 1976 at 64 years old in Lucerne.
Victor Tourjansky
Russian actor, screenwriter and film director.
Born March 4th, 1891 in Kyiv. [ref]
Died August 13th, 1976 at 85 years old in Munich.
Sevgi Soysal
Turkish writer (1936–1976).
Born September 30th, 1936 in Istanbul. [ref]
Died November 22nd, 1976 at 40 years old in Istanbul (breast cancer).
Hamit Kaplan
Olympic wrestler (1934–1976).
Born September 20th, 1934 in Hamamözü.
Died January 5th, 1976 at 41 years old in Çorum (traffic collision).
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