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In the year 1978
479 Notable deaths
Josef Frings
Archbishop and cardinal from germany.
Born February 6th, 1887 in Neuss. [ref]
Died December 17th, 1978 at 91 years old in Cologne. [ref]
Mikhail Pervukhin
First vice-premier of the soviet union (1904-1978).
Born October 14th, 1904 in Zlatoust, Yuryuzan.
Died July 22nd, 1978 at 73 years old in Moscow.
Friedrich-Wilhelm Bock
Ss officer.
Born May 6th, 1897 in Września.
Died March 11th, 1978 at 80 years old in Hanover.
Karl Lennart Oesch
Finnish general and war criminal (1892-1978).
Born August 8th, 1892 in Otradnoye. [ref]
Died March 28th, 1978 at 85 years old in Helsinki.
Ivan Tyulenev
Soviet general (1892-1978).
Born January 28th, 1892.
Died August 15th, 1978 at 86 years old in Moscow.
Lee Garmes
American cinematographer (1898–1978).
Born May 27th, 1898 in Peoria.
Died August 31st, 1978 at 80 years old in Los Angeles.
Federico Chávez
40.° president of paraguay.
Born February 15th, 1882 in Paraguarí.
Died April 24th, 1978 at 96 years old in Asunción.
O. E. Hasse
German film actor and director.
Born July 11th, 1903 in Obrzycko. [ref]
Died September 12th, 1978 at 75 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Carlos Torre Repetto
Mexican chess player (1904-1978).
Born November 23rd, 1905 in Mérida. [ref]
Died March 19th, 1978 at 72 years old in Mérida.
Karl Herzfeld
Austrian-american physicist.
Born February 24th, 1892 in Vienna.
Died June 4th, 1978 at 86 years old in Washington, D.C..
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