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In the year 1995
700 Notable deaths
Toni Cade Bambara
American author, activist, professor (1939–1995).
Born March 25th, 1939 in New York City.
Died December 9th, 1995 at 56 years old in Philadelphia (colorectal cancer). [ref]
Kalpana Datta
Indian revolutionary and politician (1913-1995).
Born July 27th, 1913 in Sreepur Kharandwip Union.
Died February 8th, 1995 at 81 years old in Delhi.
Günter Guillaume
Stasi officer (1927–1995).
Born February 1st, 1927 in Berlin.
Died April 10th, 1995 at 68 years old in Petershagen-Eggersdorf (kidney cancer).
Rudolf Peierls
German-born british physicist.
Born June 5th, 1907 in Berlin. [ref]
Died September 19th, 1995 at 88 years old in Oxford. [ref]
Irene Tedrow
Actress (1907-1995).
Born August 3rd, 1907 in Denver.
Died March 10th, 1995 at 87 years old in Hollywood (stroke).
May Sarton
American poet, novelist, and memoirist (1912-1995).
Born May 3rd, 1912 in Wondelgem. [ref]
Died July 16th, 1995 at 83 years old in York (breast cancer).
John Howard
American actor (1913-1995).
Born April 14th, 1913 in Cleveland.
Died February 19th, 1995 at 81 years old in Santa Rosa (myocardial infarction, heart failure).
Ingo Schwichtenberg
German drummer.
Born May 18th, 1965 in Hamburg.
Died March 8th, 1995 at 29 years old in Hamburg.
Hannes Alfvén
Swedish electrical engineer, plasma physicist and science fiction author (1908-1995), winner of the 1970 nobel prize for physics.
Born May 30th, 1908 in Norrköping. [ref]
Died April 2nd, 1995 at 86 years old in Danderyd parish. [ref]
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
Italian pianist.
Born January 5th, 1920 in Brescia.
Died June 12th, 1995 at 75 years old in Lugano.
Deaths 181 to 190 of 700
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