In the year 1996
679 Notable deaths
Kálmán Hazai
Hungarian water polo player.
Born July 17th, 1913 in Târgu Mureș.
Died December 21st, 1996 at 83 years old in Copenhagen.
Alejandro de la Sota Martínez
Spanish architect (1913–1996).
Born October 20th, 1913 in Pontevedra.
Died February 14th, 1996 at 82 years old in Madrid.
Detlev Kittstein
German field hockey player.
Born February 24th, 1944 in Szprotawa.
Died May 3rd, 1996 at 52 years old in Frankfurt.
Aldo Masciotta
Italian fencer.
Born August 14th, 1909 in Casacalenda.
Died April 24th, 1996 at 86 years old in Turin.
Maurice Piot
Fencer.
Born July 14th, 1912 in Saint-Quentin. [ref]
Died May 22nd, 1996 at 83 years old in 13th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Evdokia Reshetnik
Ukrainian zoologist and ecologist.
Born March 14th, 1903 in Koshmanivka. [ref]
Died October 22nd, 1996 at 93 years old in Kyiv.
Adriano Vignoli
Road bicycle racer (1907-1996).
Born December 11th, 1907 in Sasso Marconi.
Died June 16th, 1996 at 88 years old in Casalecchio di Reno.
Eugenija Šimkūnaitė
Lithuanian botanist (1920-1996).
Born March 11th, 1920 in Novorossiysk. [ref]
Died January 27th, 1996 at 75 years old in Vilnius. [ref]
Jurandir de Freitas
Brazilian footballer (1940-1996).
Born November 12th, 1940 in Marília.
Died March 6th, 1996 at 55 years old in São Paulo.
František Rauch
Czech music educator and pianist (1910–1996).
Born February 4th, 1910 in Plzeň. [ref]
Died September 23rd, 1996 at 86 years old in Prague. [ref]
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Death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent, it clears out the old to make way for the new. Steve Jobs