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In the year 1889
643 Notable birthdays
Noble Sissle
African-american jazz musician.
Born July 10th, 1889 in Indianapolis.
Died December 17th, 1975 at 86 years old in Tampa (disease).
Gabriel Hanot
French footballer (1889-1968).
Born November 6th, 1889 in Arras.
Died August 10th, 1968 at 78 years old in Wangenbourg-Engenthal.
Shōji Nishimura
Imperial japanese navy admiral (1889-1944).
Born November 30th, 1889 in Akita.
Died October 24th, 1944 at 54 years old in Surigao Strait.
Troy H. Middleton
United states army general (1889-1976).
Born October 12th, 1889 in Mississippi.
Died October 9th, 1976 at 86 years old in Baton Rouge.
Richard Réti
Czechoslovakian chess player.
Born May 28th, 1889 in Pezinok. [ref]
Died June 6th, 1929 at 40 years old in Prague (scarlet fever). [ref]
Stanley Morison
Type designer.
Born May 6th, 1889 in London Borough of Redbridge. [ref]
Died November 11th, 1967 at 78 years old in London. [ref]
Frans Masereel
Flemish artist (1889-1972).
Born July 30th, 1889 in Blankenberge. [ref]
Died January 3rd, 1972 at 82 years old in Avignon. [ref]
Zoltán Tildy
President of hungary (1889-1961).
Born November 18th, 1889 in Lučenec.
Died August 3rd, 1961 at 71 years old in Budapest.
Adolphe Pégoud
French flying ace.
Born June 13th, 1889 in Montferrat. [ref]
Died August 31st, 1915 at 26 years old in Petit-Croix (killed in action). [ref]
Emil Brunner
Swiss theologian (1889–1966).
Born December 23rd, 1889 in Winterthur.
Died April 6th, 1966 at 76 years old in Zurich.
Larry Semon
American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (1889-1928).
Born February 9th, 1889 in West Point.
Died October 8th, 1928 at 39 years old in Victorville (pneumonia, tuberculosis).
Naguib el-Rihani
Egyptian actor.
Born January 21st, 1889 in Bab Elsheeriyya.
Died June 8th, 1949 at 60 years old in Alexandria (typhoid fever).
Enid Bagnold
English dramatist, playwright, memoirist (1889-1981).
Born October 27th, 1889 in Rochester.
Died March 31st, 1981 at 91 years old in 17, Hamilton Terrace Nw8 (bronchopneumonia).
Prince Erik, Duke of Västmanland
Swedish prince (1889-1918).
Born April 20th, 1889 in Drottningholm Palace. [ref]
Died September 20th, 1918 at 29 years old in Drottningholm Palace (1918–1920 flu pandemic). [ref]
Howard Lindsay
American theatrical producer, director, playwright, librettist and actor (1889–1968).
Born March 29th, 1889 in New York City.
Died February 11th, 1968 at 78 years old in New York City (disease).
Abd ar-Rahman ibn Nasir as-Sa'di
Sunni muslim scholar.
Born September 8th, 1889 in Unaizah.
Died January 24th, 1957 at 67 years old in Unaizah.
Robert Barrat
Actor (1889-1970).
Born July 10th, 1889 in New York City.
Died January 7th, 1970 at 80 years old in Hollywood.
Lev Mekhlis
Soviet politician (1889-1953).
Born January 13th, 1889 in Odesa.
Died February 13th, 1953 at 64 years old in Moscow (heart failure).
Christopher R. W. Nevinson
British artist (1889-1946).
Born August 13th, 1889 in London. [ref]
Died October 7th, 1946 at 57 years old in Hampstead (stroke). [ref]
Mile Budak
Croatian ustaše politician; writer, editor (1889-1945).
Born August 30th, 1889 in Sveti Rok.
Died June 7th, 1945 at 55 years old in Zagreb (hanging).
Hiroaki Abe
Imperial japanese navy admiral.
Born March 15th, 1889 in Yonezawa.
Died February 6th, 1949 at 59 years old in Japan.
Donald MacBride
American actor (1893–1957).
Born June 23rd, 1889 in Brooklyn.
Died June 21st, 1957 at 67 years old in Los Angeles.
Philippe Henriot
French politician and entomologist (1889-1944).
Born January 7th, 1889 in Reims.
Died June 28th, 1944 at 55 years old in Paris.
Minor Watson
American actor (1889-1965).
Born December 22nd, 1889 in Marianna.
Died July 28th, 1965 at 75 years old in Alton.
Alexander Vertinsky
Ukrainian, russian & soviet artist, poet, singer, composer, cabaret artist and actor (1889-1957).
Born March 21st, 1889 in Kyiv. [ref]
Died May 21st, 1957 at 68 years old in Saint Petersburg (heart failure).
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