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In the year 1892
650 Notable birthdays
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973).
Born January 3rd, 1892 in Bloemfontein. [ref]
Died September 2nd, 1973 at 81 years old in Bournemouth (bronchopneumonia, ulcer). [ref]
J. Paul Getty
American industrialist and art collector (1892-1976).
Born December 15th, 1892 in Minneapolis.
Died June 6th, 1976 at 83 years old in Guildford (heart failure).
Francisco Franco
Spanish general and dictator (1892-1975).
Born December 4th, 1892 in Ferrol. [ref]
Died November 20th, 1975 at 82 years old in Madrid (heart failure). [ref]
Haile Selassie I
Emperor of ethiopia (1892-1975).
Born July 23rd, 1892 in Ejersa Goro. [ref]
Died August 27th, 1975 at 83 years old in Addis Ababa (strangling). [ref]
Josip Broz Tito
Yugoslav revolutionary and statesman (1892−1980).
Born May 7th, 1892 in Kumrovec. [ref]
Died May 4th, 1980 at 87 years old in Ljubljana (heart failure). [ref]
Manfred von Richthofen
German world war i flying ace, popularly known as the red baron (1892–1918).
Born May 2nd, 1892 in Wrocław. [ref]
Died April 21st, 1918 at 25 years old in Vaux-sur-Somme (killed in action). [ref]
Oliver Hardy
American comic actor famous as one half of laurel and hardy (1892–1957).
Born January 18th, 1892 in Harlem.
Died August 7th, 1957 at 65 years old in Hollywood (intracranial thrombosis).
Mary Pickford
Canadian actress and producer (1892–1979).
Born April 8th, 1892 in Toronto.
Died May 29th, 1979 at 87 years old in Santa Monica (stroke).
William Powell
American actor.
Born July 29th, 1892 in Pittsburgh.
Died March 5th, 1984 at 91 years old in Palm Springs (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Bessie Coleman
American aviator (1892–1926).
Born January 26th, 1892 in Atlanta.
Died April 30th, 1926 at 34 years old in Jacksonville (aviation accident).
Basil Rathbone
British actor (1892-1967).
Born June 13th, 1892 in Johannesburg.
Died July 21st, 1967 at 75 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction).
Corrie ten Boom
Dutch resistance hero and writer.
Born April 15th, 1892 in Amsterdam.
Died April 15th, 1983 at 91 years old in Placentia (cerebrovascular disease).
Walter Benjamin
German literary critic, philosopher and social critic (1892-1940).
Born July 15th, 1892 in Berlin. [ref]
Died September 26th, 1940 at 48 years old in Portbou (opioid overdose). [ref]
Shirō Ishii
Japanese microbiologist and war criminal, director of unit 731.
Born June 25th, 1892 in Shibayama.
Died October 9th, 1959 at 67 years old in Tokyo (cancer).
Vita Sackville-West
English writer, poet, and gardener (1892–1962).
Born March 9th, 1892 in Knole House.
Died June 2nd, 1962 at 70 years old in Sissinghurst Castle Garden.
Manilal Gandhi
Indian activist.
Born October 28th, 1892 in Rajkot.
Died April 4th, 1956 at 63 years old in South Africa (thrombosis).
Jack Warner
Canadian-american film executive (1892–1978).
Born August 2nd, 1892 in London. [ref]
Died September 9th, 1978 at 86 years old in Hollywood (pulmonary edema). [ref]
Fernando Amorsolo
Filipino painter (1892-1972).
Died April 24th, 1972 at 79 years old in Manila (cardiovascular disease).
Pearl S. Buck
American writer (1892–1973).
Born June 26th, 1892 in Hillsboro. [ref]
Died March 6th, 1973 at 80 years old in Danby (lung cancer). [ref]
Margaret Rutherford
English actress of the television, the theatre and the cinema (1892-1972).
Born May 11th, 1892 in London. [ref]
Died May 22nd, 1972 at 80 years old in Chalfont St Peter (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
Reinhold Niebuhr
American protestant theologian (1892–1971).
Born June 21st, 1892 in Wright City. [ref]
Died June 1st, 1971 at 78 years old in Stockbridge. [ref]
Manuel Roxas
President of the philippines from 1946 to 1948.
Born January 1st, 1892 in Capiz.
Died April 15th, 1948 at 56 years old in Angeles (myocardial infarction).
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Japanese writer (1892–1927).
Born March 1st, 1892 in Tokyo.
Died July 24th, 1927 at 35 years old in Tabata.
Sepp Dietrich
German ss general and convicted war criminal (1892-1966).
Born May 28th, 1892 in Hawangen.
Died April 22nd, 1966 at 73 years old in Ludwigsburg (myocardial infarction).
Martin Niemöller
German theologian (1892–1984).
Born January 14th, 1892 in Lippstadt. [ref]
Died March 6th, 1984 at 92 years old in Wiesbaden. [ref]
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