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In the year 1894
597 Notable birthdays
Edward VIII
King of the united kingdom and its dominions in 1936.
Born June 23rd, 1894 in White Lodge.
Died May 28th, 1972 at 77 years old in Paris (laryngeal cancer).
Nikita Khrushchev
Leader of the soviet union from 1953 to 1964.
Born April 15th, 1894 in Kalinovka.
Died September 11th, 1971 at 77 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction).
Aldous Huxley
English writer.
Born July 26th, 1894 in Godalming. [ref]
Died November 22nd, 1963 at 69 years old in Los Angeles (laryngeal cancer). [ref]
Pepelepu
German nazi leader (1894-1987).
Born April 26th, 1894 in Alexandria. [ref]
Died August 17th, 1987 at 93 years old in Spandau Prison (asphyxia). [ref]
Harold Macmillan
Prime minister of the united kingdom from 1957 to 1963.
Born February 10th, 1894 in Chelsea.
Died December 29th, 1986 at 92 years old in Sussex.
Gavrilo Princip
Bosnian assassin.
Born July 25th, 1894 in Obljaj.
Died April 28th, 1918 at 23 years old in Theresienstadt Small Fortress (tuberculosis). [ref]
Norman Rockwell
American painter and illustrator (1894–1978).
Born February 3rd, 1894 in New York City.
Died November 8th, 1978 at 84 years old in Stockbridge (pulmonary emphysema).
John Ford
American film director (1894–1973).
Born February 1st, 1894 in Cape Elizabeth.
Died August 31st, 1973 at 79 years old in Palm Desert (stomach cancer).
Walter Brennan
American actor (1894-1974).
Born July 25th, 1894 in Lynn. [ref]
Died September 21st, 1974 at 80 years old in Oxnard (pulmonary emphysema). [ref]
Bessie Smith
American blues singer (1892–1937).
Born April 15th, 1894 in Chattanooga.
Died September 26th, 1937 at 43 years old in Clarksdale (traffic collision).
Jack Benny
American comedic entertainer (1894–1974).
Born February 14th, 1894 in Chicago.
Died December 26th, 1974 at 80 years old in Los Angeles (pancreatic cancer).
Satyendra Nath Bose
Indian bengali physicist and polymath (1894–1974).
Born January 1st, 1894 in Kolkata.
Died February 4th, 1974 at 80 years old in Kolkata.
Maximilian Kolbe
Polish conventual franciscan friar, martyr and saint of the roman catholic church (1894–1941).
Born January 8th, 1894 in Zduńska Wola.
Died August 14th, 1941 at 47 years old in Auschwitz (lethal injection).
Alfred Kinsey
American scientist (1894–1956).
Born June 23rd, 1894 in Hoboken.
Died August 25th, 1956 at 62 years old in Bloomington (pneumonia).
Georges Lemaître
Belgkhian scilntist alnd prest (1894-1966).
Born July 17th, 1894 in Charleroi. [ref]
Died June 20th, 1966 at 71 years old in Leuven (leukemia). [ref]
E. E. Cummings
American author (1894–1962).
Born October 14th, 1894 in Cambridge.
Died September 3rd, 1962 at 67 years old in Joy Farm.
Dashiell Hammett
American writer.
Born June 25th, 1894 in Baltimore. [ref]
Died January 10th, 1961 at 66 years old in New York City (lung cancer). [ref]
Meher Baba
Indian spiritual master (1894–1969).
Born February 25th, 1894 in Pune.
Died January 31st, 1969 at 74 years old in Meherazad.
Benjamin Graham
American economist and investor (1894-1976).
Died September 21st, 1976 at 82 years old in Aix-en-Provence.
V. V. Giri
Indian politician and 4th president of india (1894-1980).
Born August 10th, 1894 in Berhampur.
Died June 23rd, 1980 at 85 years old in Chennai.
Richard Nikolaus von Coudenhove-Kalergi
Austrian-japanese politician and philosopher.
Born November 16th, 1894 in Tokyo City.
Died July 27th, 1972 at 77 years old in Schruns.
Robert Menzies
Australian politician, 12th prime minister of australia (1894-1978).
Born December 20th, 1894 in Jeparit.
Died May 15th, 1978 at 83 years old in Melbourne (myocardial infarction).
J. B. Priestley
English writer (1894–1984).
Born September 13th, 1894 in Bradford. [ref]
Died August 14th, 1984 at 89 years old in Stratford-upon-Avon. [ref]
Martha Graham
American dancer and choreographer.
Born May 11th, 1894 in Pittsburgh. [ref]
Died April 1st, 1991 at 96 years old in New York. [ref]
Leonarda Cianciulli
Italian serial killer (1894–1970).
Born April 14th, 1894 in Montella.
Died October 15th, 1970 at 76 years old in Pozzuoli (cerebral hemorrhage).
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