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In the year 1897
715 Notable birthdays
J. P. Guilford
American psychologist (1897–1987).
Born March 7th, 1897 in Marquette.
Died November 26th, 1987 at 90 years old in Los Angeles.
Memphis Minnie
American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter (1897–1973).
Born June 3rd, 1897 in Louisiana, Algiers.
Died August 6th, 1973 at 76 years old in Memphis (stroke).
Paul Gallico
American writer and journalist (1897-1976).
Born July 26th, 1897 in New York City.
Died July 15th, 1976 at 78 years old in Monaco.
Sohrab Modi
Indian film actor, director, producer (1897-1984).
Born November 2nd, 1897 in Mumbai.
Died January 28th, 1984 at 86 years old in Mumbai (bone cancer).
Gershom Scholem
German-israeli philosopher (1897–1982).
Born December 5th, 1897 in Berlin.
Died February 21st, 1982 at 84 years old in Jerusalem. [ref]
Virginia Henderson
Nurse, researcher, theorist and author (1897–1996).
Born November 30th, 1897 in Kansas City. [ref]
Died March 19th, 1996 at 98 years old in Branford. [ref]
Benjamin Lee Whorf
American linguist (1897–1941).
Born April 24th, 1897 in Winthrop.
Died July 26th, 1941 at 44 years old in Hartford, Wethersfield (cancer).
Kenneth Burke
American philosopher and literary critic (1897–1993).
Born May 5th, 1897 in Pittsburgh.
Died November 19th, 1993 at 96 years old in Andover Borough (myocardial infarction).
Frank Luke
American fighter ace and medal of honor recipient (1897-1918).
Born May 19th, 1897 in Phoenix.
Died September 29th, 1918 at 21 years old in Murvaux.
Hope Emerson
American actress (1897–1960).
Born October 29th, 1897 in Hawarden.
Died April 25th, 1960 at 62 years old in Hollywood (liver disease).
Miyuki Ishikawa
Prime perpetrator of kotobuki san'in incident (1897–1987).
Born February 5th, 1897 in Miyazaki Prefecture.
Died May 30th, 1987 at 90 years old
Ye Jianying
Former head of state of the people's republic of china (1897-1986).
Born April 28th, 1897 in Jiaying Zhou.
Died October 22nd, 1986 at 89 years old in Beijing.
Lucius D. Clay
United states general (1897–1978).
Born April 23rd, 1897 in Marietta.
Died April 16th, 1978 at 80 years old in Chatham.
Manuel Ávila Camacho
52th president of mexico.
Born April 24th, 1897 in Teziutlán.
Died October 13th, 1955 at 58 years old in Huixquilucan de Degollado.
Winifred Wagner
Wife of siegfried wagner (1897–1980).
Born June 23rd, 1897 in Hastings.
Died March 5th, 1980 at 82 years old in Überlingen.
Sheng Shicai
Chinese warlord (1895-1970).
Born January 8th, 1897 in Kaiyuan.
Died July 13th, 1970 at 73 years old in Tri-Service General Hospital.
Joseph Darnand
French ss officer (1897-1945).
Born March 19th, 1897 in Coligny.
Died October 10th, 1945 at 48 years old in Châtillon (gunshot wound).
Sergey Taboritsky
Russian white emigrant, monarchist and nationalist.
Born August 12th, 1897 in Saint Petersburg.
Died October 16th, 1980 at 83 years old in Limburg an der Lahn.
Vlado Chernozemski
Macedonian revolutionary (1897–1934).
Born October 19th, 1897 in Velingrad.
Died October 9th, 1934 at 36 years old in Marseille (blunt trauma).
Arthur Greiser
German politician (nsdap), mdr, senate president of the free city of danzig, reich governor and gauleiter of the nsdap, waffen-ss officer and holocaust perpetrator (1897–1946).
Born January 22nd, 1897 in Środa Wielkopolska.
Died July 21st, 1946 at 49 years old in Fort Winiary (hanging to death).
Nirad C. Chaudhuri
Indian bengali−english writer and man of letters (1897–1999).
Born November 23rd, 1897 in Bengal.
Died August 1st, 1999 at 101 years old in Oxford.
Joseph Berchtold
Nazi officer, second commander of the ss (1897–1962).
Born March 6th, 1897 in Ingolstadt.
Died August 23rd, 1962 at 65 years old in Herrsching am Ammersee.
Jerome Cowan
American actor (1897–1972).
Born October 6th, 1897 in New York City.
Died January 24th, 1972 at 74 years old in Encino.
Joseph Calleia
Us-maltese actor and singer (1897–1975).
Born August 4th, 1897 in Mdina, Rabat.
Died October 31st, 1975 at 78 years old in Sliema (myocardial infarction).
Norbert Elias
German sociologist (1897–1990).
Born June 22nd, 1897 in Wrocław.
Died August 1st, 1990 at 93 years old in Amsterdam.
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