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In the year 1897
715 Notable birthdays
Werner Voß
German flying ace (1897–1917).
Born April 13th, 1897 in Krefeld.
Died September 23rd, 1917 at 20 years old in Second Battle of Ypres.
John Douglas Cockcroft
British physicist (1897–1967).
Born May 27th, 1897 in Todmorden.
Died September 18th, 1967 at 70 years old in Churchill College. [ref]
Ngô Đình Thục
Archbishop of huế (1897–1984).
Born October 6th, 1897 in Huế.
Died December 13th, 1984 at 87 years old in Carthage.
Dai Li
Chinese kmt general (1897–1946).
Born May 28th, 1897 in Jiangshan City.
Died March 17th, 1946 at 48 years old in Nanjing.
Conrad Nagel
American actor (1897–1970).
Born March 16th, 1897 in Keokuk.
Died February 24th, 1970 at 72 years old in New York City (disease).
Tan Malaka
Indonesian politician (1897-1949).
Born June 2nd, 1897 in Pandam Gadang. [ref]
Died February 19th, 1949 at 51 years old in Selopanggung.
Morris Ankrum
American actor (1896–1964).
Born August 28th, 1897 in Danville.
Died September 2nd, 1964 at 67 years old in Pasadena.
Ivan Bagramyan
Marshal of the soviet union (1897-1982).
Born December 2nd, 1897 in Çardaqlı.
Died September 21st, 1982 at 84 years old in Moscow.
Theodor Busse
German general of infantry in the second world war (1897-1986).
Born December 15th, 1897 in Frankfurt (Oder).
Died October 21st, 1986 at 88 years old in Wallerstein.
Basil Radford
British actor (1897-1952).
Born June 25th, 1897 in Chester.
Died October 20th, 1952 at 55 years old in London (myocardial infarction).
Gregorio Fuentes
Cuban- spanish sailor (1897–2002).
Born July 11th, 1897 in Lanzarote.
Died January 13th, 2002 at 104 years old in Cojímar.
Roscoe Henry Hillenkoetter
United states admiral (1897-1982).
Born May 8th, 1897 in St. Louis.
Died June 18th, 1982 at 85 years old in East Harlem.
Maria Valtorta
Italian mystic and writer (1897-1961).
Born March 14th, 1897 in Caserta.
Died October 12th, 1961 at 64 years old in Viareggio.
Xu Zhimo
Chinese poet (1897-1931).
Born January 15th, 1897 in Haining.
Died November 19th, 1931 at 34 years old in Jinan (aircraft crash).
Kirill Meretskov
Soviet marshal (1897–1968).
Born June 7th, 1897 in Zaraysk.
Died December 30th, 1968 at 71 years old in Moscow.
Georgios Grivas-Digenis
Cypriot general (1897–1974).
Born June 6th, 1897 in Nicosia.
Died January 27th, 1974 at 76 years old in Limassol (heart failure).
Otto Christian Archibald von Bismarck
German politician (1897-1975).
Born September 25th, 1897 in Schönhausen (Elbe).
Died December 24th, 1975 at 78 years old in Friedrichsruh.
George Szell
Classical conductor and composer (1897–1970).
Born June 7th, 1897 in Budapest.
Died July 30th, 1970 at 73 years old in Cleveland (multiple myeloma).
Margaret Mahler
Hungarian born american psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (1897-1985).
Born May 10th, 1897 in Sopron. [ref]
Died October 2nd, 1985 at 88 years old in New York City. [ref]
Yuri Kondratyuk
Ukrainian soviet scientist (1897–1942).
Born June 21st, 1897 in Poltava.
Died February 23rd, 1942 at 44 years old in Kaluga. [ref]
Vasily Sokolovsky
Soviet marshal (1897–1968).
Born July 21st, 1897 in Koźliki.
Died May 10th, 1968 at 70 years old in Moscow.
Nils Asther
Swedish actor (1897–1981).
Born January 17th, 1897 in Copenhagen.
Died October 13th, 1981 at 84 years old in Stockholm (disease).
Chen Cheng
Chinese politician and soldier (1897–1965).
Born January 4th, 1897 in Qingtian.
Died March 5th, 1965 at 68 years old in Taipei (liver cancer).
Rouben Mamoulian
American film and theatre director (1897–1987).
Born October 8th, 1897 in Tbilisi.
Died December 4th, 1987 at 90 years old in Woodland Hills.
Einar Gerhardsen
22nd prime minister of norway (1897–1987).
Died September 19th, 1987 at 90 years old in Oslo.
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