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In the year 1897
715 Notable birthdays
Detlev Bronk
American biophysicist (1897–1975).
Born August 13th, 1897 in New York City.
Died November 17th, 1975 at 78 years old in New York City.
John Franklin Enders
American medical researcher (1897-1985).
Born February 10th, 1897 in West Hartford.
Died September 8th, 1985 at 88 years old in Waterford.
Donald Keyhoe
American writer and ufo researcher (1897-1988).
Born June 20th, 1897 in Ottumwa.
Died November 29th, 1988 at 91 years old in New Market.
Morris Carnovsky
American actor (1897–1992).
Born September 5th, 1897 in St. Louis.
Died September 1st, 1992 at 94 years old in Easton (disease).
Anton Graf von Arco auf Valley
German terrorist and political activist (1897-1945).
Born February 5th, 1897 in Sankt Martin im Innkreis.
Died June 29th, 1945 at 48 years old in Salzburg (traffic collision).
Charles Hartshorne
American philosopher (1897–2000).
Born June 5th, 1897 in Kittanning.
Died October 9th, 2000 at 103 years old in Austin.
Kay Swift
American composer of popular and classical music (1897–1993).
Born April 19th, 1897 in Manhattan.
Died January 28th, 1993 at 95 years old in Southington.
Herbert Otto Gille
German general (1897-1966) ; affiant in pohl trial (nmt 4).
Born March 8th, 1897 in Bad Gandersheim.
Died December 26th, 1966 at 69 years old in Hanover, Stemmen (myocardial infarction).
Jay Lovestone
American socialist, communist, anti-communist and labor/political activist (1897-1990).
Born December 15th, 1897 in Slonimskij County.
Died March 7th, 1990 at 92 years old in New York City.
Carl Oberg
German ss and police general and high ranking german waffen-ss army and police commander.
Born January 27th, 1897 in Hamburg.
Died June 3rd, 1965 at 68 years old in Flensburg.
Elisabeth Bergner
Austrian-german actress (1897–1986).
Born August 22nd, 1897 in Drohobych.
Died May 12th, 1986 at 88 years old in London (cancer).
Kurt Gerron
German jewish film actor, director and singer murdered at auschwitz (1897-1944).
Born May 11th, 1897 in Berlin. [ref]
Died October 30th, 1944 at 47 years old in Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp, Auschwitz.
Mohamed Meziane
Spanish - moroccan general.
Born February 1st, 1897 in Beni Ansar.
Died May 1st, 1975 at 78 years old in Madrid.
Alma Rubens
American actress (1897-1931).
Born February 19th, 1897 in San Francisco.
Died January 22nd, 1931 at 33 years old in Los Angeles (pneumonia).
Gregory Ratoff
Russian-american actor, director and producer (1897–1960).
Born April 20th, 1897 in Saint Petersburg.
Died December 14th, 1960 at 63 years old in Solothurn (leukemia).
John Kotelawala
Sri lankan politician (1897–1980).
Born April 4th, 1897 in Sri Lanka.
Died October 2nd, 1980 at 83 years old in Colombo.
Yun Po-sun
2nd president of south korea (1897-1990).
Born August 26th, 1897 in Asan.
Died July 18th, 1990 at 92 years old in Seoul (diabetes).
James C. Marshall
Us army general and engineer.
Born October 14th, 1897 in Plattsburg.
Died July 19th, 1977 at 79 years old in Syracuse. [ref]
Jewel Carmen
American actress (1897–1984).
Born July 13th, 1897 in Portland.
Died March 4th, 1984 at 86 years old in El Cajon (lymphoma).
Karol Świerczewski
Polish general (1897-1947).
Born February 22nd, 1897 in Warsaw. [ref]
Died March 28th, 1947 at 50 years old in Jabłonki. [ref]
Jean Epstein
French film director, essayist and novelist (1897–1953).
Born March 25th, 1897 in Warsaw.
Died April 2nd, 1953 at 56 years old in Paris (cerebrovascular disease).
Eddie Eagan
American boxer and bobsledder (1897-1967).
Born April 26th, 1897 in Denver.
Died June 14th, 1967 at 70 years old in Rye.
Rosa Ponselle
American operatic soprano (1897–1981).
Born January 22nd, 1897 in Meriden.
Died May 25th, 1981 at 84 years old in Baltimore (cancer).
Fernand Point
French restaurateur (1897–1955).
Born February 25th, 1897.
Died March 4th, 1955 at 58 years old in Vienne.
Tiger Flowers
African-american boxer (1895-1927).
Born February 14th, 1897 in Camilla.
Died November 16th, 1927 at 30 years old in New York City.
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