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In the year 1898
720 Notable birthdays
Anastasy Vonsyatsky
Russian anti-bolshevik émigré to usa (1898-1965).
Born June 12th, 1898 in Warsaw.
Died February 5th, 1965 at 66 years old in St. Petersburg.
Baby Dodds
American musician (1898–1959).
Born December 24th, 1898 in New Orleans. [ref]
Died February 14th, 1959 at 60 years old in Chicago. [ref]
Desanka Maksimović
Serbian writer (1898-1993).
Died February 11th, 1993 at 94 years old in Belgrade.
William A. Blakley
American politician (1898–1976).
Born November 17th, 1898 in Miami Station.
Died January 5th, 1976 at 77 years old in Dallas.
Sippie Wallace
American blues and jazz singer (1898–1986).
Born November 1st, 1898 in Jefferson County. [ref]
Died November 1st, 1986 at 88 years old in Detroit (stroke).
Paul Belmondo
French sculptor (1898–1982).
Born August 8th, 1898 in Sidi M'Hamed.
Died January 1st, 1982 at 83 years old in Ivry-sur-Seine.
Reginald Horace Blyth
British japanologist (1898-1964).
Born December 3rd, 1898 in Essex.
Died October 28th, 1964 at 65 years old in Tokyo.
Leonard Read
American academic.
Born September 26th, 1898 in Hubbardston.
Died May 14th, 1983 at 84 years old in United States.
Kaj Munk
Danish playwright (1898–1944).
Born January 13th, 1898 in Maribo.
Died January 8th, 1944 at 45 years old in Silkeborg (gunshot wound).
Jacobus Johannes Fouché
South african politician (1898–1980).
Born June 6th, 1898 in Wepener.
Died September 23rd, 1980 at 82 years old in Cape Town.
Richard McCreery
British army general (1898–1967).
Born February 1st, 1898 in Market Harborough.
Died October 18th, 1967 at 69 years old in Templecombe.
Friedrich Ritter
German botanist and geologist (1898-1989).
Died April 9th, 1989 at 90 years old in Puerto de la Cruz.
Shin'ichi Suzuki
Japanese violinist and pioneer of musical pedagogy (1898-1998).
Born October 17th, 1898 in Nagoya.
Died January 26th, 1998 at 99 years old in Matsumoto.
Mikhail Koshkin
Soviet tank designer (1898–1940).
Born December 3rd, 1898 in Brynchagi.
Died September 26th, 1940 at 41 years old in Zmiiv Raion (pneumonia).
Leopold Okulicki
Polish general (1898-1946).
Born November 12th, 1898 in Bratucice. [ref]
Died December 24th, 1946 at 48 years old in Moscow. [ref]
August Frank
German ss functionary and convict at the nuremberg trials (1898-1984).
Born April 5th, 1898 in Augsburg.
Died March 21st, 1984 at 85 years old in Karlsruhe.
Gabriel Gonzáles Videla
Chilean politician (1898–1980).
Born November 22nd, 1898 in La Serena. [ref]
Died August 22nd, 1980 at 81 years old in Santiago. [ref]
Therese Giehse
German actress (1898–1975).
Born March 6th, 1898 in Munich.
Died March 3rd, 1975 at 76 years old in Munich.
Irving Rapper
English-american film director (1898–1999).
Born January 16th, 1898 in London.
Died December 20th, 1999 at 101 years old in Woodland Hills (disease). [ref]
Anton de Kom
Surinamese resistance fighter and anti-colonialist author.
Born February 22nd, 1898 in Paramaribo. [ref]
Died April 24th, 1945 at 47 years old in Stalag X-B (tuberculosis). [ref]
Étienne Decroux
French actor and mime (1898–1991).
Born July 19th, 1898 in 17th arrondissement of Paris.
Died March 12th, 1991 at 92 years old in Boulogne-Billancourt.
Virginia Valli
American actress (1898-1968).
Born June 10th, 1898 in Chicago.
Died September 24th, 1968 at 70 years old in Palm Springs (stroke).
Karl Mauss
German world war ii general; dentist (1898-1959).
Died February 9th, 1959 at 60 years old in Hamburg (myocardial infarction).
Helmut Hasse
German mathematician (1898–1979).
Born August 25th, 1898 in Kassel.
Died December 26th, 1979 at 81 years old in Ahrensburg.
Nalini Bala Devi
Assamese-language indian poet.
Born March 23rd, 1898 in Barpeta.
Died December 24th, 1977 at 79 years old
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Let us never know what old age is. Let us know the happiness time brings, not count the years. Ausonius