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In the year 1898
720 Notable birthdays
Lillian Hall-Davis
Actress (1898-1933).
Born June 23rd, 1898 in Mile End.
Died October 25th, 1933 at 35 years old in London (exsanguination).
Russell Ohl
American engineer (1898-1987).
Born January 31st, 1898 in Allentown.
Died March 20th, 1987 at 89 years old in Vista.
Abraham Kovoor
Sri lankan rationalist and professor (1898–1978).
Born April 10th, 1898 in Tiruvalla.
Died September 18th, 1978 at 80 years old in Colombo.
Norman Z. McLeod
American film director (1898–1964).
Born September 20th, 1898 in Grayling.
Died June 26th, 1964 at 65 years old in Hollywood (stroke).
Louis Adamic
Slovene-american author and translator (1899-1951).
Born March 23rd, 1898 in Praproče pri Grosupljem.
Died September 4th, 1951 at 53 years old in Milford.
Marcel Griaule
French anthropologist (1898-1956).
Born May 16th, 1898 in Aisy-sur-Armançon.
Died February 23rd, 1956 at 57 years old in Paris.
Harold Stephen Black
American electrical engineer (1898–1983).
Born April 14th, 1898 in Leominster.
Died December 11th, 1983 at 85 years old in Summit.
Ernest Laszlo
American cinematographer (1898-1984).
Born April 23rd, 1898 in Budapest.
Died January 6th, 1984 at 85 years old in Woodland Hills.
Tadashi Maeda
Japanese admiral.
Born March 3rd, 1898 in Kagoshima Prefecture.
Died December 13th, 1977 at 79 years old in Japan.
Joseph Murphy
American writer (1898–1981).
Born May 20th, 1898 in Ballydehob.
Died December 16th, 1981 at 83 years old in Laguna Hills.
Valentine Penrose
French writer and artist (1898–1978).
Born January 1st, 1898 in Mont-de-Marsan. [ref]
Died August 7th, 1978 at 80 years old in Chiddingly.
Peter Cheyney
British writer (1896–1951).
Born February 22nd, 1898 in London.
Died June 26th, 1951 at 53 years old in London.
Matvei Zakharov
Soviet military commander (1898-1972).
Born August 17th, 1898.
Died January 31st, 1972 at 73 years old in Moscow.
Hugh Latimer Dryden
American aeronautical scientist and civil servant (1898–1965).
Born July 2nd, 1898 in Worcester County.
Died December 2nd, 1965 at 67 years old in Washington, D.C..
Alois Podhajsky
Austrian equestrian (1898–1973).
Born February 24th, 1898 in Mostar.
Died May 23rd, 1973 at 75 years old in Vienna (stroke).
Crane Brinton
American historian.
Born February 2nd, 1898 in Winsted.
Died September 7th, 1968 at 70 years old in Massachusetts.
Mikhail Koltsov
Soviet journalist (1898–1940).
Born June 12th, 1898 in Kyiv. [ref]
Died April 4th, 1942 at 43 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound).
Eugene Lyons
20th-century american journalist and writer.
Born July 1st, 1898 in Uzliany.
Died January 7th, 1985 at 86 years old in New York City.
Milan Aćimović
Politician, collaborator (1898-1945).
Born May 31st, 1898 in Pinosava.
Died May 25th, 1945 at 46 years old in Zelengora.
Michel-Louis Guérard des Lauriers
French dominican theologian and traditionalist catholic bishop.
Born October 25th, 1898 in Suresnes.
Died February 27th, 1988 at 89 years old in Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire.
Ernst Wollweber
East german stasi officer (1898-1967).
Born October 29th, 1898 in Hann. Münden.
Died May 3rd, 1967 at 68 years old in East Berlin.
Alfred Sauvy
Demographer, anthropologist and historian of the french economy (1898–1990).
Born October 31st, 1898 in Villeneuve-de-la-Raho.
Died October 30th, 1990 at 91 years old in Paris. [ref]
Luang Wichitwathakan (Wichit Wichitwathakan)
Thai nobleman (1898–1962).
Born August 11th, 1898 in Uthai Thani.
Died March 31st, 1962 at 63 years old in Bangkok.
Wilhelm Fuchs
Ss officer (1898-1947).
Born September 1st, 1898 in Mannheim.
Died January 24th, 1947 at 48 years old in Belgrade (hanging to death).
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