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In the year 1905
784 Notable birthdays
Michael Tippett
English composer (1905-1996).
Born January 2nd, 1905 in London Borough of Hillingdon.
Died January 9th, 1998 at 93 years old in London (pneumonia).
Gerhard Klopfer
Official of the nazi party and assistant to martin bormann in the office of the party chancellery (1905-1987).
Born February 18th, 1905 in Pisarzowice.
Died January 29th, 1987 at 81 years old in Ulm.
Lionel Trilling
American academic.
Born July 4th, 1905 in Queens. [ref]
Died November 5th, 1975 at 70 years old in New York City. [ref]
Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg
German noble (1905–1944).
Born March 15th, 1905 in Stuttgart.
Died August 10th, 1944 at 39 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging to death).
Leila Hyams
American actress (1905-1977).
Born May 1st, 1905 in New York City. [ref]
Died December 4th, 1977 at 72 years old in Bel Air (disease). [ref]
H. E. Bates
British writer (1905–1974).
Born May 16th, 1905 in Rushden. [ref]
Died January 29th, 1974 at 68 years old in Canterbury. [ref]
Artem Mikoyan
Soviet aircraft designer (1905-1970).
Born August 5th, 1905 in Sanahin.
Died December 9th, 1970 at 65 years old in Moscow.
Oveta Culp Hobby
Us army officer and government official (1905-1995).
Born January 19th, 1905 in Killeen.
Died August 16th, 1995 at 90 years old in Houston (stroke).
Jiří Voskovec
Czech theater manager, playwright, actor, humorist, comedian, publicist, translator, director, scriptwriter, writer, lyricist and singer.
Born June 19th, 1905 in Sázava. [ref]
Died July 1st, 1981 at 76 years old in Pearblossom (cardiovascular disease). [ref]
Emlyn Williams
Welsh writer, dramatist and actor (1905-1987).
Born November 26th, 1905 in Mostyn.
Died September 25th, 1987 at 81 years old in London (cancer).
Walter A. Brown
American sports businessman (1905–1964).
Born February 10th, 1905 in Boston.
Died September 7th, 1964 at 59 years old in Boston.
Sam Levene
American actor (1905–1980).
Born August 28th, 1905 in Russian Empire.
Died December 28th, 1980 at 75 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction).
Martin Gottfried Weiss
German ss officer, concentration camp commandant (1905-1946).
Born June 3rd, 1905 in Weiden in der Oberpfalz.
Died May 29th, 1946 at 40 years old in Landsberg am Lech (hanging).
Severo Ochoa
Spanish physician.
Born September 24th, 1905 in Ḷḷuarca.
Died November 1st, 1993 at 88 years old in Madrid.
Helen Joseph
British-born south african activist (1905-1992).
Born April 8th, 1905 in Midhurst.
Died December 25th, 1992 at 87 years old in Johannesburg.
William Cagney
American actor and producer (1905–1988).
Born March 26th, 1905 in New York City.
Died January 3rd, 1988 at 82 years old in Newport Beach.
Pierre Gemayel
Lebanese politician (1905-1984).
Born November 6th, 1905 in Bikfaya.
Died August 29th, 1984 at 78 years old in Bikfaya.
Dorothy Fields
American librettist and lyricist (1905-1974).
Born July 15th, 1905 in Allenhurst. [ref]
Died March 28th, 1974 at 68 years old in New York City (stroke). [ref]
Emílio Garrastazu Médici
Brazilian politician (1905–1985), president of brazil (1969–1974).
Born December 4th, 1905 in Bagé.
Died October 9th, 1985 at 79 years old in Rio de Janeiro (stroke).
Wolfram Sievers
German managing director of the ns association german ancestral heritage (ahnenerbe) (1905-1948).
Born July 10th, 1905 in Hildesheim.
Died June 2nd, 1948 at 42 years old in Landsberg Prison (hanging).
Edgar Snow
American journalist.
Born July 17th, 1905 in Kansas City.
Died February 25th, 1972 at 66 years old in Geneva.
Jack Teagarden
American jazz musician.
Born August 20th, 1905 in Vernon.
Died January 15th, 1964 at 58 years old in New Orleans (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Sajjad Zaheer
Marxist writer and organiser.
Born November 5th, 1905 in Lucknow.
Died September 13th, 1973 at 67 years old in Almaty.
Emilio G. Segrè
Italian physicist and nobel laureate.
Born February 1st, 1905 in Tivoli. [ref]
Died April 22nd, 1989 at 84 years old in Lafayette (myocardial infarction).
Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu
Japanese prince; third son of emperor taishō and empress teimei (1905–1987).
Born January 3rd, 1905 in Akasaka Estate.
Died February 3rd, 1987 at 82 years old in Shibuya (lung cancer).
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