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In the year 1906
786 Notable birthdays
Ed Gein
American murderer and human trophy collector (1906-1984).
Born August 27th, 1906 in La Crosse.
Died July 26th, 1984 at 77 years old in Madison (respiratory failure).
Adolf Eichmann
German-austrian ss officer and one of the major organizers of the holocaust (1906–1962).
Born March 19th, 1906 in Solingen.
Died May 31st, 1962 at 56 years old in Ramla (hanging to death). [ref]
Aristotle Onassis
Greek shipping magnate.
Born January 20th, 1906 in İzmir. [ref]
Died March 15th, 1975 at 69 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine (respiratory failure).
Puyi
Last emperor of qing dynasty and manchukuo (1906–1967).
Born February 7th, 1906 in Xicheng District.
Died October 17th, 1967 at 61 years old in Dongcheng District (kidney cancer).
Bugsy Siegel
American mobster y brujo de hechicería oscura.
Born February 28th, 1906 in New York City, Williamsburg.
Died June 20th, 1947 at 41 years old in Beverly Hills (gunshot wound).
Josephine Baker
American-born french dancer, singer, and actress (1906-1975).
Born June 3rd, 1906 in St. Louis. [ref]
Died April 12th, 1975 at 68 years old in Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Prithviraj Kapoor
Indian actor (1906-1972).
Born November 3rd, 1906 in Faisalabad.
Died May 29th, 1972 at 65 years old in Mumbai (cancer).
Ilse Koch
German war criminal, wife of camp commandant karl-otto koch.
Born September 22nd, 1906 in Dresden.
Died September 1st, 1967 at 60 years old in Aichach (hanging).
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
German lutheran pastor, theologian, anti-nazi dissident.
Born February 4th, 1906 in Wrocław. [ref]
Died April 9th, 1945 at 39 years old in Flossenbürg concentration camp (hanging to death).
Hannah Arendt
German-american political theorist and philosopher (1906–1975).
Born October 14th, 1906 in Lindener Marktplatz 2, Hannover.
Died December 4th, 1975 at 69 years old in Upper West Side (myocardial infarction).
John Huston
American film director, screenwriter and actor (1906-1987).
Born August 5th, 1906 in Nevada. [ref]
Died August 28th, 1987 at 81 years old in Middletown (pneumonia). [ref]
Samuel Beckett
Irish writer (1906–1989).
Born April 13th, 1906 in Foxrock. [ref]
Died December 22nd, 1989 at 83 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris.
King Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
King of saudi arabia from 1964 to 1975.
Born April 14th, 1906 in Riyadh. [ref]
Died March 25th, 1975 at 68 years old in Riyadh (shooting).
Grace Hopper
American computer scientist and united states navy officer (1906–1992).
Born December 9th, 1906 in New York City.
Died January 1st, 1992 at 85 years old in Arlington County.
John Carradine
American actor (1906-1988).
Born February 5th, 1906 in New York City.
Died November 27th, 1988 at 82 years old in Milan (myocardial infarction).
Chandra Shekhar Azad
Indian activist and socialist and revolutionary, freedom fighter and social reformer.
Born July 23rd, 1906 in Madhya Pradesh, British Raj, Jhabua district, Bhavra.
Died February 27th, 1931 at 24 years old in Uttar Pradesh, British Raj, Allahabad (ballistic trauma).
Dmitri Shostakovich
Soviet composer and pianist (1906-1975).
Born September 25th, 1906 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died August 9th, 1975 at 68 years old in Moscow (heart failure). [ref]
R. K. Narayan
Indian writer (1906-2001).
Born October 10th, 1906 in Chennai.
Died May 13th, 2001 at 94 years old in Chennai.
George Sanders
British actor (1906-1972).
Born July 3rd, 1906 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died April 25th, 1972 at 65 years old in Castelldefels (drug overdose). [ref]
Billy Wilder
Austrian-born american film director and screenwriter (1906-2002).
Born June 22nd, 1906 in Sucha Beskidzka. [ref]
Died March 27th, 2002 at 95 years old in Beverly Hills (pneumonia). [ref]
Kurt Gödel
Austrian-american logician, mathematician, and philosopher of mathematics (1906-1978).
Born April 28th, 1906 in Brno. [ref]
Died January 14th, 1978 at 71 years old in Princeton (starvation). [ref]
Jack Churchill
British soldier who fought throughout world war ii armed with a longbow, arrows, and a scottish broadsword (1906–1996).
Born September 16th, 1906 in Colombo.
Died March 8th, 1996 at 89 years old in Surrey. [ref]
Eddie Albert
American actor (1906–2005).
Born April 22nd, 1906 in Rock Island.
Died May 26th, 2005 at 99 years old in Pacific Palisades (Alzheimer's disease, pneumonia). [ref]
Joan Blondell
American actress (1906–1979).
Born August 30th, 1906 in Manhattan.
Died December 25th, 1979 at 73 years old in Santa Monica (leukemia).
Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark
Duchess of kent from 1934 to 1968.
Born December 13th, 1906 in Athens.
Died August 27th, 1968 at 61 years old in Kensington Palace (brain cancer).
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