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In the year 1912
923 Notable birthdays
Iris Adrian
American actress (1912–1994).
Born May 29th, 1912 in Los Angeles.
Died September 17th, 1994 at 82 years old in Hollywood.
Don "Red" Barry
American actor (1912-1980).
Born January 11th, 1912 in Houston.
Died July 17th, 1980 at 68 years old in Hollywood (gunshot wound).
Ilona Massey
Hungarian actress (1910-1974).
Born July 5th, 1912 in Budapest.
Died August 20th, 1974 at 62 years old in Bethesda (cancer).
Wilfrid Sellars
American philosopher (1912-1989).
Born May 20th, 1912 in Michigan.
Died July 2nd, 1989 at 77 years old in Pittsburgh.
E. R. Braithwaite
Guyanese writer (1912–2016).
Born June 27th, 1912 in Georgetown.
Died December 12th, 2016 at 104 years old in Rockville (pneumonia).
Salah ad-Din al-Bitar
Syrian politician (1912-1980).
Born May 5th, 1912 in Damascus.
Died July 21st, 1980 at 68 years old in 8th arrondissement of Paris.
May Sarton
American poet, novelist, and memoirist (1912-1995).
Born May 3rd, 1912 in United States, Wondelgem.
Died July 16th, 1995 at 83 years old in York (breast cancer).
Rashid Nezhmetdinov
Soviet chess player.
Born December 15th, 1912 in Aktobe.
Died June 3rd, 1974 at 61 years old in Kazan.
Elizabeth Taylor
British writer (1912–1975).
Born July 3rd, 1912 in Reading.
Died November 19th, 1975 at 63 years old in Buckinghamshire.
Louis Washkansky
Lithuanian-south african grocer (c. 1912–1967); recipient of the first human heart transplant.
Born April 12th, 1912 in Kaunas.
Died December 21st, 1967 at 55 years old in Cape Town (pneumonia).
Doris Wishman
American film director.
Born June 1st, 1912 in New York City.
Died August 10th, 2002 at 90 years old in Coral Gables (lymphoma).
Albert Báez
American physicist (1912-2007).
Born November 15th, 1912 in Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza.
Died March 20th, 2007 at 94 years old in Redwood City. [ref]
Walter J. Ong
American philosopher and historian (1912–2003).
Born November 30th, 1912 in Kansas City.
Died August 12th, 2003 at 90 years old in St. Louis. [ref]
Edward Mills Purcell
American physicist (1912-1997).
Born August 30th, 1912 in Taylorville.
Died March 7th, 1997 at 84 years old in Cambridge.
Paul Birch
American actor (1912-1969).
Born January 13th, 1912 in Atmore.
Died May 24th, 1969 at 57 years old in St. George's.
Salvador Luria
Italian american microbiologist (1912–1991).
Born August 13th, 1912 in Turin.
Died February 6th, 1991 at 78 years old in Lexington (cardiovascular disease).
Gordon Jones
American actor (1911–1963).
Born April 5th, 1912 in Alden.
Died June 20th, 1963 at 51 years old in Tarzana (myocardial infarction).
George Emil Palade
Romanian cell biologist, physician and nobel laureate.
Born November 19th, 1912 in Iași.
Died October 7th, 2008 at 95 years old in Del Mar. [ref]
M. H. Abrams
American literary theorist (1912–2015).
Born July 23rd, 1912 in Long Branch.
Died April 21st, 2015 at 102 years old in Ithaca.
Toe Blake
Canadian ice hockey player (1912–1995).
Born August 21st, 1912 in Ontario.
Died May 17th, 1995 at 82 years old in Montreal (Alzheimer's disease).
Joie Chitwood
American racing driver (1912-1988).
Born April 14th, 1912 in Denison.
Died January 3rd, 1988 at 75 years old in Tampa.
Paul Ogorzow
German serial killer (1912-1941).
Born September 29th, 1912 in Muntowo.
Died July 26th, 1941 at 28 years old in Plötzensee Prison (decapitation).
Marcel Camus
French film director (1912-1982).
Born April 21st, 1912 in Chappes.
Died January 13th, 1982 at 69 years old in 13th arrondissement of Paris.
J. Walter Kennedy
American politician (1912–1977).
Born June 8th, 1912 in Stamford.
Died June 26th, 1977 at 65 years old in Stamford (liver failure).
Jean Améry
Austrian-born essayist and holocaust survivor (1912-1978).
Born October 31st, 1912 in Vienna.
Died October 17th, 1978 at 65 years old in Salzburg (drug overdose).
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The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been. Madeleine L'Engle