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In the year 1924
999 Notable birthdays
Johnnie Johnson
American musician (1924-2005).
Born July 8th, 1924 in Fairmont. [ref]
Died April 13th, 2005 at 80 years old in St. Louis (pneumonia). [ref]
Georg Ratzinger
German musician and catholic priest (1924-2020).
Born January 15th, 1924 in Pleiskirchen.
Died July 1st, 2020 at 96 years old in Regensburg. [ref]
Boyd K. Packer
Apostle of the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints.
Born September 10th, 1924 in Brigham City.
Died July 3rd, 2015 at 90 years old in Salt Lake County.
Noboru Takeshita
74th prime minister of japan (1924-2000).
Born February 26th, 1924 in Kakeya.
Died June 19th, 2000 at 76 years old in Kitasato Institute Hospital (pancreatic cancer, respiratory failure).
Mal Whitfield
American middle-distance runner and sprinter.
Born October 11th, 1924 in Bay City.
Died November 19th, 2015 at 91 years old in Washington, D.C. (heart failure). [ref]
Paul Fussell
American cultural and literary historian (1924–2012).
Born March 22nd, 1924 in Pasadena.
Died May 23rd, 2012 at 88 years old in Medford (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Zizi Jeanmaire
French ballet dancer and singer.
Born April 29th, 1924 in 14th arrondissement of Paris.
Died July 17th, 2020 at 96 years old in Tolochenaz. [ref]
Roberto Eduardo Viola
Military officer, dictator and de facto president of argentina.
Born October 13th, 1924 in Buenos Aires.
Died September 30th, 1994 at 69 years old in Buenos Aires (heart failure).
Antony Hewish
English physicist and radio astronomer (1924-2021).
Died September 13th, 2021 at 97 years old [ref]
Julie Wilson
American actor (1924-2015).
Born October 21st, 1924 in Omaha. [ref]
Died April 5th, 2015 at 90 years old in Manhattan (stroke). [ref]
Al Rosen
Major league baseball player, third baseman, major league baseball executive (1924–2015).
Born February 29th, 1924 in Spartanburg.
Died March 13th, 2015 at 91 years old in Rancho Mirage.
Franco Cristaldi
Italian film producer (1924–1992).
Born October 3rd, 1924 in Turin.
Died July 1st, 1992 at 67 years old in Monte Carlo.
Dolores Gray
American actress (1924-2002).
Born June 7th, 1924 in Chicago. [ref]
Died June 26th, 2002 at 78 years old in Manhattan (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Lys Assia
Swiss singer (1924-2018).
Born March 3rd, 1924 in Rupperswil. [ref]
Died March 24th, 2018 at 94 years old in Zollikon. [ref]
Rauf Denktaş
Leader of turkish cypriots and founding president of trnc (1924-2012).
Born January 27th, 1924 in Paphos, British Cyprus.
Died January 13th, 2012 at 87 years old in North Nicosia (multiple organ dysfunction syndrome). [ref]
Ante Marković
Last prime minister of yugoslavia (1924-2011).
Born November 25th, 1924 in Konjic.
Died November 28th, 2011 at 87 years old in Zagreb. [ref]
Machiko Kyō
Japanese actress (1924-2019).
Born March 25th, 1924 in Osaka.
Died May 12th, 2019 at 95 years old in Tokyo (myocardial infarction).
Arthur Janov
American psychologist.
Born August 21st, 1924 in Los Angeles.
Died October 1st, 2017 at 93 years old in Malibu (stroke). [ref]
David Cox
English statistician.
Born July 15th, 1924 in Birmingham.
Died January 18th, 2022 at 97 years old [ref]
Hermann Buhl
Austrian mountaineer (1924-1957).
Born September 21st, 1924 in Innsbruck. [ref]
Died June 27th, 1957 at 32 years old in Chogolisa. [ref]
Anton Schwarzkopf
German roller coaster designer.
Born July 8th, 1924 in Bahlingen am Kaiserstuhl.
Died July 30th, 2001 at 77 years old in West Germany (Parkinson's disease).
Brendan Byrne
American politician and prosecutor (1924-2018).
Born April 1st, 1924 in West Orange.
Died January 4th, 2018 at 93 years old in Livingston (infectious disease). [ref]
David Bronstein
Soviet chess grandmaster.
Born February 19th, 1924 in Bila Tserkva.
Died December 5th, 2006 at 82 years old in Minsk (stroke). [ref]
Luigi Nono
Italian composer (1924-1990).
Born January 29th, 1924 in Venice.
Died May 8th, 1990 at 66 years old in Venice. [ref]
Harry Meyen
German actor (1924-1979).
Born August 31st, 1924 in Hamburg.
Died April 15th, 1979 at 54 years old in Hamburg (hanging).
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