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October 2nd
574 Notable birthdays
Richard Schulze-Kossens
Ss officer ; adolf hitler's aid ; affiant in pohl trial (nmt 4).
Born October 2nd, 1914 in Spandau.
Died July 3rd, 1988 at 73 years old in Düsseldorf (lung cancer).
Yokoyama Taikan
Japanese painter (1868-1958).
Born October 2nd, 1868 in Mito.
Died February 26th, 1958 at 89 years old in Taitō-ku.
Julius von Sachs
German botanist (1832-1897).
Born October 2nd, 1832 in Wrocław.
Died May 29th, 1897 at 64 years old in Würzburg.
Antonio Gala
Spanish writer (1930–2023).
Born October 2nd, 1930 in Brazatortas. [ref]
Died May 28th, 2023 at 92 years old in Córdoba. [ref]
Zuzana Licko
Slovak graphic designer (born 1961).
Born October 2nd, 1961 (age 64 years) in Bratislava.
Jacques Duclos
French politician (1896–1975).
Born October 2nd, 1896 in Louey.
Died April 25th, 1975 at 78 years old in Montreuil.
Margaret Chung
American physician (1889-1959).
Born October 2nd, 1889 in Santa Barbara.
Died January 5th, 1959 at 69 years old in San Francisco.
Werner Lorenz
German general (1891-1974).
Born October 2nd, 1891 in Wykroty, West Pomeranian Voivodeship. [ref]
Died March 13th, 1974 at 82 years old in Hamburg.
Heisuke Yanagawa
Japanese general (1879–1945).
Born October 2nd, 1879 in Nagasaki Prefecture.
Died January 22nd, 1945 at 65 years old
Leo Rudolf Raubal
Adolf hitler's nephew (1906–1977).
Born October 2nd, 1906 in Linz. [ref]
Died August 18th, 1977 at 70 years old in Spain.
Paul Goma
Romanian writer (1935–2020).
Born October 2nd, 1935 in Mana.
Died March 25th, 2020 at 84 years old in Paris (COVID-19). [ref]
Lisa St Aubin de Terán
English novelist, writer of autobiographical fictions, and memoirist.
Born October 2nd, 1953 (age 72 years) in London.
Viktor Anpilov
Russian hardline communist politician/trade unionist (1945-2018).
Born October 2nd, 1945 in Belaya Glina.
Died January 15th, 2018 at 72 years old in Moscow (stroke).
Roberto Herlitzka
Italian actor (1937–2024).
Born October 2nd, 1937 in Turin.
Died July 31st, 2024 at 86 years old in Rome. [ref]
Maximilian de Angelis
German general (1889–1974).
Born October 2nd, 1889 in Budapest.
Died December 6th, 1974 at 85 years old in Graz. [ref]
Marty Nothstein
American cyclist and politician.
Born October 2nd, 1971 (age 54 years) in Allentown.
Simon Msuva
Tanzanian association football player.
Born October 2nd, 1993 (age 32 years) in Dar es Salaam.
Tun Tin
Prime minister of burma for a few months in 1988.
Born October 2nd, 1920 in Myitkyina.
Died May 1st, 2020 at 99 years old in Yangon. [ref]
Branko Grünbaum
Croatian-american mathematician at the university of washington (1929-2018).
Born October 2nd, 1929 in Osijek.
Died September 14th, 2018 at 88 years old in Seattle.
Rod Keller
Canadian general (1900-1954).
Born October 2nd, 1900 in Tetbury.
Died June 21st, 1954 at 53 years old in Normandy.
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