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In the year 1878
416 Notable birthdays
Giuseppe Adami
Italian opera librettist (1878-1946).
Born November 4th, 1878 in Verona. [ref]
Died October 12th, 1946 at 67 years old in Milan. [ref]
Helen Mayo
Australian doctor.
Born October 1st, 1878 in Adelaide.
Died November 13th, 1967 at 89 years old in Adelaide (lung cancer).
Julia Swayne Gordon
American actress (1878-1933).
Born October 29th, 1878 in Columbus.
Died May 28th, 1933 at 54 years old in Los Angeles.
Dorothea Bate
Welsh palaeontologist and archaeozoologist (1878-1951).
Born November 8th, 1878 in Napier House.
Died January 13th, 1951 at 72 years old in Westcliff-on-Sea (coronary thrombosis).
Eugene Cook Bingham
American chemist.
Born December 8th, 1878 in Cornwall.
Died November 6th, 1945 at 66 years old in Easton (viral infectious disease).
Yuzuru Hiraga
Japanese admiral (1878-1943).
Born March 8th, 1878 in Tokyo.
Died February 13th, 1943 at 64 years old in Tokyo.
Gyula Krúdy
Hungarian writer and journalist.
Born October 21st, 1878 in Nyíregyháza. [ref]
Died May 12th, 1933 at 54 years old in Budapest (disease). [ref]
Leopold Staff
Polish poet (1878-1957).
Born November 14th, 1878 in Lviv. [ref]
Died May 31st, 1957 at 78 years old in Skarżysko-Kamienna. [ref]
Dimitar Vlahov
Ottoman, bulgarian, and yugoslav politician.
Born November 8th, 1878 in Kilkis.
Died April 7th, 1953 at 74 years old in Belgrade.
Léon-Paul Fargue
French poet and essayist.
Born March 4th, 1878 in 1st arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died November 25th, 1947 at 69 years old in Paris. [ref]
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