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In the year 1879
467 Notable birthdays
Jean Gilbert
German composer and conductor.
Born February 11th, 1879 in Hamburg. [ref]
Died December 20th, 1942 at 63 years old in Buenos Aires. [ref]
Edward Dillon
Actor (1879-1933).
Born January 1st, 1879 in New York City.
Died July 11th, 1933 at 54 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction).
Marion Jones Farquhar
American tennis player.
Born November 2nd, 1879 in Gold Hill.
Died March 14th, 1965 at 85 years old in West Hollywood.
George Lessey
Actor, film director.
Born June 8th, 1879 in Amherst.
Died June 3rd, 1947 at 67 years old in Westbrook.
Volkmar Andreae
Swiss composer and conductor (1879-1962).
Born July 5th, 1879 in Bern. [ref]
Died June 18th, 1962 at 82 years old in Zürich. [ref]
Igo Etrich
Aviation pioneer.
Born December 25th, 1879 in Horní Staré Město.
Died December 4th, 1967 at 87 years old in Salzburg.
Eligio Ayala
President of paraguay.
Born December 4th, 1879 in Mbuyapey.
Died October 25th, 1930 at 50 years old in Asunción.
Abd al-Muhsin as-Sa'dun
Politician.
Born May 2nd, 1879 in Nasiriya.
Died November 13th, 1929 at 50 years old in Baghdad.
Charles Jaffe
American chess player.
Born April 25th, 1879 in Dubroŭna.
Died July 12th, 1941 at 62 years old in Brooklyn.
Josip Murn
Slovenian poet (1879-1901).
Born March 4th, 1879 in Ljubljana.
Died June 18th, 1901 at 22 years old in Ljubljana (tuberculosis).
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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