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In the year 1879

467 Notable birthdays

Milutin Milanković

Serbian mathematician, astronomer, geophysicist, climatologist, and engineer.

Born May 28th, 1879 in Dalj. [ref]

Died December 12th, 1958 at 79 years old in Belgrade. [ref]

Hans Lammers

German jurist, nazi politician, and head of the reich chancellery (1879-1962).

Born May 27th, 1879 in Lubliniec. [ref]

Died January 4th, 1962 at 82 years old in Düsseldorf.

Thomas Beecham, 2nd Baronet

British conductor and impresario.

Born April 29th, 1879 in St Helens. [ref]

Died March 8th, 1961 at 81 years old in London (coronary thrombosis). [ref]

Mark Sykes

British politician, diplomatic advisor, and traveller (1879-1919).

Born March 16th, 1879 in London.

Died February 16th, 1919 at 39 years old in 1st arrondissement of Paris (influenza, 1918-1920 flu pandemic, cyanosis).

Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen

German princess.

Born May 12th, 1879 in Potsdam.

Died August 26th, 1945 at 66 years old in Kowary.

Queen Alexandrine of Denmark

Queen consort of king christian x of denmark.

Born December 24th, 1879 in Schwerin.

Died December 28th, 1952 at 73 years old in Sankt Lukas Stiftelsen.

Vilhjalmur Stefansson

Canadian-born explorer (1879–1962).

Born November 3rd, 1879 in Gimli. [ref]

Died August 26th, 1962 at 82 years old in Hanover. [ref]

Terence MacSwiney

Irish playwright, author and nationalist politician (1879-1920).

Born March 28th, 1879 in Cork.

Died October 25th, 1920 at 41 years old in HM Prison Brixton (starvation).

Boris Savinkov

Russian writer (1879-1925).

Born January 31st, 1879 in Kharkiv.

Died May 7th, 1925 at 46 years old in Moscow (fall). [ref]

Sid Grauman

American showman (1879-1950).

Born March 17th, 1879 in Indianapolis.

Died March 5th, 1950 at 70 years old in Beverly Hills, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (coronary occlusion).

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