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In the year 1879

467 Notable birthdays

Laura Hope Crews

Actress (1879-1942).

Born December 12th, 1879 in San Francisco.

Died November 13th, 1942 at 62 years old in New York City (kidney failure).

Annie Kenney

British suffragette (1879-1953).

Born September 13th, 1879 in Springhead.

Died July 9th, 1953 at 73 years old in Letchworth Garden City.

Camillo Castiglioni

Austrian financier and banker (1879-1957).

Born October 22nd, 1879 in Trieste.

Died December 18th, 1957 at 78 years old in Rome.

Pál Teleki

Prime minister of hungary (1879-1941).

Born November 1st, 1879 in Budapest. [ref]

Died April 3rd, 1941 at 61 years old in Budapest (ballistic trauma). [ref]

Hisaichi Terauchi

Japanese general (1879-1946).

Born August 8th, 1879 in Yamaguchi Prefecture.

Died June 12th, 1946 at 66 years old in Malayan Union (stroke).

Othmar Ammann

Swiss-american structural engineer (1879-1965).

Born March 26th, 1879 in Feuerthalen.

Died September 22nd, 1965 at 86 years old in Rye.

Alfred Abel

German actor and director (1879-1937).

Born March 12th, 1879 in Leipzig. [ref]

Died December 12th, 1937 at 58 years old in Berlin (disease). [ref]

John Maclean

Scottish schoolteacher and revolutionary socialist (1879-1923).

Born August 24th, 1879 in Glasgow.

Died November 30th, 1923 at 44 years old in Glasgow (pneumonia).

Clem Bevans

American actor (1879-1963).

Born October 16th, 1879 in Cozaddale.

Died August 11th, 1963 at 83 years old in Woodland Hills.

Wanda Landowska

Polish-french harpsichordist.

Born July 5th, 1879 in Warsaw. [ref]

Died August 16th, 1959 at 80 years old in Lakeville (disease). [ref]

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