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In the year 1879
483 Notable birthdays
John Ireland
British composer and teacher of music.
Born August 13th, 1879 in Bowdon. [ref]
Died June 12th, 1962 at 82 years old in West Sussex. [ref]
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 Hitchin.
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.
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