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In the year 1882
500 Notable birthdays
Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding
British officer in the royal air force (1882-1970).
Born April 24th, 1882 in Moffat.
Died February 15th, 1970 at 87 years old in Royal Tunbridge Wells.
Harold Lowe
British sailor (1882-1944).
Born November 21st, 1882 in Llanrhos.
Died May 12th, 1944 at 61 years old in Deganwy.
Margaret Dumont
Actress (1882-1965).
Born October 20th, 1882 in Brooklyn.
Died March 6th, 1965 at 82 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction).
N. C. Wyeth
American illustrator, painter (1882-1945).
Born October 22nd, 1882 in Needham. [ref]
Died October 19th, 1945 at 62 years old in Delaware County (railway accident). [ref]
Zoltán Kodály
Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist, pedagogue.
Born December 16th, 1882 in Kecskemét. [ref]
Died March 6th, 1967 at 84 years old in Budapest (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Ossip Bernstein
Ukraine-french chess player.
Born September 20th, 1882 in Zhytomyr.
Died November 30th, 1962 at 80 years old in Saint-Arroman.
Georgi Dimitrov
Former general secretary of the bulgarian communist party.
Born June 30th, 1882 in Kovachevtsi.
Died July 2nd, 1949 at 67 years old in Barvikha (liver disease).
Ima Hogg
Philanthropist and arts patron.
Born July 10th, 1882 in Mineola. [ref]
Died August 19th, 1975 at 93 years old in London (disease). [ref]
James Gleason
American actor (1882-1959).
Born May 23rd, 1882 in New York City.
Died April 12th, 1959 at 76 years old in Woodland Hills (asthma).
Inayat Khan
Founder of the sufi order in the west in 1914 and teacher of universal sufism.
Born July 5th, 1882 in Vadodara.
Died February 5th, 1927 at 44 years old in New Delhi.
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