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In the year 1889
556 Notable birthdays
Grigory Levenfish
Soviet chess player.
Born March 9th, 1889 in Piotrków Trybunalski.
Died February 9th, 1961 at 71 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Balthasar van der Pol
Dutch physicist.
Born January 27th, 1889 in Utrecht. [ref]
Died October 6th, 1959 at 70 years old in Wassenaar. [ref]
Abbas el-Akkad
Egyptian writer (1889-1964).
Born June 28th, 1889 in Aswan.
Died March 13th, 1964 at 74 years old in Cairo.
Felix Arndt
American pianist and composer.
Born May 20th, 1889 in New York City.
Died October 16th, 1918 at 29 years old in New York City (influenza, 1918-1920 flu pandemic).
Leontine Sagan
Austrian-hungarian stage and film director.
Born February 13th, 1889 in Budapest. [ref]
Died May 20th, 1974 at 85 years old in Pretoria. [ref]
Werner von Gilsa
German general.
Born March 4th, 1889 in Berlin.
Died May 8th, 1945 at 56 years old in Litoměřice.
Paul Jaray
Hungarian engineer.
Born March 11th, 1889 in Vienna. [ref]
Died September 22nd, 1974 at 85 years old in St. Gallen.
Kurt Herzog
German general and knight's cross recipient.
Born March 27th, 1889 in Quedlinburg.
Died May 8th, 1948 at 59 years old in Vorkuta.
Vasiliy Ulrikh
Soviet jurist (1889-1951).
Died May 7th, 1951 at 61 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction).
Vicente Pastinha
Brazilian martial artist.
Born April 5th, 1889 in Salvador.
Died November 13th, 1981 at 92 years old in Salvador.
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