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In the year 1889
589 Notable birthdays
Taha Hussein
Egyptian academic.
Born November 14th, 1889 in Minya Governorate. [ref]
Died October 28th, 1973 at 83 years old in Cairo. [ref]
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Danish film director.
Born February 3rd, 1889 in Copenhagen. [ref]
Died March 20th, 1968 at 79 years old in Copenhagen (pneumonia). [ref]
George S. Kaufman
American writer (1889-1961).
Born November 16th, 1889 in Pittsburgh. [ref]
Died June 2nd, 1961 at 71 years old in New York City. [ref]
Gaetano Reina
Sicilian-born american gangster and founder of the lucchese crime family in new york city.
Born September 27th, 1889 in Corleone.
Died February 26th, 1930 at 40 years old in The Bronx (gunshot wound).
Luo Yixiu
First wife of the future chinese revolutionary and political leader mao zedong (1889-1910).
Born October 20th, 1889 in Shaoshan.
Died February 11th, 1910 at 20 years old in Shaoshan (disease).
Lord Leopold Mountbatten
British noble; son of prince henry of battenberg and princess beatrice of the united kingdom; grandson of queen victoria (1889-1922).
Born May 21st, 1889 in Windsor Castle.
Died April 23rd, 1922 at 32 years old in Kensington Palace.
Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad
Caliph of the messiah.
Born January 12th, 1889 in Kotha. [ref]
Died November 7th, 1965 at 76 years old in Rabwah.
Robert Benchley
American writer and actor (1889-1945).
Born September 15th, 1889 in Worcester.
Died November 21st, 1945 at 56 years old in New York City (cerebral hemorrhage).
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
French army general, marshal of france (1889-1952).
Born February 2nd, 1889 in Mouilleron-en-Pareds. [ref]
Died January 11th, 1952 at 62 years old in Paris (cancer). [ref]
Carl von Ossietzky
German journalist, author, pacifist and recipient of the 1935 nobel peace prize (1889–1938).
Born October 3rd, 1889 in Hamburg.
Died May 4th, 1938 at 48 years old in Berlin (tuberculosis).
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