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In the year 1897
633 Notable birthdays
Karo Halabyan
Soviet architect.
Born July 26th, 1897 in Ganja.
Died January 5th, 1959 at 61 years old in Moscow (lung cancer).
Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender
German opera singer (1897-1978).
Born February 19th, 1897 in Aachen.
Died February 13th, 1978 at 80 years old in Munich, Nuremberg.
Ville Pörhölä
Finnish athletics competitor (1897–1964).
Born December 24th, 1897 in Alatornio.
Died November 28th, 1964 at 66 years old in Oulu.
Nikolay Gikalo
Soviet politician (1897-1938).
Born March 20th, 1897 in Odesa.
Died April 25th, 1938 at 41 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound).
Kōsaku Aruga
Japanese admiral.
Born August 21st, 1897 in Tatsuno.
Died April 7th, 1945 at 47 years old in Kyushu.
Vasily Timofeyevich Volsky
Soviet general (1897-1946).
Born March 22nd, 1897 in Tula Oblast.
Died February 22nd, 1946 at 48 years old in Moscow.
Carl Erhardt
British ice hockey player (1897–1988).
Born February 15th, 1897 in Beckenham. [ref]
Died May 3rd, 1988 at 91 years old in London Borough of Bromley.
Mikhail Grigoryevich Yefremov
Russian and soviet military leader, red army lieutenant general (1897–1942).
Born March 11th, 1897 in Tarusa.
Died April 19th, 1942 at 45 years old in Vyazemsky District (gunshot wound).
Sándor Szathmári
Hungarian writer, mechanical engineer and esperantist.
Born June 19th, 1897 in Gyula.
Died September 27th, 1974 at 77 years old in Budapest.
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