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In the year 1897
601 Notable birthdays
Georgios Grivas-Digenis
Cypriot general.
Born June 6th, 1897 in Nicosia.
Died January 27th, 1974 at 76 years old in Limassol (heart failure).
Otto Christian Archibald von Bismarck
German politician (1897-1975).
Born September 25th, 1897 in Schönhausen (Elbe).
Died December 24th, 1975 at 78 years old in Friedrichsruh.
Johann Rattenhuber
German ss general (1897-1957).
Born April 30th, 1897 in Oberhaching.
Died June 30th, 1957 at 60 years old in Munich.
Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller
German general.
Born August 29th, 1897 in Barmen.
Died May 20th, 1947 at 49 years old in Chaidari (ballistic trauma).
Einar Gerhardsen
22nd prime minister of norway.
Born May 10th, 1897 in Asker. [ref]
Died September 19th, 1987 at 90 years old in Oslo.
Ngô Đình Thục
Archbishop of huế (1897–1984).
Born October 6th, 1897 in Huế.
Died December 13th, 1984 at 87 years old in Carthage.
Rouben Mamoulian
American film and theatre director (1897–1987).
Born October 8th, 1897 in Tbilisi.
Died December 4th, 1987 at 90 years old in Woodland Hills.
Chen Cheng
Chinese politician and soldier (1897–1965).
Born January 4th, 1897 in Qingtian.
Died March 5th, 1965 at 68 years old in Taipei (liver cancer).
Vasily Sokolovsky
Marshal of the soviet union (1897-1968).
Born July 21st, 1897 in Koźliki, Białystok County.
Died May 10th, 1968 at 70 years old in Moscow.
Paul Delvaux
Belgian painter (1897-1994).
Born September 23rd, 1897 in Huy, Antheit. [ref]
Died July 20th, 1994 at 96 years old in Veurne. [ref]
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