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In the year 1897
574 Notable birthdays
Margaret Chase Smith
Member of the united states senate from maine (1897-1995).
Born December 14th, 1897 in Skowhegan. [ref]
Died May 29th, 1995 at 97 years old in Skowhegan (lung cancer). [ref]
Sidney Bechet
American jazz musician.
Born May 14th, 1897 in New Orleans. [ref]
Died May 14th, 1959 at 62 years old in Garches (lung cancer). [ref]
Paavo Nurmi
Finnish middle and long distance runner (1897-1973).
Born June 13th, 1897 in Turku. [ref]
Died October 2nd, 1973 at 76 years old in Helsinki.
Gordon Allport
American psychologist (1897-1967).
Born November 11th, 1897 in Montezuma. [ref]
Died October 9th, 1967 at 69 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
Kurt Daluege
German ss general and deputy reich protector of bohemia and moravia (1897-1946).
Born September 15th, 1897 in Kreuzberg. [ref]
Died October 24th, 1946 at 49 years old in Prague (hanging).
Otto Strasser
German politician, former member of the nazi party, rival of adolf hitler and founder of the black front (1888-1974).
Born September 14th, 1897 in Bad Windsheim. [ref]
Died August 27th, 1974 at 76 years old in Munich. [ref]
Chuhdary Rahmat Ali
Pakistani politician.
Born November 16th, 1897 in Balachaur. [ref]
Died February 12th, 1951 at 53 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
Kurt Schuschnigg
Chancellor of austria (1897-1977).
Born December 14th, 1897 in Riva del Garda. [ref]
Died November 18th, 1977 at 79 years old in Mutters. [ref]
Hans Speidel
German general; chief of staff under erwin rommel.
Born October 22nd, 1897 in Metzingen. [ref]
Died November 28th, 1984 at 87 years old in Bad Honnef. [ref]
Karl-Otto Koch
German ss officer and first commandant of the buchenwald and sachsenhausen concentration camp (1897-1945).
Born August 2nd, 1897 in Darmstadt.
Died April 5th, 1945 at 47 years old in Buchenwald concentration camp (ballistic trauma).
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