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In the year 1898
639 Notable birthdays
Marie Pierre Kœnig
French general and politician (1898-1970).
Born October 10th, 1898 in Caen. [ref]
Died September 2nd, 1970 at 71 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
René Clair
French filmmaker and writer (1898–1981).
Born November 11th, 1898 in Paris.
Died March 15th, 1981 at 82 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
Helen B. Taussig
American cardiologist (1898-1986).
Born May 24th, 1898 in Cambridge.
Died May 20th, 1986 at 87 years old in Chester County (car collision).
R. Gordon Wasson
American ethnobiologist (1898-1986).
Born September 22nd, 1898 in Great Falls.
Died December 23rd, 1986 at 88 years old in Binghamton.
Oskar Homolka
Austrian actor (1898–1978).
Born August 12th, 1898 in Vienna. [ref]
Died January 29th, 1978 at 79 years old in Royal Tunbridge Wells (pneumonia). [ref]
Jean Borotra
French tennis player.
Born August 13th, 1898 in Biarritz. [ref]
Died July 17th, 1994 at 95 years old in Arbonne. [ref]
Winifred Holtby
British writer.
Born June 23rd, 1898 in Rudston. [ref]
Died September 29th, 1935 at 37 years old in London (nephritis). [ref]
Emil Artin
Austrian-armenian mathematician (1898–1962).
Born March 3rd, 1898 in Vienna.
Died December 20th, 1962 at 64 years old in Hamburg (myocardial infarction).
Julius Schaub
Chief aide and adjutant of adolf hitler (1898-1967).
Born August 20th, 1898 in Munich.
Died December 27th, 1967 at 69 years old in Munich.
Scott O'Dell
American children's writer.
Born May 23rd, 1898 in Los Angeles. [ref]
Died October 15th, 1989 at 91 years old in Mount Kisco (prostate cancer). [ref]
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