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In the year 1904
705 Notable birthdays
Robert Oppenheimer
American theoretical physicist, known as "father of the atomic bomb".
Born April 22nd, 1904 in New York City. [ref]
Died February 18th, 1967 at 62 years old in Princeton (lung cancer). [ref]
Cary Grant
British-american actor (1904–1986).
Born January 18th, 1904 in Bristol.
Died November 29th, 1986 at 82 years old in Davenport (stroke).
Joan Crawford
American actress (190?–1977).
Born March 23rd, 1904 in San Antonio. [ref]
Died May 10th, 1977 at 73 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction, pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Dr. Seuss
American children's author and cartoonist (1904–1991).
Born March 2nd, 1904 in Springfield.
Died September 24th, 1991 at 87 years old in La Jolla (old age). [ref]
Salvador Dalí
Spanish artist (1904-1989).
Born May 11th, 1904 in Figueres. [ref]
Died January 23rd, 1989 at 84 years old in Figueres (cardiac arrest). [ref]
Reinhard Heydrich
Most horrible german nazi ss and gestapo police official and main architect of the holocaust genocide (1904-1942).
Born March 7th, 1904 in Halle (Saale). [ref]
Died June 4th, 1942 at 38 years old in Prague (sepsis, ballistic trauma). [ref]
Deng Xiaoping
Chinese politician and paramount leader from 1978 to 1989.
Born August 22nd, 1904 in Guang'an. [ref]
Died February 20th, 1997 at 92 years old in Beijing (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Prime minister of india from 1964 to 1966.
Born October 2nd, 1904 in Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar.
Died January 11th, 1966 at 61 years old in Tashkent (myocardial infarction).
J. R. D. Tata
Indian businessman.
Born July 29th, 1904 in Paris.
Died November 29th, 1993 at 89 years old in Geneva.
Glenn Miller
American big band musician, arranger, composer and bandleader (1904-1944).
Born March 1st, 1904 in Clarinda. [ref]
Died December 15th, 1944 at 40 years old in English Channel (aviation accident). [ref]
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