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In the year 1906
697 Notable birthdays
Grace Hopper
American computer scientist and united states navy officer.
Born December 9th, 1906 in New York City.
Died January 1st, 1992 at 85 years old in Arlington County.
Chandra Shekhar Azad
Indian activist and socialist and revolutionary, freedom fighter and social reformer.
Born July 23rd, 1906 in Madhya Pradesh, British Raj, Jhabua district, Bhavra.
Died February 27th, 1931 at 24 years old in Uttar Pradesh, British Raj, Allahabad (ballistic trauma).
R. K. Narayan
Indian writer (1906-2001).
Born October 10th, 1906 in Chennai. [ref]
Died May 13th, 2001 at 94 years old in Chennai. [ref]
Dmitri Shostakovich
Soviet composer and pianist (1906–1975).
Born September 25th, 1906 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died August 9th, 1975 at 68 years old in Moscow (heart failure). [ref]
Jack Churchill
British soldier who fought throughout world war ii armed with a longbow, arrows, and a scottish broadsword.
Born September 16th, 1906 in Colombo.
Died March 8th, 1996 at 89 years old in Surrey. [ref]
King Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
King of saudi arabia (1906-1975).
Born April 14th, 1906 in Riyadh. [ref]
Died March 25th, 1975 at 68 years old in Reyadh (ballistic trauma).
John Carradine
American actor (1906-1988).
Born February 5th, 1906 in New York City. [ref]
Died November 27th, 1988 at 82 years old in Milan (myocardial infarction). [ref]
George Sanders
British actor (1906-1972).
Born July 3rd, 1906 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died April 25th, 1972 at 65 years old in Castelldefels (drug overdose). [ref]
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
German lutheran pastor, theologian, anti-nazi dissident.
Born February 4th, 1906 in Wrocław. [ref]
Died April 9th, 1945 at 39 years old in Flossenbürg concentration camp (hanging). [ref]
Kurt Gödel
Austrian-american logician, mathematician, and philosopher of mathematics (1906-1978).
Born April 28th, 1906 in Brno. [ref]
Died January 14th, 1978 at 71 years old in Princeton (starvation). [ref]
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