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In the year 1917
669 Notable birthdays
Luise Danz
Nazi concentration camp guard (1917–2009).
Born December 11th, 1917 in Walldorf.
Died June 21st, 2009 at 91 years old
Helen Forrest
American singer (1917-1999).
Born April 12th, 1917 in Atlantic City.
Died July 11th, 1999 at 82 years old in Woodland Hills (heart failure). [ref]
Do Muoi
Former general secretary of the communist party of vietnam (1917–2018).
Born February 2nd, 1917 in Thanh Trì.
Died October 1st, 2018 at 101 years old in Hanoi (multiple organ dysfunction syndrome). [ref]
Zhang Chunqiao
Member of the gang of four (1917–2005).
Born February 1st, 1917 in Juye County.
Died April 21st, 2005 at 88 years old in Beijing (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Yakov Pavlov
Hero of the soviet union (1917-1981).
Born October 17th, 1917 in Valdaysky District.
Died September 29th, 1981 at 63 years old in Veliky Novgorod.
Dinu Lipatti
Romanian pianist and composer (1917-1950).
Born March 19th, 1917 in Bucharest. [ref]
Died December 2nd, 1950 at 33 years old in Geneva (Hodgkin lymphoma). [ref]
Robert Taft, Jr.
American politician (1917–1993).
Born February 26th, 1917 in Cincinnati.
Died December 7th, 1993 at 76 years old in Cincinnati.
Tove Ditlevsen
Danish poet and author (1917–1976).
Born December 14th, 1917 in Copenhagen.
Died March 7th, 1976 at 58 years old in Copenhagen.
Inge Scholl
German activist.
Born August 11th, 1917 in Ingersheim an der Jagst.
Died September 4th, 1998 at 81 years old in Leutkirch im Allgäu (cancer). [ref]
Sameera Moussa
Egyptian nuclear physicist (1917-1952).
Born March 3rd, 1917 in Gharbia Governorate.
Died August 5th, 1952 at 35 years old in California (traffic collision).
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