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October 19 2005

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Angelo Musi🇺🇸
deceased
American basketball player (1918–2009) · 1918–2009
Days lived
33,324
Berthold Lasker🇩🇪
deceased
German chess player (1860–1928) · 1860–1928
Days lived
24,763
Camille Claudel🇫🇷
deceased
artist · 1864–1943
Days lived
28,803
Carlos Dávila🇨🇱
deceased
writer · 1887–1955
Days lived
24,870
Edna St. Vincent Millay🇺🇸
deceased
writer · 1892–1950
Days lived
21,423
Edward Flannery🇺🇸
deceased
American priest and author (1912–1998) · 1912–1998
Days lived
31,471
Erich Koch-Weser
deceased
politician · 1875–1944
Days lived
25,437
Ernest Rutherford🇳🇿
deceased
politician · 1871–1937
Days lived
24,156
Eugène Joseph Delporte🇧🇪
deceased
Belgian astronomer (1882–1955) · 1882–1955
Days lived
26,944
Harold Lockwood🇺🇸
deceased
American actor (1887–1918) · 1887–1918
Days lived
11,512
Hugh Duffy🇺🇸
deceased
baseball player and manager (1866–1954) · 1866–1954
Days lived
32,103
Lu Xun
deceased
writer · 1881–1936
Days lived
20,112
Marie Thérèse of France🇫🇷
deceased
Aristocrat · 1778–1851
Days lived
26,601
Pilar Mercedes Miró Romero🇪🇸
deceased
Film director, Screenwriter (1940-1997) · 1940–1997
Days lived
21,001
Richard Blackwell🇺🇸
deceased
American journalist and fashion critic (1922-2008) · 1922–2008
Days lived
31,463
Vladimir Zelenin
deceased
scientist · 1881–1968
Days lived
32,067
Wilhelm Koenen🇩🇪
deceased
East German politician (1886-1963) · 1886–1963
Days lived
28,318
Winifred Asprey🇺🇸
deceased
American computer scientist and mathematician (1917–2007) · 1917–2007
Days lived
33,066

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