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In the year 1948
346 Notable deaths
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Indian nationalist leader and nonviolence advocate (1869–1948).
Born October 2nd, 1869 in Porbandar. [ref]
Died January 30th, 1948 at 78 years old in Gandhi Smriti (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Babe Ruth
American baseball player (1895–1948).
Born February 6th, 1895 in Baltimore.
Died August 16th, 1948 at 53 years old in Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (esophageal cancer).
Mohammad Ali Jinnah
Politician and the founder of pakistan (1876–1948).
Born December 25th, 1876 in Karachi. [ref]
Died September 11th, 1948 at 71 years old in Karachi (tuberculosis).
Zelda Fitzgerald
Novelist, wife of f. scott fitzgerald (1900-1948).
Born July 24th, 1900 in Montgomery. [ref]
Died March 10th, 1948 at 47 years old in Asheville (conflagration). [ref]
Hideki Tojo
Japanese prime minister and general, convicted war criminal (1884-1948).
Born December 30th, 1884 in Kōjimachi-ku.
Died December 23rd, 1948 at 63 years old in Sugamo Prison (hanging).
John J. Pershing
United states army general in world war i.
Born September 13th, 1860 in Laclede.
Died July 15th, 1948 at 87 years old in Washington, D.C. (heart failure).
Mileva Marić
Serbian mathematician and wife of albert einstein.
Born December 19th, 1875 in Titel. [ref]
Died August 4th, 1948 at 72 years old in Zürich. [ref]
Kathleen Cavendish
American socialite, sister of john f. kennedy.
Born February 20th, 1920 in Brookline.
Died May 13th, 1948 at 28 years old in Saint-Bauzile (aviation accident).
Sergei Eisenstein
Soviet filmmaker (1898-1948).
Born January 22nd, 1898 in Riga. [ref]
Died July 23rd, 1948 at 50 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Harilal Gandhi
Son of mahatma gandhi (1888-1948).
Born August 23rd, 1888 in Rajkot.
Died June 18th, 1948 at 59 years old in Mumbai (tuberculosis). [ref]
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If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die. Maya Angelou