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==Deaths== * January 14 β [[Kurt GΓΆdel]] (b. [[1906 in science|1906]]), American [[mathematician]] * February 25 β [[Edith Humphrey]] (b. [[1875 in science|1875]]), [[English people|English]] [[chemist]] * March 9 β [[Gaston Julia]] (b. [[1893 in science|1893]]), [[French people|French]] mathematician * March 23 β [[Haim Ernst Wertheimer]] (b. [[1893 in science|1893]]), [[Jews|Jewish]] [[biochemist]] * March 30 β [[Bill Hamilton (engineer)|Bill Hamilton]] (b. [[1899 in science|1899]]), [[New Zealand]] [[mechanical engineer]] * March 31 β [[Charles Best (medical scientist)|Charles Best]] (b. [[1899 in science|1899]]), [[Canadians|Canadian]] medical scientist * April 21 β [[Thomas Wyatt Turner]] (b. [[1877 in science|1877]]), American civil rights activist, [[biologist]] and educator; first black person ever to receive a doctorate from [[Cornell University]] * July 22 β [[AndrΓ© Chapelon]] (b. [[1892 in science|1892]]), [[French people|French]] [[steam locomotive]] designer * September 15 β [[Willy Messerschmitt]] (b. [[1898 in science|1898]]), [[German people|German]] aircraft engineer * November 15 β [[Margaret Mead]] (b. [[1901 in science|1901]]), American cultural [[anthropologist]]
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