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Events on Friday 13 January 1978 1
1911 – 1978Hubert Humphrey (1911-1978)Died 13 January 1978, aged 66Humphrey served as US Vice President under Lyndon Johnson and was the Democratic presidential nominee in 1968, losing narrowly to Richard Nixon. He died of bladder cancer shortly after returning to the Senate.