Famous Deaths In 1942

Feb 27 On this day in history death of karel WFM Doorman, Dutch rear-admiral (Java Sea), KIA at 52  

Mar 01 George S. Rentz, Navy Chaplain (b. 1882) died on this day in history.  

Mar 03 In the year 1942 amedeo, Duke of Aosta, viceroy (Ethiopia), dies at 43  

Mar 04 Yuliya Lazarevna Veysberg, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

Mar 08 In the year 1942 jose R Capablanca, Cuban chess player (world champ 1927), dies at 53  

Mar 10 William Henry Bragg, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862) died on this day in history.  

Mar 12 Enrique Morera, composer, dies at 76 in the year 1942.  

Mar 15 Alexander van Zemlinsky, Aust/US composer (African Dance), dies at 70 in the year 1942.  

Mar 16 In the year 1942 alexander van Zemlinsky, Austrian composer (African Dance), dies at 69  

Mar 19 In the year 1942 death of clinton Hart Merriam, American zoologist (b. 1855)  

Mar 20 On this day in history theodoro Valcarcel, composer, dies at 41  

Mar 26 Jimmy Burke, American baseball player (b. 1874) died on this day in history.  

Mar 28 On this day in history herman A van Karnebeek, Dutch foreign minister (1918-27), dies at 67  

Mar 30 Alfred Coville, French historian (Lesson premier Valois), dies at 81 on this day in history.  

Apr 03 Albert Siklos, composer, dies at 63 in the year 1942.  

Apr 08 Alfred Mombert, writer, dies on this day in history.  

Apr 12 Johannes E Akkeringa, Dutch painter/etcher, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

Apr 13 In the year 1942 death of henk Sneevliet, leader of Dutch RSAP/Spartacus, executed at 58  

Apr 15 On this day in history robert Musil, Austrian writer (Mann ohne Eigenschaften), dies at 61  

Apr 17 Jean Perrin, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1870) died in the year 1942.  

Apr 18 Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American socialite (b. 1875) died in the year 1942.  

Apr 23 Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear, pres of Argentina (1922-28), dies at 73 on this day in history.  

Apr 24 Karin Boye, Swedish author (b. 1900) died in the year 1942.  

Apr 25 In the year 1942 paul Kornfeld, writer, dies at 52  

Apr 30 In the year 1942 catherine Murphy Urner, composer, dies at 51  

May 03 Johan H Westerveld, lt-col/leader Order Service, executed died on this day in history.  

May 05 Qemal Stafa, Albanian politician (b. 1920) died in the year 1942.  

May 07 Felix Paul von Weingartner, Austria conductor/composer, dies at 79 in the year 1942.  

May 10 On this day in history joseph M Weber, comedian/singer (Weber & Lewis Fields), dies at 74  

May 13 Hyam Greenbaum, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.  

May 16 Bronislaw Kasper Malinowski, anthropologist, dies on this day in history.  

May 19 [Nicoline] Magdalene Anchor-Roll, Norwegian author (Enken), dies at 69 on this day in history.  

May 29 In the year 1942 john Barrymore, US actor (Beloved Rogue, Dinner at 8), dies at 60  

May 31 In the year 1942 death of reinhard Heydrich, German protector of Bohemia & Moravia, assassinated  

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Jan 02 Hugh Shelton, 15th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03 John Thaw, British actor (d. 2002) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03 John Marsden, Australian lawyer, gay activist (d. 2006) was born in the year 1942.  

Jan 04 John McLaughlin, rock guitarist (Sentimental Journey/Clouds of Joy) was born in the year 1942.  

Jan 05 On this day in history birth of charlie Rose, Henderson NC, newscaster (CBS Night Watch)  

Jan 05 Cliff Potts, Glendale Calif, actor (Ted-Lou Grant) was born in the year 1942.  

Jan 05 On this day in history birth of maurizio Pollini, Milan Italy, pianist  

Jan 05 On this day in history birth of jan Leeming, English television presenter and newsreader