Famous Deaths In 1939
Friday, 29 March 2024
Jan 02 Roman Dmowski, Polish politician (b. 1864) died in the year 1939.
Jan 05 Amelia Earhart, American aviator declared dead after disappearance in 1937. (b. 1897) died on this day in history.
Jan 06 In the year 1939 albert Ward, cricketer (England batsman in 7 Tests 1893-95), dies
Jan 09 Johann Strauss, Austrian conductor/Royal ball director, dies at 72 in the year 1939.
Jan 10 In the year 1939 jameson Thomas, actor (Piccadilly, Farmer's Wife), dies at 50
Jan 13 In the year 1939 jacob Ruppert, CEO (NY Yankees, 1915-39), dies
Jan 16 On this day in history death of albert Fish, mass murderer, executed
Jan 19 In the year 1939 death of cliff Heathcote, American baseball player (b. 1898)
Jan 23 On this day in history death of matthias Sindelar, Austria soccer star, commits suicide
Jan 24 In the year 1939 death of maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician and nutritionist (b. 1867)
Jan 26 Armand Calinescu, Romania's PM, assassinated by the iron guard died on this day in history.
Jan 28 In the year 1939 william Butler Yeats, Irish poet (Nobel), dies in France at 73
Jan 31 In the year 1939 george Thornton, cricketer (1 Test for S Africa 1902, 1* & 1-20), dies
Feb 04 Edward Sapir, US linguist/cultural antropologist (indian), dies at 55 on this day in history.
Feb 07 On this day in history death of boris Grigoriev, Russian painter (b. 1886)
Feb 10 In the year 1939 pius XI, [Ambrogio D A Ratti], Italian Pope (1922-39), dies at 81
Feb 11 Franz Schmidt, Austrian composer, dies at 64 in the year 1939.
Feb 15 On this day in history foppe G Scheltema, Dutch lawyer, dies at 47
Feb 16 Jura Soyfer, writer, dies at 26 on this day in history.
Feb 17 In the year 1939 death of willy Hess, German violinist (b. 1859)
Feb 18 On this day in history ludwig Bonvin, composer, dies at 89
Feb 22 On this day in history death of antonio Machado, Spanish poet (b. 1875)
Feb 27 Nadezjda K Krupskaya, Russian revolutionary/wife of Lenin, dies at 70 on this day in history.
Mar 02 Howard Carter, Brit archaeologist/Egyptologist (King Tut), dies at 65 in the year 1939.
Mar 06 [Carl L] Ferdinand von Lindemann, German mathematician, dies at 86 in the year 1939.
Mar 07 On this day in history amadeo Roldan, composer, dies at 38
Mar 18 On this day in history death of henry Simpson Lunn, English humanitarian and religious leader (b. 1859)
Mar 19 Lloyd L. Gaines, American civil rights activist died on this day in history.
Mar 21 On this day in history evald Aav, composer, dies at 39
Mar 27 Constance Lindsay Skinner, author (Rivers of America), dies at 57 on this day in history.
Mar 28 Francis Matthew John Baker, Australian politician (b. 1903) died on this day in history.
Apr 05 William Cooper, cricketer (two Tests for Australia 1882-84), dies on this day in history.
Apr 06 In the year 1939 robert Courtneidge, British theater producer, dies
Apr 07 On this day in history death of joseph Lyons, tenth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1879)
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