Famous Deaths Happened In 1939

Jan 02 In the year 1939 death of roman Dmowski, Polish politician (b. 1864)  

Jan 05 Amelia Earhart, American aviator declared dead after disappearance in 1937. (b. 1897) died on this day in history.  

Jan 06 Albert Ward, cricketer (England batsman in 7 Tests 1893-95), dies in the year 1939.  

Jan 09 Johann Strauss, Austrian conductor/Royal ball director, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

Jan 10 Jameson Thomas, actor (Piccadilly, Farmer's Wife), dies at 50 on this day in history.  

Jan 13 On this day in history jacob Ruppert, CEO (NY Yankees, 1915-39), dies  

Jan 16 On this day in history death of albert Fish, mass murderer, executed  

Jan 19 On this day in history 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 On this day in history death of maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician and nutritionist (b. 1867)  

Jan 26 On this day in history death of armand Calinescu, Romania's PM, assassinated by the iron guard  

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 in the year 1939.  

Feb 07 In the year 1939 death of boris Grigoriev, Russian painter (b. 1886)  

Feb 10 On this day in history pius XI, [Ambrogio D A Ratti], Italian Pope (1922-39), dies at 81  

Feb 11 In the year 1939 franz Schmidt, Austrian composer, dies at 64  

Feb 15 In the year 1939 foppe G Scheltema, Dutch lawyer, dies at 47  

Feb 16 On this day in history jura Soyfer, writer, dies at 26  

Feb 17 On this day in history death of willy Hess, German violinist (b. 1859)  

Feb 18 On this day in history ludwig Bonvin, composer, dies at 89  

Feb 22 Antonio Machado, Spanish poet (b. 1875) died in the year 1939.  

Feb 27 In the year 1939 nadezjda K Krupskaya, Russian revolutionary/wife of Lenin, dies at 70  

Mar 02 On this day in history howard Carter, Brit archaeologist/Egyptologist (King Tut), dies at 65  

Mar 06 [Carl L] Ferdinand von Lindemann, German mathematician, dies at 86 on this day in history.  

Mar 07 Amadeo Roldan, composer, dies at 38 in the year 1939.  

Mar 18 Henry Simpson Lunn, English humanitarian and religious leader (b. 1859) died in the year 1939.  

Mar 19 Lloyd L. Gaines, American civil rights activist died in the year 1939.  

Mar 21 In the year 1939 evald Aav, composer, dies at 39  

Mar 27 Constance Lindsay Skinner, author (Rivers of America), dies at 57 in the year 1939.  

Mar 28 On this day in history death of francis Matthew John Baker, Australian politician (b. 1903)  

Apr 05 In the year 1939 william Cooper, cricketer (two Tests for Australia 1882-84), dies  

Apr 06 In the year 1939 robert Courtneidge, British theater producer, dies  

Apr 07 In the year 1939 death of joseph Lyons, tenth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1879)  

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Jan 02 In the year 1939 birth of jim Bakker, televangelist (PTL Club)/rapist (Jessica Hahn)  

Jan 03 In the year 1939 birth of bobby Hull, NHL forward (Chicago Blackhawk 1957-72)  

Jan 03 Nikos Alefantos, Greek football manager was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03 Janice Crosio, Australian politician was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04 On this day in history birth of jon Appleton, composer  

Jan 05 On this day in history birth of bridget Parker, England, equestrian 3 day event (Olympic-gold-1972)  

Jan 05 In the year 1939 birth of peter Struycken, statues/computer expert/teacher  

Jan 06 In the year 1939 birth of murray Rose, Australian Olympic swimmer