Famous Deaths Happened In 1939

Jan 02 Roman Dmowski, Polish politician (b. 1864) died in the year 1939.  

Jan 05 In the year 1939 death of amelia Earhart, American aviator declared dead after disappearance in 1937. (b. 1897)  

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

Jan 09 In the year 1939 johann Strauss, Austrian conductor/Royal ball director, dies at 72  

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 Cliff Heathcote, American baseball player (b. 1898) died on this day in history.  

Jan 23 In the year 1939 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 On this day in history death of armand Calinescu, Romania's PM, assassinated by the iron guard  

Jan 28 William Butler Yeats, Irish poet (Nobel), dies in France at 73 in the year 1939.  

Jan 31 George Thornton, cricketer (1 Test for S Africa 1902, 1* & 1-20), dies on this day in history.  

Feb 04 Edward Sapir, US linguist/cultural antropologist (indian), dies at 55 in the year 1939.  

Feb 07 Boris Grigoriev, Russian painter (b. 1886) died in the year 1939.  

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

Feb 11 Franz Schmidt, Austrian composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

Feb 15 Foppe G Scheltema, Dutch lawyer, dies at 47 in the year 1939.  

Feb 16 In the year 1939 jura Soyfer, writer, dies at 26  

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

Feb 18 Ludwig Bonvin, composer, dies at 89 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1939.  

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 on this day in history.  

Mar 18 In the year 1939 death of henry Simpson Lunn, English humanitarian and religious leader (b. 1859)  

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

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 In the year 1939 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 On this day in history death of joseph Lyons, tenth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1879)  

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Jan 02 Jim Bakker, televangelist (PTL Club)/rapist (Jessica Hahn) was born in the year 1939.  

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

Jan 03 On this day in history birth of nikos Alefantos, Greek football manager  

Jan 03 On this day in history birth of janice Crosio, Australian politician  

Jan 04 Jon Appleton, composer was born in the year 1939.  

Jan 05 Bridget Parker, England, equestrian 3 day event (Olympic-gold-1972) was born in the year 1939.  

Jan 05 Peter Struycken, statues/computer expert/teacher was born in the year 1939.  

Jan 06 Murray Rose, Australian Olympic swimmer was born on this day in history.