Famous Deaths Happened In 1939

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 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 On this day in history jameson Thomas, actor (Piccadilly, Farmer's Wife), dies at 50  

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

Jan 16 Albert Fish, mass murderer, executed died in the year 1939.  

Jan 19 Cliff Heathcote, American baseball player (b. 1898) died on this day in history.  

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 In the year 1939 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 On this day in history george Thornton, cricketer (1 Test for S Africa 1902, 1* & 1-20), dies  

Feb 04 On this day in history edward Sapir, US linguist/cultural antropologist (indian), dies at 55  

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

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 on this day in history.  

Feb 15 Foppe G Scheltema, Dutch lawyer, dies at 47 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 17 Willy Hess, German violinist (b. 1859) died on this day in history.  

Feb 18 Ludwig Bonvin, composer, dies at 89 in the year 1939.  

Feb 22 Antonio Machado, Spanish poet (b. 1875) died on this day in history.  

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 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 On this day in history death of lloyd L. Gaines, American civil rights activist  

Mar 21 Evald Aav, composer, dies at 39 in the year 1939.  

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

Mar 28 Francis Matthew John Baker, Australian politician (b. 1903) died in the year 1939.  

Apr 05 William Cooper, cricketer (two Tests for Australia 1882-84), dies in the year 1939.  

Apr 06 Robert Courtneidge, British theater producer, dies in the year 1939.  

Apr 07 Joseph Lyons, tenth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1879) died in the year 1939.  

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Jan 02 Jim Bakker, televangelist (PTL Club)/rapist (Jessica Hahn) was born on this day in history.  

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 In the year 1939 birth of janice Crosio, Australian politician  

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

Jan 05 Bridget Parker, England, equestrian 3 day event (Olympic-gold-1972) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 06 Murray Rose, Australian Olympic swimmer was born in the year 1939.