Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In 1942

Feb 27 Karel WFM Doorman, Dutch rear-admiral (Java Sea), KIA at 52 died on this day in history.  

Mar 01 In the year 1942 death of george S. Rentz, Navy Chaplain (b. 1882)  

Mar 03 Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, viceroy (Ethiopia), dies at 43 in the year 1942.  

Mar 04 On this day in history yuliya Lazarevna Veysberg, composer, dies at 62  

Mar 08 Jose R Capablanca, Cuban chess player (world champ 1927), dies at 53 on this day in history.  

Mar 10 William Henry Bragg, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862) died in the year 1942.  

Mar 12 In the year 1942 enrique Morera, composer, dies at 76  

Mar 15 Alexander van Zemlinsky, Aust/US composer (African Dance), dies at 70 on this day in history.  

Mar 16 Alexander van Zemlinsky, Austrian composer (African Dance), dies at 69 in the year 1942.  

Mar 19 Clinton Hart Merriam, American zoologist (b. 1855) died in the year 1942.  

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

Mar 26 On this day in history death of jimmy Burke, American baseball player (b. 1874)  

Mar 28 Herman A van Karnebeek, Dutch foreign minister (1918-27), dies at 67 in the year 1942.  

Mar 30 On this day in history alfred Coville, French historian (Lesson premier Valois), dies at 81  

Apr 03 On this day in history albert Siklos, composer, dies at 63  

Apr 08 In the year 1942 alfred Mombert, writer, dies  

Apr 12 Johannes E Akkeringa, Dutch painter/etcher, dies at 80 in the year 1942.  

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

Apr 15 Robert Musil, Austrian writer (Mann ohne Eigenschaften), dies at 61 in the year 1942.  

Apr 17 On this day in history death of jean Perrin, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1870)  

Apr 18 In the year 1942 death of gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American socialite (b. 1875)  

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

Apr 24 On this day in history death of karin Boye, Swedish author (b. 1900)  

Apr 25 Paul Kornfeld, writer, dies at 52 on this day in history.  

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 On this day in history death of qemal Stafa, Albanian politician (b. 1920)  

May 07 In the year 1942 felix Paul von Weingartner, Austria conductor/composer, dies at 79  

May 10 In the year 1942 joseph M Weber, comedian/singer (Weber & Lewis Fields), dies at 74  

May 13 On this day in history hyam Greenbaum, composer, dies at 41  

May 16 On this day in history bronislaw Kasper Malinowski, anthropologist, dies  

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

May 29 John Barrymore, US actor (Beloved Rogue, Dinner at 8), dies at 60 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1942.  

Jan 03 In the year 1942 birth of john Marsden, Australian lawyer, gay activist (d. 2006)  

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 In the year 1942 birth of cliff Potts, Glendale Calif, actor (Ted-Lou Grant)  

Jan 05 Maurizio Pollini, Milan Italy, pianist was born in the year 1942.  

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