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 in the year 1939.  

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 Jameson Thomas, actor (Piccadilly, Farmer's Wife), dies at 50 in the year 1939.  

Jan 13 In the year 1939 jacob Ruppert, CEO (NY Yankees, 1915-39), dies  

Jan 16 Albert Fish, mass murderer, executed died on this day in history.  

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 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 In the year 1939 edward Sapir, US linguist/cultural antropologist (indian), dies at 55  

Feb 07 On this day in history death of boris Grigoriev, Russian painter (b. 1886)  

Feb 10 Pius XI, [Ambrogio D A Ratti], Italian Pope (1922-39), dies at 81 in the year 1939.  

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

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

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

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

Feb 27 Nadezjda K Krupskaya, Russian revolutionary/wife of Lenin, dies at 70 in the year 1939.  

Mar 02 Howard Carter, Brit archaeologist/Egyptologist (King Tut), dies at 65 in the year 1939.  

Mar 06 In the year 1939 [Carl L] Ferdinand von Lindemann, German mathematician, dies at 86  

Mar 07 In the year 1939 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 In the year 1939 death of lloyd L. Gaines, American civil rights activist  

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 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 on this day in history.  

Apr 07 Joseph Lyons, tenth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1879) died on this day in history.  

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

Jan 03 On this day in history 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 Janice Crosio, Australian politician was born in the year 1939.  

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 On this day in history birth of peter Struycken, statues/computer expert/teacher  

Jan 06 On this day in history birth of murray Rose, Australian Olympic swimmer