Famous Deaths Happened In 1939

Jan 02 On this day in history death of roman Dmowski, Polish politician (b. 1864)  

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

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 in the year 1939.  

Jan 13 Jacob Ruppert, CEO (NY Yankees, 1915-39), dies in the year 1939.  

Jan 16 In the year 1939 death of albert Fish, mass murderer, executed  

Jan 19 In the year 1939 death of cliff Heathcote, American baseball player (b. 1898)  

Jan 23 Matthias Sindelar, Austria soccer star, commits suicide died in the year 1939.  

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 George Thornton, cricketer (1 Test for S Africa 1902, 1* & 1-20), dies in the year 1939.  

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 Pius XI, [Ambrogio D A Ratti], Italian Pope (1922-39), dies at 81 on this day in history.  

Feb 11 On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

Feb 27 On this day in history nadezjda K Krupskaya, Russian revolutionary/wife of Lenin, dies at 70  

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 On this day in history amadeo Roldan, composer, dies at 38  

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 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 on this day in history.  

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

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 in the year 1939.  

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

Jan 03 Bobby Hull, NHL forward (Chicago Blackhawk 1957-72) was born in the year 1939.  

Jan 03 In the year 1939 birth of nikos Alefantos, Greek football manager  

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

Jan 04 In the year 1939 birth of jon Appleton, composer  

Jan 05 In the year 1939 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