Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In 1942

Feb 27 In the year 1942 death of karel WFM Doorman, Dutch rear-admiral (Java Sea), KIA at 52  

Mar 01 George S. Rentz, Navy Chaplain (b. 1882) died on this day in history.  

Mar 03 Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, viceroy (Ethiopia), dies at 43 on this day in history.  

Mar 04 In the year 1942 yuliya Lazarevna Veysberg, composer, dies at 62  

Mar 08 In the year 1942 jose R Capablanca, Cuban chess player (world champ 1927), dies at 53  

Mar 10 William Henry Bragg, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862) died on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1942.  

Mar 16 In the year 1942 alexander van Zemlinsky, Austrian composer (African Dance), dies at 69  

Mar 19 Clinton Hart Merriam, American zoologist (b. 1855) died on this day in history.  

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

Mar 26 Jimmy Burke, American baseball player (b. 1874) died on this day in history.  

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

Mar 30 In the year 1942 alfred Coville, French historian (Lesson premier Valois), dies at 81  

Apr 03 Albert Siklos, composer, dies at 63 in the year 1942.  

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

Apr 12 Johannes E Akkeringa, Dutch painter/etcher, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

Apr 13 On this day in history death of henk Sneevliet, leader of Dutch RSAP/Spartacus, executed at 58  

Apr 15 Robert Musil, Austrian writer (Mann ohne Eigenschaften), dies at 61 on this day in history.  

Apr 17 Jean Perrin, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1870) died in the year 1942.  

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

Apr 23 Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear, pres of Argentina (1922-28), dies at 73 in the year 1942.  

Apr 24 Karin Boye, Swedish author (b. 1900) died in the year 1942.  

Apr 25 Paul Kornfeld, writer, dies at 52 in the year 1942.  

Apr 30 Catherine Murphy Urner, composer, dies at 51 in the year 1942.  

May 03 Johan H Westerveld, lt-col/leader Order Service, executed died in the year 1942.  

May 05 Qemal Stafa, Albanian politician (b. 1920) died on this day in history.  

May 07 On this day in history 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 Hyam Greenbaum, composer, dies at 41 in the year 1942.  

May 16 Bronislaw Kasper Malinowski, anthropologist, dies on this day in history.  

May 19 [Nicoline] Magdalene Anchor-Roll, Norwegian author (Enken), dies at 69 in the year 1942.  

May 29 In the year 1942 john Barrymore, US actor (Beloved Rogue, Dinner at 8), dies at 60  

May 31 On this day in history death of reinhard Heydrich, German protector of Bohemia & Moravia, assassinated  

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Jan 02 In the year 1942 birth of hugh Shelton, 15th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff  

Jan 03 On this day in history birth of john Thaw, British actor (d. 2002)  

Jan 03 John Marsden, Australian lawyer, gay activist (d. 2006) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04 John McLaughlin, rock guitarist (Sentimental Journey/Clouds of Joy) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05 Charlie Rose, Henderson NC, newscaster (CBS Night Watch) was born in the year 1942.  

Jan 05 Cliff Potts, Glendale Calif, actor (Ted-Lou Grant) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05 In the year 1942 birth of maurizio Pollini, Milan Italy, pianist  

Jan 05 Jan Leeming, English television presenter and newsreader was born in the year 1942.