Famous Deaths In 1942

Feb 27 On this day in history 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 Jose R Capablanca, Cuban chess player (world champ 1927), dies at 53 in the year 1942.  

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

Mar 12 Enrique Morera, composer, dies at 76 in the year 1942.  

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

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 Theodoro Valcarcel, composer, dies at 41 in the year 1942.  

Mar 26 Jimmy Burke, American baseball player (b. 1874) died in the year 1942.  

Mar 28 On this day in history herman A van Karnebeek, Dutch foreign minister (1918-27), dies at 67  

Mar 30 In the year 1942 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 On this day in history alfred Mombert, writer, dies  

Apr 12 In the year 1942 johannes E Akkeringa, Dutch painter/etcher, dies at 80  

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 In the year 1942 death of jean Perrin, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1870)  

Apr 18 Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American socialite (b. 1875) died in the year 1942.  

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

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

Apr 25 On this day in history paul Kornfeld, writer, dies at 52  

Apr 30 On this day in history 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 Joseph M Weber, comedian/singer (Weber & Lewis Fields), dies at 74 on this day in history.  

May 13 In the year 1942 hyam Greenbaum, composer, dies at 41  

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 John Barrymore, US actor (Beloved Rogue, Dinner at 8), dies at 60 in the year 1942.  

May 31 Reinhard Heydrich, German protector of Bohemia & Moravia, assassinated died in the year 1942.  

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Jan 02 Hugh Shelton, 15th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff was born in the year 1942.  

Jan 03 In the year 1942 birth of john Thaw, British actor (d. 2002)  

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 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 In the year 1942 birth of jan Leeming, English television presenter and newsreader