Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened 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 In the year 1942 amedeo, Duke of Aosta, viceroy (Ethiopia), dies at 43  

Mar 04 On this day in history 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 In the year 1942 death of william Henry Bragg, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)  

Mar 12 Enrique Morera, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

Mar 15 Alexander van Zemlinsky, Aust/US composer (African Dance), dies at 70 in the year 1942.  

Mar 16 Alexander van Zemlinsky, Austrian composer (African Dance), dies at 69 on this day in history.  

Mar 19 On this day in history death of clinton Hart Merriam, American zoologist (b. 1855)  

Mar 20 In the year 1942 theodoro Valcarcel, composer, dies at 41  

Mar 26 In the year 1942 death of jimmy Burke, American baseball player (b. 1874)  

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

Mar 30 Alfred Coville, French historian (Lesson premier Valois), dies at 81 on this day in history.  

Apr 03 In the year 1942 albert Siklos, composer, dies at 63  

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

Apr 12 On this day in history 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 In the year 1942 robert Musil, Austrian writer (Mann ohne Eigenschaften), dies at 61  

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

Apr 18 Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American socialite (b. 1875) died on this day in history.  

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

Apr 30 Catherine Murphy Urner, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.  

May 03 On this day in history death of johan H Westerveld, lt-col/leader Order Service, executed  

May 05 Qemal Stafa, Albanian politician (b. 1920) died in the year 1942.  

May 07 Felix Paul von Weingartner, Austria conductor/composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

May 10 On this day in history 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 In the year 1942 bronislaw Kasper Malinowski, anthropologist, dies  

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

May 29 On this day in history john Barrymore, US actor (Beloved Rogue, Dinner at 8), dies at 60  

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

Jan 03 John Marsden, Australian lawyer, gay activist (d. 2006) was born in the year 1942.  

Jan 04 In the year 1942 birth of john McLaughlin, rock guitarist (Sentimental Journey/Clouds of Joy)  

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

Jan 05 On this day in history birth of cliff Potts, Glendale Calif, actor (Ted-Lou Grant)  

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