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In the year 1941

390 Notable deaths

José Quiñones Gonzales

Peruvian air force general (1914-1941).

Born April 22nd, 1914 in Pimentel.

Died July 23rd, 1941 at 27 years old in Ecuador.

Louis Marcoussis

French painter and engraver (1878-1941).

Born November 14th, 1878 in Warsaw. [ref]

Died October 22nd, 1941 at 62 years old in Cusset. [ref]

Vladimir Ćorović

Serbian historian.

Born October 27th, 1885 in Mostar.

Died April 16th, 1941 at 55 years old in Greece (aircraft crash).

Menachem Ussishkin

Jewish politician.

Born August 14th, 1863 in Dubroŭna.

Died October 2nd, 1941 at 78 years old in Jerusalem.

Milka Ternina

Croatian opera singer (1863-1941).

Born December 19th, 1863 in Vezišće.

Died May 18th, 1941 at 77 years old in Zagreb.

Karel Hašler

Czech songwriter and actor.

Born October 31st, 1879 in Prague, Zlíchov. [ref]

Died December 22nd, 1941 at 62 years old in Mauthausen concentration camp (torture). [ref]

Norberto Romuáldez

Filipino politician and writer (1875-1941).

Born June 6th, 1875 in Burauen.

Died November 4th, 1941 at 66 years old in Palapag.

Viktor Dankl von Krasnik

Austrian general (1854-1941).

Born September 18th, 1854 in Udine.

Died January 8th, 1941 at 86 years old in Innsbruck.

Joachim Gottschalk

German actor.

Born April 10th, 1904 in Calau. [ref]

Died November 6th, 1941 at 37 years old in Berlin (asphyxia). [ref]

Alfred Hettner

German geomorphologist.

Born August 6th, 1859 in Dresden.

Died August 31st, 1941 at 82 years old in Heidelberg.

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