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In the year 1941
422 Notable deaths
Werner Mölders
German officer and fighter pilot during world war ii.
Born March 18th, 1913 in Gelsenkirchen.
Died November 22nd, 1941 at 28 years old in Wrocław.
Günther Lütjens
German admiral.
Born May 25th, 1889 in Wiesbaden.
Died May 27th, 1941 at 52 years old in Atlantic Ocean (killed in action).
James George Frazer
Scottish social anthropologist (1854–1941).
Born January 1st, 1854 in Glasgow.
Died May 7th, 1941 at 87 years old in Cambridge.
Arthur Evans
British archaeologist and scholar (1851–1941).
Born July 8th, 1851 in Nash Mills. [ref]
Died July 11th, 1941 at 90 years old in Youlbury House. [ref]
Marina Tsvetaeva
Russian poet (1892 – 1941).
Born October 8th, 1892 in Moscow.
Died August 31st, 1941 at 48 years old in Yelabuga (hanging).
Dmitry Pavlov
Soviet general.
Born October 23rd, 1897 in Pavlovo.
Died July 22nd, 1941 at 43 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound).
Annie Jump Cannon
American astronomer (1863-1941).
Born December 11th, 1863 in Dover.
Died April 13th, 1941 at 77 years old in Cambridge.
Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya
Soviet resistance member of world war ii and heroine of the soviet union (1923–1941).
Born September 13th, 1923 in Osino-Gai.
Died November 29th, 1941 at 18 years old in Petrischevo (hanging).
William Gibbs McAdoo
American politician (1863-1941).
Born October 31st, 1863 in Marietta.
Died February 1st, 1941 at 77 years old in Washington, D.C. (myocardial infarction).
Edward Rydz-Śmigły
Polish general (1886-1941).
Born March 11th, 1886 in Berezhany.
Died December 12th, 1941 at 55 years old in Warsaw (myocardial infarction). [ref]
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