In the year 1942
521 Notable deaths
Jean Perrin
French physicist (1870–1942).
Born September 30th, 1870 in Lille.
Died April 17th, 1942 at 71 years old in New York City.
Andy Ducat
English cricket player (1886-1942).
Born February 16th, 1886 in London.
Died July 23rd, 1942 at 56 years old in London.
Grigol Peradze
Georgian theologian (1899–1942).
Born September 13th, 1899 in Bakurtsikhe.
Died December 6th, 1942 at 43 years old in Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp.
Hale Hamilton
American actor (1879-1942).
Born February 28th, 1883 in Topeka.
Died May 19th, 1942 at 59 years old in Hollywood.
Alfred Flatow
German gymnast (1869–1942).
Born October 3rd, 1869 in Gdańsk. [ref]
Died December 28th, 1942 at 73 years old in Theresienstadt concentration camp.
Leon Jessel
German composer (1871-1942).
Born January 22nd, 1871 in Szczecin.
Died January 4th, 1942 at 70 years old in Berlin (torture).
Pasquale Amato
Italian opera singer (1878–1942).
Born March 21st, 1878 in Naples.
Died August 13th, 1942 at 64 years old in New York City, Jackson Heights.
Stanislav Binički
Composer.
Born July 27th, 1872 in Kruševac.
Died February 15th, 1942 at 69 years old in Belgrade.
Vladimir Petlyakov
Soviet aerospace engineer.
Born June 27th, 1891 in Rostov-on-Don.
Died January 12th, 1942 at 50 years old in Kazan.
Deaths 251 to 260 of 521
We are born from a quiet sleep, and we die to a calm awakening. Zhuangzi