In the year 1942
521 Notable deaths
Alexey Troitsky
Russian chess player (1866-1942).
Born March 14th, 1866 in Saint Petersburg.
Died August 14th, 1942 at 76 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Józef Kowalski
Polish saint.
Born March 13th, 1911 in Gmina Lubień.
Died July 4th, 1942 at 31 years old in Auschwitz.
Magomet Gadzhiyev
Soviet submarine commander (1907-1942).
Born December 20th, 1907 in Megeb.
Died May 12th, 1942 at 34 years old in Barents Sea.
Ludwig Aschoff
German physician/pathologist (1866–1942).
Born January 10th, 1866 in Berlin.
Died June 24th, 1942 at 76 years old in Freiburg im Breisgau (myocardial infarction).
Hernando Siles Reyes
President of bolivia (1882-1942).
Born August 5th, 1882 in Sucre.
Died November 23rd, 1942 at 60 years old in Lima.
Stefania Wilczyńska
Polish teacher.
Born May 26th, 1886 in Warsaw. [ref]
Died August 6th, 1942 at 56 years old in Treblinka extermination camp. [ref]
Andrievs Niedra
Latvian politician (1871-1942).
Born February 8th, 1871 in Tirza Parish. [ref]
Died September 25th, 1942 at 71 years old in Riga.
Jochen Klepper
German writer (1903–1942).
Born March 22nd, 1903 in Bytom Odrzański. [ref]
Died December 11th, 1942 at 39 years old in Berlin (asphyxia).
Vladimir Varićak
Croatian mathematician (1865–1942).
Born March 1st, 1865 in Švica.
Died January 18th, 1942 at 76 years old in Zagreb. [ref]
Deaths 291 to 300 of 521
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride! Hunter S. Thompson