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In the year 1942
453 Notable deaths
Akiko Yosano
Japanese writer.
Born December 7th, 1878 in Sakai. [ref]
Died May 29th, 1942 at 63 years old in Ogikubo (stroke). [ref]
Joseph Larmor
Irish physicist and mathematician (1857-1942).
Born July 11th, 1857 in Belfast. [ref]
Died May 19th, 1942 at 84 years old in Holywood. [ref]
José Díaz
Spanish politician.
Born May 3rd, 1895 in Seville. [ref]
Died March 20th, 1942 at 46 years old in Tbilisi. [ref]
Louis Franchet d'Espèrey
Marshal of france (1856-1942).
Born May 25th, 1856 in Mostaganem. [ref]
Died July 8th, 1942 at 86 years old in Albi. [ref]
Leopold Mandić
Catholic priest; saint (1866-1942).
Born May 12th, 1866 in Herceg Novi.
Died July 30th, 1942 at 76 years old in Padua (esophageal cancer). [ref]
Adolf Opálka
Czech warrior (1915-1942).
Born January 4th, 1915 in Rešice. [ref]
Died June 18th, 1942 at 27 years old in Prague, Ss. Cyril and Methodius Cathedral. [ref]
Bibb Graves
Governor of alabama (1873–1942).
Born April 1st, 1873 in Hope Hull.
Died March 14th, 1942 at 68 years old in Sarasota.
Jure Francetić
Croatian ustasha leader.
Born July 3rd, 1912 in Otočac.
Died December 28th, 1942 at 30 years old in Slunj (killed in action).
Hugh Samuel Johnson
American administrator.
Born August 5th, 1882 in Bourbon County. [ref]
Died April 15th, 1942 at 59 years old in Washington, D.C. (pneumonia).
Phillips Holmes
American actor.
Born July 22nd, 1907 in Grand Rapids.
Died August 12th, 1942 at 35 years old in Ontario.
Deaths 101 to 110 of 453
Neither the sun, nor death can be looked at steadily. François de La Rochefoucauld