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In the year 1942
453 Notable deaths
Germaine Dulac
French film director.
Born November 17th, 1882 in Amiens. [ref]
Died July 20th, 1942 at 59 years old in Paris. [ref]
Alois Eliáš
Czechoslovak general and politician (1890-1942).
Born September 29th, 1890 in Prague, Vinohrady. [ref]
Died June 19th, 1942 at 51 years old in Kobylisy Shooting Range (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Felix Weingartner
Austrian conductor, composer and pianist (1863-1942).
Born June 2nd, 1863 in Zadar. [ref]
Died May 7th, 1942 at 78 years old in Winterthur. [ref]
Mohammad Ali Foroughi
Iranian politician.
Born August 1st, 1877 in Tehran.
Died November 27th, 1942 at 65 years old in Tehran.
Vera Figner
Russian political activist (1852-1942).
Died June 15th, 1942 at 89 years old in Moscow (pneumonia). [ref]
Sébastien Faure
French anarchist (1858–1942).
Born January 6th, 1858 in Saint-Étienne. [ref]
Died July 14th, 1942 at 84 years old in Royan. [ref]
Henio Zytomirski
Polish jew.
Born March 25th, 1933 in Lublin.
Died November 9th, 1942 at 9 years old in Lublin-Majdanek concentration camp.
Christian Frederik von Schalburg
Danish ss officer.
Born April 15th, 1906 in Zmeinogorsk.
Died June 2nd, 1942 at 36 years old in Demyansk (killed in action).
Roberto Arlt Zavalaga
Argentine writer.
Born April 2nd, 1900 in Buenos Aires. [ref]
Died July 26th, 1942 at 42 years old in Buenos Aires (cardiac arrest). [ref]
Henri de Baillet-Latour
Belgian sports executive (1876-1942).
Born March 1st, 1876 in City of Brussels. [ref]
Died January 6th, 1942 at 65 years old in Ixelles - Elsene (myocardial infarction).
Deaths 131 to 140 of 453
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