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In the year 1942
499 Notable deaths
Franz Boas
German-american anthropologist.
Born July 9th, 1858 in Minden. [ref]
Died December 21st, 1942 at 84 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction). [ref]
José Raúl Capablanca
Cuban chess player (1888-1942).
Born November 19th, 1888 in Havana.
Died March 8th, 1942 at 53 years old in New York City (brain ischemia).
Grant Wood
American painter (1891-1942).
Born February 13th, 1891 in Anamosa. [ref]
Died February 13th, 1942 at 51 years old in Iowa City (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Deenanath Mangeshkar
Goan actor and singer (1900-1942).
Born December 29th, 1900 in Mangeshi.
Died April 24th, 1942 at 41 years old in Pune.
Heinz Hitler
Nephew of adolf hitler.
Born March 14th, 1920 in Magdeburg.
Died February 21st, 1942 at 21 years old in Butyrka prison.
Bronisław Malinowski
Polish anthropologist and ethnographer based in england and the usa.
Born April 7th, 1884 in Kraków. [ref]
Died May 16th, 1942 at 58 years old in New Haven (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Janusz Korczak
Polish educator (1878-1942).
Born July 22nd, 1878 in Warsaw. [ref]
Died August 7th, 1942 at 64 years old in Treblinka extermination camp.
Jozef Gabčík
Czechoslovak soldier.
Born April 7th, 1912 in Poluvsie. [ref]
Died June 18th, 1942 at 30 years old in Prague, Ss. Cyril and Methodius Cathedral (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Sabina Spielrein
Russian physician and one of the first female psychoanalysts (1885–1942).
Born November 6th, 1885 in Rostov-on-Don.
Died August 11th, 1942 at 56 years old in Zmievskaya Balka.
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