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In the year 1942
472 Notable deaths
Fritz Platten
Swiss politician (1883-1942).
Born July 8th, 1883 in Tablat.
Died April 22nd, 1942 at 58 years old in Arkhangelsk Oblast (ballistic trauma, execution).
Dimitri Amilakhvari
French military officer and lieutenant colonel of the french foreign legion (1906–1942).
Born October 31st, 1906 in Chermen.
Died October 24th, 1942 at 35 years old in El Alamein.
Louis Borno
President of haiti (1865-1942).
Born September 20th, 1865 in Port-au-Prince.
Died July 29th, 1942 at 76 years old in Pétion-Ville.
George Andrew Reisner
American egyptologist (1867-1942).
Born November 5th, 1867 in Indianapolis.
Died June 6th, 1942 at 74 years old in Giza.
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
Swedish composer (1867-1942).
Born February 27th, 1867 in Kramfors Municipality. [ref]
Died December 3rd, 1942 at 75 years old in Östersund. [ref]
Georges Politzer
French philosopher, marxist theoretician and resistance member (1903-1942).
Born May 3rd, 1903 in Oradea. [ref]
Died May 23rd, 1942 at 39 years old in Fort Mont-Valérien (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Jean Perrin
French physicist (1870–1942).
Born September 30th, 1870 in Lille.
Died April 17th, 1942 at 71 years old in New York City.
Refik Saydam
Prime minister of turkey (1881-1942).
Born September 8th, 1881 in Constantinople.
Died July 8th, 1942 at 60 years old in Istanbul.
Richard Tucker
Actor (1884-1942).
Born June 4th, 1884 in Brooklyn.
Died December 5th, 1942 at 58 years old in Woodland Hills (myocardial infarction).
Zsigmond Móricz
Hungarian writer.
Born July 2nd, 1879 in Tiszacsécse. [ref]
Died September 5th, 1942 at 63 years old in Budapest. [ref]
Deaths 201 to 210 of 472
Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive – the risk to be alive and express what we really are. Miguel Angel Ruiz