In the year 1942
453 Notable deaths
Mordechai Gebirtig
Yiddish writer.
Born April 4th, 1877 in Kraków.
Died June 4th, 1942 at 65 years old in Kraków Ghetto. [ref]
Camille du Gast
French racing driver (1868-1942).
Born May 30th, 1868 in Paris. [ref]
Died April 24th, 1942 at 73 years old [ref]
Gabriel Terra
President of uruguay (1873-1942).
Born August 1st, 1873 in Montevideo. [ref]
Died September 15th, 1942 at 69 years old in Montevideo. [ref]
Sakutarō Hagiwara
Japanese writer.
Born November 1st, 1886 in Kitakuruwachō.
Died May 11th, 1942 at 55 years old in Daita (pneumonia).
Rubén Ruiz Ibárruri
Spanish hero of the ussr.
Born January 9th, 1920 in Left Bank.
Died September 3rd, 1942 at 22 years old in Srednyaya Akhtuba (killed in action).
Violet Hunt
British writer (1862-1942).
Born September 28th, 1862 in Durham.
Died January 16th, 1942 at 79 years old in Campden Hill.
Eusebio Ayala
President of paraguay (1875-1942).
Born August 14th, 1875 in Eusebio Ayala, Paraguay. [ref]
Died June 4th, 1942 at 66 years old in Buenos Aires. [ref]
Georg von Bismarck
German general and knight's cross recipient (1891-1942).
Born February 15th, 1891 in Namyślin.
Died August 31st, 1942 at 51 years old in El Alamein.
James W. Horne
American actor, screenwriter and film director (1881-1942).
Born December 14th, 1881 in San Francisco.
Died June 29th, 1942 at 60 years old in Hollywood (stroke). [ref]
Deaths 211 to 220 of 453
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