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In the year 1942
472 Notable deaths
Leonid Kulik
Russian mineralogist (1883-1942).
Born August 31st, 1883 in Tartu. [ref]
Died April 14th, 1942 at 58 years old in Spas-Demensk (typhus).
Staf De Clercq
Belgian politician (1884-1942).
Born September 16th, 1884 in Everbeek.
Died October 22nd, 1942 at 58 years old in Ghent.
Arthur Housman
American actor (1889–1942).
Born October 10th, 1889 in New York City.
Died April 8th, 1942 at 52 years old in Los Angeles (pneumonia).
Vladislav Vančura
Czech writer, film director, playwright and screenwriter.
Born June 23rd, 1891 in Háj ve Slezsku. [ref]
Died June 1st, 1942 at 50 years old in Kobylisy (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Herbert Baum
German resistance fighter (1912-1942).
Born February 10th, 1912 in Mosina.
Died June 11th, 1942 at 30 years old in Berlin (torture).
Georg Alexander Pick
Austrian mathematician, holocaust victim.
Born August 10th, 1859 in Vienna.
Died July 26th, 1942 at 82 years old in Theresienstadt concentration camp.
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 (1886–1942).
Born November 1st, 1886 in Kitakuruwachō.
Died May 11th, 1942 at 55 years old in Daita (pneumonia).
Deaths 211 to 220 of 472
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