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In the year 1942
472 Notable deaths
Fyodor Shcherbatskoy
Russian academic and indologist (1866–1942).
Born September 19th, 1866 in Kielce. [ref]
Died March 18th, 1942 at 75 years old in Burabay.
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]
Mladen Stojanović
Serbian partisan.
Born April 7th, 1896 in Prijedor.
Died April 2nd, 1942 at 45 years old in Jošavka Gornja.
Jean Dunand
French artist.
Born May 20th, 1877 in Lancy. [ref]
Died June 7th, 1942 at 65 years old in Paris. [ref]
Nada Dimić
Yugoslav partisan (1923-1942).
Born September 6th, 1923 in Divoselo.
Died March 17th, 1942 at 18 years old in Stara Gradiška concentration camp.
Deaths 221 to 230 of 472
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