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In the year 1942
453 Notable deaths
Olha Kobylianska
Ukrainian writer and feminist.
Born November 27th, 1863 in Gura Humorului.
Died March 21st, 1942 at 78 years old in Chernivtsi. [ref]
Ewald von Lochow
German general.
Born April 1st, 1855 in Petkus.
Died April 11th, 1942 at 87 years old in Charlottenburg.
Vladimir Petlyakov
Soviet aerospace engineer.
Born June 27th, 1891 in Rostov-on-Don.
Died January 12th, 1942 at 50 years old in Kazan.
Andy Ducat
English cricket player (1886-1942).
Born February 16th, 1886 in London.
Died July 23rd, 1942 at 56 years old in London.
Vladimir Burtsev
Russian revolutionary activist (1862-1942).
Born November 29th, 1862 in Fort-Shevchenko.
Died August 21st, 1942 at 79 years old in Paris (sepsis).
Stanisław Zaremba
Polish mathematician (1863-1942).
Born October 3rd, 1863 in Romanivka. [ref]
Died November 23rd, 1942 at 79 years old in Kraków. [ref]
Nurken Abdirov
Soviet military pilot (1919-1942).
Born August 9th, 1919 in Karkaralinsk Uyezd.
Died December 19th, 1942 at 23 years old
Charles-Eugène Guye
Swiss physicist (1866-1942).
Born October 15th, 1866 in Champvent. [ref]
Died July 15th, 1942 at 75 years old in Geneva. [ref]
Miguel White
Filipino athlete.
Born October 9th, 1909 in Legazpi.
Died August 30th, 1942 at 32 years old
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Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die. Unknown