In the year 1942
472 Notable deaths
Frederick Stock
German composer (1872–1942).
Born November 11th, 1872 in Jülich.
Died October 20th, 1942 at 69 years old in Chicago.
Heber Doust Curtis
American astronomer (1872-1942).
Born June 27th, 1872 in Muskegon.
Died January 9th, 1942 at 69 years old in Ann Arbor.
Stanislav Binički
Composer.
Born July 27th, 1872 in Kruševac.
Died February 15th, 1942 at 69 years old in Belgrade.
Yevgeny Petrov
Soviet writer.
Born December 13th, 1903 in Odesa. [ref]
Died July 2nd, 1942 at 38 years old in Rostov Oblast. [ref]
Kaneko Kentarō
日本政治家、《明治憲法》起草者之一.
Born March 13th, 1853 in Fukuoka.
Died May 16th, 1942 at 89 years old in Tokyo.
Jessie Tarbox Beals
American photographer (1870–1942).
Born December 23rd, 1870 in Hamilton.
Died May 30th, 1942 at 71 years old in New York City.
Olena Teliha
Ukrainian poet.
Born July 21st, 1906 in Moscow Oblast. [ref]
Died February 22nd, 1942 at 35 years old in Kyiv. [ref]
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.
Deaths 241 to 250 of 472
Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it. Haruki Murakami