In the year 1942
453 Notable deaths
Einar Lönnberg
Swedish scientist (1865-1942).
Born December 24th, 1865. [ref]
Died November 21st, 1942 at 76 years old in Engelbrekt church parish. [ref]
Marcus Ward Lyon, Jr.
U.s. mammalogist, bacteriologist, and pathologist (1875–1942).
Born February 5th, 1875 in Rock Island Arsenal.
Died May 19th, 1942 at 67 years old in South Bend.
Ugo Pasquale Mifsud
Prime minister of malta (1889-1942).
Born September 12th, 1889 in Valletta.
Died February 11th, 1942 at 52 years old in Valletta (myocardial infarction).
Alfred Tauber
Hungarian-born austrian mathematician (1866-1942).
Born November 5th, 1866 in Bratislava.
Died July 26th, 1942 at 75 years old in Theresienstadt concentration camp, Theresienstadt Ghetto.
Sergey Chaplygin
Russian mathematician.
Born April 5th, 1869 in Chaplygin.
Died October 8th, 1942 at 73 years old in Novosibirsk (stroke).
Käthe Leichter
Austrian writer.
Born August 20th, 1895 in Vienna.
Died March 17th, 1942 at 46 years old in Bernburg Euthanasia Centre.
Stefania Wilczyńska
Polish teacher.
Born May 26th, 1886 in Warsaw. [ref]
Died August 6th, 1942 at 56 years old in Treblinka extermination camp. [ref]
Ashton Dearholt
Actor (1894-1942).
Born April 4th, 1894 in Milwaukee.
Died April 27th, 1942 at 48 years old in Los Angeles.
Ahatanhel Krymsky
Ukrainian academic (1871-1942).
Born January 15th, 1871 in Volodymyr.
Died January 25th, 1942 at 71 years old in Kostanay.
Jochen Klepper
German writer.
Born March 22nd, 1903 in Bytom Odrzański.
Died December 11th, 1942 at 39 years old in Berlin (asphyxia). [ref]
Deaths 281 to 290 of 453
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride! Hunter S. Thompson