In the year 1942
453 Notable deaths
Františka Plamínková
Czechoslovak politician, feminist and publicist (1875-1942).
Born February 5th, 1875 in Prague. [ref]
Died June 30th, 1942 at 67 years old in Kobylisy Shooting Range (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Žarko Zrenjanin
Yugoslav partisan (1902-1942).
Born September 11th, 1902 in Izbište.
Died November 4th, 1942 at 40 years old in Pavliš.
Dorothea Klumpke
American astronomer (1861-1942).
Born August 9th, 1861 in San Francisco.
Died October 5th, 1942 at 81 years old in San Francisco.
Jean Gilbert
German composer and conductor.
Born February 11th, 1879 in Hamburg. [ref]
Died December 20th, 1942 at 63 years old in Buenos Aires. [ref]
Bento António Gonçalves
Portuguese politician (1902-1942).
Born March 2nd, 1902 in Montalegre.
Died September 11th, 1942 at 40 years old in Tarrafal camp.
Nikolay Alexandrovich Milyutin
Russian trade union and bolshevik activist.
Born December 8th, 1889 in Saint Petersburg.
Died October 15th, 1942 at 52 years old in Moscow (stomach cancer).
Stanisław Saks
Polish mathematician.
Born December 30th, 1897 in Kalisz.
Died November 23rd, 1942 at 44 years old in Warsaw (political murder).
Victor Margueritte
French writer.
Born December 1st, 1866 in Blida. [ref]
Died March 23rd, 1942 at 75 years old in Monestier. [ref]
Kārlis Zāle
Latvian sculptor.
Born October 28th, 1888 in Mažeikiai.
Died February 19th, 1942 at 53 years old in Inčukalns.
Isidor Isaak Sadger
Austrian sexologist.
Born October 29th, 1867 in Nowy Sącz. [ref]
Died December 21st, 1942 at 75 years old in Theresienstadt concentration camp.
Deaths 291 to 300 of 453
Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn. Mahatma Gandhi