In the year 1942
499 Notable deaths
Andrievs Niedra
Latvian politician (1871-1942).
Born February 8th, 1871 in Tirza Parish. [ref]
Died September 25th, 1942 at 71 years old in Riga.
Jochen Klepper
German writer.
Born March 22nd, 1903 in Bytom Odrzański.
Died December 11th, 1942 at 39 years old in Berlin (asphyxia). [ref]
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).
Sergey Chaplygin
Russian mathematician.
Born April 5th, 1869 in Chaplygin.
Died October 8th, 1942 at 73 years old in Novosibirsk (stroke).
Racho Petrov
Bulgarian general (1861-1942).
Born February 19th, 1861 in Shumen.
Died January 22nd, 1942 at 80 years old in Belovo.
Friedrich-Wilhelm von Chappuis
German general.
Born September 13th, 1886 in Szubin.
Died August 27th, 1942 at 55 years old in Magdeburg (gunshot wound).
Otto Herschmann
Swimmer, fencer, and lawyer (1877–1942).
Born January 4th, 1877 in Vienna.
Died June 14th, 1942 at 65 years old in Sobibór Extermination Camp (poison).
Ashton Dearholt
Actor (1894-1942).
Born April 4th, 1894 in Milwaukee.
Died April 27th, 1942 at 48 years old in Los Angeles.
Franz Blei
Playwright (1871–1942).
Born January 18th, 1871 in Vienna.
Died July 10th, 1942 at 71 years old in Westbury.
Deaths 291 to 300 of 499
It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live. Victor Hugo