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In the year 1942
499 Notable deaths
Ants Laikmaa
Estonian painter (1866-1942).
Born May 5th, 1866 in Vigala Rural Municipality.
Died November 19th, 1942 at 76 years old in Kadarpiku.
Käthe Leichter
Austrian writer.
Born August 20th, 1895 in Vienna.
Died March 17th, 1942 at 46 years old in Bernburg Euthanasia Centre.
Bento António Gonçalves
Portuguese politician (1902-1942).
Born March 2nd, 1902 in Montalegre.
Died September 11th, 1942 at 40 years old in Tarrafal camp.
Dorothea Klumpke
American astronomer (1861-1942).
Born August 9th, 1861 in San Francisco.
Died October 5th, 1942 at 81 years old in San Francisco.
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.
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 (gunshot wound). [ref]
Einar Lönnberg
Swedish scientist (1865-1942).
Born December 24th, 1865 in Norrköping's Östra Eneby parish. [ref]
Died November 21st, 1942 at 76 years old in Engelbrekt church parish. [ref]
Mykhailo Kravchuk
Ukrainian mathematician (1892–1942).
Born September 27th, 1892 in Chovnytsia.
Died March 9th, 1942 at 49 years old in Kolyma.
John Willard
American playwright (1885-1942).
Born November 28th, 1885 in San Francisco. [ref]
Died August 30th, 1942 at 56 years old in Los Angeles.
Žarko Zrenjanin
Yugoslav partisan (1902-1942).
Born September 11th, 1902 in Izbište.
Died November 4th, 1942 at 40 years old in Pavliš.
Deaths 301 to 310 of 499
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