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In the year 1942
521 Notable deaths
Ludwig Siebert
Former member of nazi party (1874-1942).
Born October 17th, 1874 in Ludwigshafen.
Died November 1st, 1942 at 68 years old in Prien am Chiemsee.
Carl Röver
German politician (nsdap).
Born February 12th, 1889 in Lemwerder.
Died May 15th, 1942 at 53 years old in Berlin.
Nikolai Miliutin
Russian trade unionist.
Born December 8th, 1889 in Saint Petersburg.
Died October 15th, 1942 at 52 years old in Moscow (stomach cancer).
Laura Papo Bohoreta
Jewish feminist, writer, and translator.
Born March 15th, 1891 in Sarajevo.
Died June 12th, 1942 at 51 years old in Sarajevo.
Victor Margueritte
French writer (1866–1942).
Born December 1st, 1866 in Blida.
Died March 23rd, 1942 at 75 years old in Monestier.
Hamad I of Bahrain
Hakim of bahrain (1872–1942).
Born February 6th, 1872 in Al-Muharraq.
Died February 20th, 1942 at 70 years old in Bahrain.
Friedrich Münzer
German historian and classical philologist (1868–1942).
Born April 22nd, 1869 in Opole. [ref]
Died October 21st, 1942 at 73 years old in Theresienstadt concentration camp. [ref]
Charlotte Burton
American actress (1881-1942).
Born May 30th, 1881 in San Francisco.
Died March 28th, 1942 at 60 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
Stanisław Saks
Polish mathematician (1897–1942).
Born December 30th, 1897 in Kalisz.
Died November 23rd, 1942 at 44 years old in Warsaw (political murder).
Egbert van Kampen
Mathematician.
Born May 28th, 1908 in Berchem.
Died February 11th, 1942 at 33 years old in Baltimore (cerebrum cancer).
Deaths 321 to 330 of 521
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