In the year 1942
501 Notable deaths
Símun av Skarði
Faroese politician and poet (1872-1942).
Died October 9th, 1942 at 70 years old in Tórshavn.
Danail Nikolaev
Bulgarian general (1852-1942).
Born December 30th, 1852 in Bolhrad.
Died August 29th, 1942 at 89 years old in Bankya.
Dmitry Ushakov
Russian philologist (1873–1942).
Born January 24th, 1873 in Moscow.
Died April 17th, 1942 at 69 years old in Tashkent.
Ludwig von Höhnel
Austrian explorer.
Born August 6th, 1857 in Bratislava. [ref]
Died March 23rd, 1942 at 84 years old in Vienna. [ref]
Pranas Dovydaitis
Lithuanian politician (1886-1942).
Born December 2nd, 1886 in Runkiai.
Died November 4th, 1942 at 55 years old in Yekaterinburg (gunshot wound).
Ćiro Truhelka
Croatian archaeologist (1865-1942).
Born February 2nd, 1865 in Osijek.
Died September 18th, 1942 at 77 years old in Zagreb.
Romà Forns
Spanish footballer (1885-1942).
Born September 9th, 1885 in Barcelona. [ref]
Died April 26th, 1942 at 56 years old in Barcelona.
Jules de Gaultier
French philosopher.
Born June 2nd, 1858 in Paris. [ref]
Died January 19th, 1942 at 83 years old in Boulogne-Billancourt. [ref]
Georg Häfner
German priest and martyr (1900–1942).
Born October 19th, 1900 in Würzburg.
Died August 20th, 1942 at 41 years old in Dachau.
Glover Morrill Allen
American zoologist (1879-1942).
Born February 8th, 1879 in Walpole.
Died February 14th, 1942 at 63 years old in Cambridge.
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Anything I’ve done that was ultimately worthwhile initially scared me to death. Betty Bender