In the year 1942
501 Notable deaths
Jack Parkinson
English footballer (1883-1942).
Born September 21st, 1883 in Bootle. [ref]
Died September 13th, 1942 at 58 years old
Abraham A. Manievich
American artist (1881-1942).
Born November 25th, 1881 in Mscislaŭ.
Died June 30th, 1942 at 60 years old in The Bronx.
Zofia Zamenhof
Polish esperantist (1889-1942).
Born December 13th, 1889 in Kaunas.
Died September 12th, 1942 at 52 years old in Treblinka extermination camp. [ref]
Bohumil Kafka
Czech sculptor and university educator.
Born February 14th, 1878 in Nová Paka. [ref]
Died November 24th, 1942 at 64 years old in Prague (peritonitis). [ref]
Silvano Abbà
Olympic modern pentathlete (1911-1942).
Born July 3rd, 1911 in Rovinj.
Died August 24th, 1942 at 31 years old in Izbushensky.
Ernst Bernheim
German historian.
Born February 19th, 1850 in Hamburg.
Died July 9th, 1942 at 92 years old in Greifswald.
Vadim Shershenevich
Russian poet (1893–1942).
Born February 6th, 1893 in Kazan. [ref]
Died May 18th, 1942 at 49 years old in Barnaul (tuberculosis).
Jonas Vileišis
Lithuanian lawyer, politician, and diplomat (1872–1942).
Born January 3rd, 1872 in Kovno Governorate.
Died June 1st, 1942 at 70 years old in Kaunas.
Anton Lutskevich
Belarusian politician (1884-1942).
Born January 29th, 1884 in Šiauliai.
Died March 23rd, 1942 at 58 years old in Atkarsk.
Leonid Kubbel
Russian chess player (1891-1942).
Born December 25th, 1891 in Saint Petersburg.
Died April 18th, 1942 at 50 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Deaths 361 to 370 of 501
Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them. George Eliot