In the year 1942
499 Notable deaths
A. E. Waite
British occultist mystic, poet and writer (1857–1942).
Born October 2nd, 1857 in Brooklyn.
Died May 19th, 1942 at 84 years old in London.
William G. Morgan
Inventor of volleyball.
Born January 23rd, 1870 in Lockport.
Died December 27th, 1942 at 72 years old in Lockport (congenital pneumonia).
Irène Némirovsky
French novelist.
Born February 11th, 1903 in Kyiv.
Died August 17th, 1942 at 39 years old in Auschwitz, Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp (influenza, typhus). [ref]
Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Fourth child and third daughter of alfred i, duke of saxe-coburg and gotha, and grand duchess maria alexandrovna of russia.
Born September 1st, 1878 in Coburg.
Died April 16th, 1942 at 63 years old in Schwäbisch Hall.
Avraham Stern
Jewish paramilitary leader and founder of lehi (1907-1942).
Born December 23rd, 1907 in Suwałki.
Died February 12th, 1942 at 34 years old in Tel Aviv (gunshot wound).
Albert Kahn
American architect.
Born March 21st, 1869 in Rhaunen.
Died December 8th, 1942 at 73 years old in Detroit.
James Barry Munnik Hertzog
Boer general (1866-1942).
Born April 3rd, 1866 in Wellington.
Died November 21st, 1942 at 76 years old in Pretoria.
Atsushi Nakajima
Japanese writer.
Born May 5th, 1909 in Yotsuya.
Died December 4th, 1942 at 33 years old in Setagaya (pneumonia).
Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia
Prussian prince.
Born July 7th, 1883 in Potsdam.
Died December 8th, 1942 at 59 years old in Villa Ingenheim.
Tina Modotti
Italian photographer and actress.
Born August 16th, 1896 in Udine. [ref]
Died January 6th, 1942 at 45 years old in Mexico City (heart failure). [ref]
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A man with outward courage dares to die; a man with inner courage dares to live. Lao Tzu