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In the year 1942
453 Notable deaths
William Henry Bragg
British scientist.
Born July 2nd, 1862 in Wigton. [ref]
Died March 12th, 1942 at 79 years old in London. [ref]
Ivan Bilibin
Illustrator (1876-1942).
Born August 16th, 1876 in Tarkhovka. [ref]
Died February 7th, 1942 at 65 years old in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Gerard Philips
Dutch engineer and businessman (1858-1942).
Born October 9th, 1858 in Zaltbommel. [ref]
Died January 26th, 1942 at 83 years old in The Hague. [ref]
Buck Jones
American actor.
Born December 12th, 1891 in Vincennes.
Died November 30th, 1942 at 50 years old in Boston. [ref]
Carola Neher
German actress (1900-1942).
Born November 2nd, 1900 in Munich.
Died June 26th, 1942 at 41 years old in Black Dolphin Prison.
Hector Guimard
French architect (1867-1942).
Born March 10th, 1867 in Lyon. [ref]
Died May 20th, 1942 at 75 years old in New York City. [ref]
Kanaklata Barua
Indian freedom fighter from assam (1924-1942).
Born December 22nd, 1924 in Gohpur.
Died September 20th, 1942 at 17 years old in India.
Prince Amedeo, 3rd Duke of Aosta
Italian royal and noble.
Born October 21st, 1898 in Turin.
Died March 3rd, 1942 at 43 years old in Nairobi (malaria, tuberculosis).
Mahadev Desai
Indian independence activist, writer and mahatma gandhi's personal secretary.
Born January 1st, 1892 in Surat district. [ref]
Died August 15th, 1942 at 50 years old [ref]
Daniil Kharms
Russian writer (1905-1942).
Born January 12th, 1906 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died February 2nd, 1942 at 36 years old in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Deaths 51 to 60 of 453
Though death be poor, it ends a mortal woe. William Shakespeare