In the year 1942
472 Notable deaths
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]
May Robson
Australian-born american actress (1858-1942).
Born April 19th, 1858 in Melbourne. [ref]
Died October 20th, 1942 at 84 years old in Beverly Hills (disease). [ref]
Yuri Kondratyuk
Ukrainian soviet scientist.
Born June 21st, 1897 in Poltava.
Died February 23rd, 1942 at 44 years old in Kaluga. [ref]
Annemarie Schwarzenbach
Swiss writer, journalist and photographer.
Born May 23rd, 1908 in Zürich. [ref]
Died November 15th, 1942 at 34 years old in Sils im Engadin/Segl (bicycle accident). [ref]
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 (ballistic trauma).
Adam Czerniaków
Polish politician.
Born November 30th, 1880 in Warsaw.
Died July 23rd, 1942 at 61 years old in Warsaw, Warsaw Ghetto (cyanide poisoning). [ref]
Walter von Reichenau
German field marshal (1884–1942).
Born October 8th, 1884 in Karlsruhe.
Died January 17th, 1942 at 57 years old in Lviv (cerebral hemorrhage).
Alexander von Zemlinsky
Austrian jewish composer, conductor, and teacher (1871-1942).
Born October 14th, 1871 in Vienna.
Died March 16th, 1942 at 70 years old in Larchmont.
Georg Stumme
German general.
Born July 29th, 1886 in Halberstadt.
Died October 24th, 1942 at 56 years old in El Alamein (myocardial infarction).
Karel Doorman
Dutch admiral (1889-1942).
Born April 23rd, 1889 in Utrecht. [ref]
Died February 28th, 1942 at 52 years old in Java Sea (killed in action).
Deaths 61 to 70 of 472
Death is a challenge. It tells us not to waste time… It tells us to tell each other right now that we love each other. Leo Buscaglia