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In the year 1942
453 Notable deaths
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]
Walther von Reichenau
German field marshal and war criminal.
Born October 8th, 1884 in Karlsruhe.
Died January 17th, 1942 at 57 years old in Lviv (cerebral hemorrhage).
Alexander von Zemlinsky
Austrian composer, conductor, and teacher.
Born October 4th, 1872 in Vienna. [ref]
Died March 16th, 1942 at 69 years old in Larchmont. [ref]
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).
Sachindra Nath Sanyal
Indian revolutionary.
Born April 3rd, 1893 in Varanasi, British Raj.
Died February 7th, 1942 at 48 years old in Gorakhpur.
Deaths 61 to 70 of 453
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