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In the year 1942
453 Notable deaths
Kārlis Ulmanis
Prime minister of latvia (1877-1942).
Born September 4th, 1877 in Bērze.
Died September 20th, 1942 at 65 years old in Türkmenbaşy (dysentery).
Franz Walter Stahlecker
Holocaust perpetrator (1900-1942).
Born October 10th, 1900 in Sternenfels.
Died March 23rd, 1942 at 41 years old in Gatchina (died of wounds).
Felix Hausdorff
German mathematician.
Born November 8th, 1868 in Wrocław.
Died January 26th, 1942 at 73 years old in Bonn.
Daniel J. Callaghan
United states navy admiral and navy medal of honor recipient.
Born July 26th, 1890 in San Francisco.
Died November 13th, 1942 at 52 years old in Guadalcanal.
Laura Hope Crews
Actress (1879-1942).
Born December 12th, 1879 in San Francisco.
Died November 13th, 1942 at 62 years old in New York City (kidney failure).
George Sutherland
Associate justice of the u.s. supreme court, united states senator, member of the united states house of representatives (1862-1942).
Born March 25th, 1862 in Stony Stratford.
Died July 18th, 1942 at 80 years old in Stockbridge.
Francis Younghusband
British army explorer.
Born May 31st, 1863 in Murree. [ref]
Died July 31st, 1942 at 79 years old in Lytchett Minster (stroke). [ref]
Séraphine Louis
French naive-style painter (1865-1942).
Born September 2nd, 1864 in Arsy. [ref]
Died December 11th, 1942 at 78 years old in Clermont. [ref]
Michel Fokine
Russian ballet dancer and choreographer.
Born April 23rd, 1880 in Saint Petersburg.
Died August 23rd, 1942 at 62 years old in New York City. [ref]
Frank Churchill
American composer (1901-1942).
Born October 20th, 1901 in Rumford. [ref]
Died May 14th, 1942 at 40 years old in Castaic. [ref]
Deaths 71 to 80 of 453
I feel monotony and death to be almost the same. Charlotte Brontë