Famous Deaths Happened In 1939

Jan 02 Roman Dmowski, Polish politician (b. 1864) died in the year 1939.  

Jan 05 On this day in history death of amelia Earhart, American aviator declared dead after disappearance in 1937. (b. 1897)  

Jan 06 On this day in history albert Ward, cricketer (England batsman in 7 Tests 1893-95), dies  

Jan 09 Johann Strauss, Austrian conductor/Royal ball director, dies at 72 in the year 1939.  

Jan 10 On this day in history jameson Thomas, actor (Piccadilly, Farmer's Wife), dies at 50  

Jan 13 Jacob Ruppert, CEO (NY Yankees, 1915-39), dies on this day in history.  

Jan 16 Albert Fish, mass murderer, executed died on this day in history.  

Jan 19 In the year 1939 death of cliff Heathcote, American baseball player (b. 1898)  

Jan 23 Matthias Sindelar, Austria soccer star, commits suicide died on this day in history.  

Jan 24 On this day in history death of maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician and nutritionist (b. 1867)  

Jan 26 On this day in history death of armand Calinescu, Romania's PM, assassinated by the iron guard  

Jan 28 In the year 1939 william Butler Yeats, Irish poet (Nobel), dies in France at 73  

Jan 31 George Thornton, cricketer (1 Test for S Africa 1902, 1* & 1-20), dies on this day in history.  

Feb 04 Edward Sapir, US linguist/cultural antropologist (indian), dies at 55 in the year 1939.  

Feb 07 In the year 1939 death of boris Grigoriev, Russian painter (b. 1886)  

Feb 10 Pius XI, [Ambrogio D A Ratti], Italian Pope (1922-39), dies at 81 in the year 1939.  

Feb 11 On this day in history franz Schmidt, Austrian composer, dies at 64  

Feb 15 In the year 1939 foppe G Scheltema, Dutch lawyer, dies at 47  

Feb 16 Jura Soyfer, writer, dies at 26 in the year 1939.  

Feb 17 On this day in history death of willy Hess, German violinist (b. 1859)  

Feb 18 Ludwig Bonvin, composer, dies at 89 on this day in history.  

Feb 22 On this day in history death of antonio Machado, Spanish poet (b. 1875)  

Feb 27 Nadezjda K Krupskaya, Russian revolutionary/wife of Lenin, dies at 70 in the year 1939.  

Mar 02 On this day in history howard Carter, Brit archaeologist/Egyptologist (King Tut), dies at 65  

Mar 06 [Carl L] Ferdinand von Lindemann, German mathematician, dies at 86 on this day in history.  

Mar 07 Amadeo Roldan, composer, dies at 38 on this day in history.  

Mar 18 Henry Simpson Lunn, English humanitarian and religious leader (b. 1859) died on this day in history.  

Mar 19 In the year 1939 death of lloyd L. Gaines, American civil rights activist  

Mar 21 In the year 1939 evald Aav, composer, dies at 39  

Mar 27 Constance Lindsay Skinner, author (Rivers of America), dies at 57 on this day in history.  

Mar 28 On this day in history death of francis Matthew John Baker, Australian politician (b. 1903)  

Apr 05 In the year 1939 william Cooper, cricketer (two Tests for Australia 1882-84), dies  

Apr 06 In the year 1939 robert Courtneidge, British theater producer, dies  

Apr 07 Joseph Lyons, tenth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1879) died in the year 1939.  

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Jan 02 Jim Bakker, televangelist (PTL Club)/rapist (Jessica Hahn) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03 Bobby Hull, NHL forward (Chicago Blackhawk 1957-72) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03 In the year 1939 birth of nikos Alefantos, Greek football manager  

Jan 03 Janice Crosio, Australian politician was born in the year 1939.  

Jan 04 In the year 1939 birth of jon Appleton, composer  

Jan 05 Bridget Parker, England, equestrian 3 day event (Olympic-gold-1972) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05 On this day in history birth of peter Struycken, statues/computer expert/teacher  

Jan 06 On this day in history birth of murray Rose, Australian Olympic swimmer