Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In 1942

Feb 27 Karel WFM Doorman, Dutch rear-admiral (Java Sea), KIA at 52 died on this day in history.  

Mar 01 On this day in history death of george S. Rentz, Navy Chaplain (b. 1882)  

Mar 03 In the year 1942 amedeo, Duke of Aosta, viceroy (Ethiopia), dies at 43  

Mar 04 On this day in history yuliya Lazarevna Veysberg, composer, dies at 62  

Mar 08 In the year 1942 jose R Capablanca, Cuban chess player (world champ 1927), dies at 53  

Mar 10 On this day in history death of william Henry Bragg, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)  

Mar 12 Enrique Morera, composer, dies at 76 in the year 1942.  

Mar 15 In the year 1942 alexander van Zemlinsky, Aust/US composer (African Dance), dies at 70  

Mar 16 Alexander van Zemlinsky, Austrian composer (African Dance), dies at 69 on this day in history.  

Mar 19 On this day in history death of clinton Hart Merriam, American zoologist (b. 1855)  

Mar 20 Theodoro Valcarcel, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.  

Mar 26 On this day in history death of jimmy Burke, American baseball player (b. 1874)  

Mar 28 Herman A van Karnebeek, Dutch foreign minister (1918-27), dies at 67 on this day in history.  

Mar 30 In the year 1942 alfred Coville, French historian (Lesson premier Valois), dies at 81  

Apr 03 On this day in history albert Siklos, composer, dies at 63  

Apr 08 On this day in history alfred Mombert, writer, dies  

Apr 12 In the year 1942 johannes E Akkeringa, Dutch painter/etcher, dies at 80  

Apr 13 In the year 1942 death of henk Sneevliet, leader of Dutch RSAP/Spartacus, executed at 58  

Apr 15 Robert Musil, Austrian writer (Mann ohne Eigenschaften), dies at 61 on this day in history.  

Apr 17 Jean Perrin, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1870) died in the year 1942.  

Apr 18 Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American socialite (b. 1875) died in the year 1942.  

Apr 23 Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear, pres of Argentina (1922-28), dies at 73 on this day in history.  

Apr 24 On this day in history death of karin Boye, Swedish author (b. 1900)  

Apr 25 On this day in history paul Kornfeld, writer, dies at 52  

Apr 30 In the year 1942 catherine Murphy Urner, composer, dies at 51  

May 03 Johan H Westerveld, lt-col/leader Order Service, executed died in the year 1942.  

May 05 Qemal Stafa, Albanian politician (b. 1920) died in the year 1942.  

May 07 Felix Paul von Weingartner, Austria conductor/composer, dies at 79 in the year 1942.  

May 10 In the year 1942 joseph M Weber, comedian/singer (Weber & Lewis Fields), dies at 74  

May 13 Hyam Greenbaum, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.  

May 16 On this day in history bronislaw Kasper Malinowski, anthropologist, dies  

May 19 In the year 1942 [Nicoline] Magdalene Anchor-Roll, Norwegian author (Enken), dies at 69  

May 29 In the year 1942 john Barrymore, US actor (Beloved Rogue, Dinner at 8), dies at 60  

May 31 On this day in history death of reinhard Heydrich, German protector of Bohemia & Moravia, assassinated  

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Jan 02 In the year 1942 birth of hugh Shelton, 15th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff  

Jan 03 In the year 1942 birth of john Thaw, British actor (d. 2002)  

Jan 03 On this day in history birth of john Marsden, Australian lawyer, gay activist (d. 2006)  

Jan 04 John McLaughlin, rock guitarist (Sentimental Journey/Clouds of Joy) was born in the year 1942.  

Jan 05 In the year 1942 birth of charlie Rose, Henderson NC, newscaster (CBS Night Watch)  

Jan 05 On this day in history birth of cliff Potts, Glendale Calif, actor (Ted-Lou Grant)  

Jan 05 In the year 1942 birth of maurizio Pollini, Milan Italy, pianist  

Jan 05 Jan Leeming, English television presenter and newsreader was born in the year 1942.