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In the year 1942

1,386 Notable birthdays

Frank Mills

Canadian pop pianist.

Born June 27th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Montreal.

Rudi Dornbusch

German economist.

Born June 8th, 1942 in Krefeld.

Died July 25th, 2002 at 60 years old in Washington, D.C. (cancer). [ref]

Thomas Cavalier-Smith

British biologist (1942–2021).

Born October 21st, 1942 in London.

Died March 19th, 2021 at 78 years old [ref]

Maria Kaczyńska

First lady of poland (1942-2010).

Born August 21st, 1942 in Machowo.

Died April 19th, 2010 at 67 years old in Smolensk (2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash).

Gary Ackerman

American politician.

Born November 19th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Brooklyn.

John Crowley

American writer of speculative fiction (born 1942).

Born December 1st, 1942 (age 83 years) in Presque Isle.

Felice Gimondi

Italian cyclist.

Born September 29th, 1942 in Sedrina.

Died August 16th, 2019 at 76 years old in Giardini Naxos (myocardial infarction). [ref]

John Sulston

British biologist and nobel laureate (1942-2018).

Born March 27th, 1942 in Cambridge, Fulmer.

Died March 6th, 2018 at 75 years old in Cambridge. [ref]

Vladimir Dzhanibekov

Soviet cosmonaut.

Born May 13th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Iskandar.

Dan Graham

American artist.

Born March 31st, 1942 in Urbana. [ref]

Died February 19th, 2022 at 79 years old in Manhattan. [ref]

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