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In the year 1942
1,274 Notable birthdays
Jimi Hendrix
American guitarist, singer and songwriter.
Born November 27th, 1942 in Seattle. [ref]
Died September 18th, 1970 at 27 years old in Kensington (pulmonary emphysema). [ref]
Barbra Streisand
American singer and actress.
Born April 24th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Brooklyn. [ref]
Martin Scorsese
American film director, screenwriter and producer.
Born November 17th, 1942 (age 82 years) in Queens. [ref]
Michael Bloomberg
American businessman and politician; 108th mayor of new york city.
Born February 14th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Boston.
Muammar Gaddafi
Libyan revolutionary, politician and political theorist (1942–2011).
Born June 7th, 1942 in Qasr Abu Hadi. [ref]
Died October 20th, 2011 at 69 years old in Sirte (lynching, ballistic trauma). [ref]
Mitch McConnell
American politician and lawyer (born 1942).
Born February 20th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Tuscumbia.
Brian Wilson
American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer.
George Jung
Major player in the cocaine trade in the united states in the 1970s and early 1980s.
Born August 6th, 1942 in Boston.
Died May 5th, 2021 at 78 years old in Weymouth (kidney failure, liver failure). [ref]
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