Discover what happened on 12 February 1942 in history! This day marks a series of notable events, famous births, and significant deaths. Explore the details below to learn more about the historical happenings of this day. On this day, history comes alive!
Deaths
- Mustafa Bengisu (Turkish politician)
- Anton Nekanda-Trepka (politician (1877-1942))
- Grant Wood (American painter (1891–1942))
- Avraham Stern (Jewish paramilitary leader and founder of Lehi (1907-1942))
- Ludwig Jonas (German painter (1887-1942))
- Fokke Bleeker
- William Francis Stevenson (American politician (1861–1942))
- Albert Sever (Austrian politician (1867–1942))
- Charles Strong (Australian preacher)
- Eugene Esmonde (World War II Victoria Cross winner)
- Jalmari Karhula (Finnish painter, architect and journalist (1878-1942))
- Ralph Häggberg
- Luis Tiberti (Argentinian businessperson)
- Roy Mackert (American football player and coach (1894-1942))
- Antoni Tiałowski
- Edmund Kokot
- Ignacy Nowak
- Joachim Achtelik
- Matti Läheniemi (Finnish politician (1861-1942))
- Bedřich Jenšovský
- Ady Claude ((1913-1942))
- Siegfried Würzburger (German Jewish organist)
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- Antonín Němeček (Czech baker, cook and religious (1915-1942))
- Anatoli Nikolajewitsch Rjabinin (Russian paleontologist)
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- Phanibhushan Dasgupta (Bengali revolutionary)
- Joachim Profft (entomologist)
- George Kerr (British politician)
- Rudolf Sabathil
- Karl Aleksander Freimann (Estonian military personnel)
- Claudia Volodymyrivna Lyubinskaya (member of the Ukrainian Central Rada)
- Stan Anderson (English rugby union player (1871-1942))
- Kazumoto Tanaka (Japanese educator)
- Harriet Ella Gifford ((1847-1942))
- Leigh Brereton Sadleir Falkiner ((1922-1942))
- Dmytro Bovanenko (Soviet historian (1900-1942))