Famous Deaths for May 1939
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Months in 1939: January February March April June July August September October November December
Deaths 1 - 10 of 10
3rd - [Karl Eduard] Wilhelm Groener, German general, dies at 71
11th - Evgenii Miller, Russian counter-revolutionary (b. 1867)
20th - Joe Carr, NFL hall of famer/NFL president (1921-39), dies at 59
22nd - Ernst Toller, writer, dies at 45
22nd - Jiri Mahen, Czech author (b. 1882)
26th - Charles H Mayo, US surgeon/co-founder (Mayo Clinic), dies at 74
26th - Cornelis J Cutters, supreme commander of Navy (1910-18), dies
27th - Joseph Roth, Austria journalist (Fluctuate ohne Ende), dies at 44
29th - Ursula Julia Ledochowska, Polish-Austrian Catholic saint (b. 1865)
30th - Floyd Roberts, Auto racer, killed during 1939 Indianapolis 500 (b. 1904)
