Timeline Friday 29 May 1942

Events on Friday 29 May 1942 2

• 1878 – 1942 Akiko Yosano (1878-1942) Died 29 May 1942, aged 63 Akiko Yosano was a Japanese poet, feminist and social reformer. Her 1901 tanka collection Midaregami (Tangled Hair) caused a sensation with its frank sensuality. She also produced a modern Japanese translation of The Tale of Genji.
• 1882 – 1942 John Barrymore (1882-1942) Died 29 May 1942, aged 60 John Barrymore was an American actor famed for his stage Hamlet and for films including Grand Hotel and Twentieth Century. A member of the Barrymore acting family, he was known as "The Great Profile". He died in Los Angeles.