Famous Birthdays In October - 12

1865  On October - 12 birth of arthur Harden, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1940)  

1866  On this day in history birth of antonie Waldrop, painter/lithographer  

1866  James Ramsay MacDonald, (L) British PM (1924, 1929-35) was born on this day in history.  

1872  On October - 12 birth of ralph Vaughan Williams, Down Amp England, composer (Hugh the Drover)  

1874  On October - 12 birth of jimmy Burke, American baseball player (d. 1942)  

1875  Aleister [Edward S] Crowley, (75 pseudonames), British occultist was born on October - 12.  

1878  Karl Buresch, Austria politician was born on this day in history.  

1880  On this day in history birth of healey Willan, composer  

1880  Louis Hémon, French novelist (d. 1913) was born on October - 12.  

1881  Carlos Lopez Buchardo, composer was born on October - 12.  

1881  On October - 12 birth of william Nigh, Berlin Wisconsin, director (Ape, Doomed to Die, Mr Wong)  

1882  On October - 12 birth of hermann Wolfgang Sartorius Waltershausen, German musicologist/composer  

1884  On October - 12 birth of godfrey Tearle, English/US actor (39 Steps)  

1886  Karl Dane, Copenhagen Denmark, actor (Son of the Sheik) was born on this day in history.  

1887  Paula von Preradović, Croatian-Austrian poet (d. 1951) was born on October - 12.  

1890  Luis de Freitas Branco, composer was born on October - 12.  

1891  Edith Stein, German philosopher was born on this day in history.  

1892  Gilda dalla Rizza, Italian soprano (d. 1975) was born on this day in history.  

1893  On this day in history birth of pall Isolfsson, composer  

1893  On October - 12 birth of velvalee Dickinson, American spy (d. 1980)  

1894  On October - 12 birth of charles Hodge, Calif, NYU professor (Answers for Americans)  

1894  On October - 12 birth of elisabeth A de Vreugd, chambermaid of Dutch queen  

1896  On October - 12 birth of eugenio Montale, Italy, poet/translator (Xenia-Nobel 1975)  

1902  Dirk A M Binnendijk, critic (Authoritarian Regimes in Transistion) was born on this day in history.  

1903  Grayson Kirk, Jeffersonville Ohio, educator was born on this day in history.  

1904  On October - 12 birth of ding Ling, Chinese writer (d. 1986)  

1904  On this day in history birth of lester Dent, American writer (d. 1959)  

1905  Rick Ferrell, baseball Hall of Fame catcher was born on October - 12.  

1906  Edmund Charles Wolf Myers, soldier/engineer was born on October - 12.  

1906  Joe Cronin, baseball (Pirates, Red Sox, Senators, MVP 1930, AL Pres) was born on October - 12.  

1906  Willy Hess, Swiss musicologist, composer and famous Beethoven scholar was born on this day in history.  

1907  Wolfgang Fortner, composer was born on October - 12.  

1908  On October - 12 birth of ann Lane Petry, US journalist/author (Street)  

1908  Paul Engle, American writer (d. 1991) was born on October - 12.  

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0632  On October - 12 death of edwin of Deira, King of Northumbria and Bretwalda  

0638  Honorius I, [dux plebis], Italian Pope, dies on this day in history.  

0642  Johannes IV, Dalmatisch Pope (640-42), dies on this day in history.  

1093  Robrecht de Fries, earl of Flanders (1071-93), dies at about 62 on October - 12.  

1095  On this day in history death of margrave Leopold II of Austria (b. 1050)  

1176  On October - 12 death of william d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel, English politician  

1320  On October - 12 michael IX Paleologi, emperor of Byzantine (1295-1320), dies  

1343  On this day in history reinald II, duke of Gelre, dies