Famous Deaths In August - 12

1861  On August - 12 death of eliphalet Remington, American inventor, designer of the Remington rifle (b. 1793)   

1864  Death of Sakuma Shōzan, Japanese reformer (b. 1811) on this day in history.   

1865  William Jackson Hooker, botanist, dies on this day in history.   

1877  On this day in history james Drummond, historical painter, dies   

1883  Last Quagga, zebra with less slashes (in Artis), dies on August - 12.   

1885  Georg Curtius, German classical/linguist/philologist, dies at 65 on August - 12.   

1891  James Russell Lowell, poet/critic/diplomat, dies on August - 12.   

1896  On this day in history death of thomas Chamberlain, officer of the 20th Maine at the Battle of Gettysburg   

1900  On August - 12 james E Keeler, US astronomer (rings of Saturn), dies at 42   

1901  On this day in history death of adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Finnish-Swedish explorer (b. 1832)   

1911  Jozef Israels, painter, dies on this day in history.   

1914  John Philip Holland, submarine designer, dies on this day in history.   

1918  On this day in history death of anna Held, Polish-born actress and singer (b. 1872)   

1922  Arthur Griffith, Irish nationalist/president (Sinn Fein), dies on August - 12.   

1928  On August - 12 death of leoÅ¡ Janáček, Czech composer (b. 1854)   

1934  On August - 12 hendrik P Berlage, architect (Stock exchange Amsterdam), dies at 78   

1935  Death of Friedrich Schottky, German mathematician (b. 1851) on this day in history.   

1938  On August - 12 ludwig Borchardt, German egyptologist, dies at 74   

1941  On August - 12 bobby Peel, cricketer (took 102 wickets for England), dies   

1943  Georges Martin Witkowski, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1944  On this day in history death of joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., brother of President John F. Kennedy (b. 1915)   

1948  Death of Harry Brearley, English inventor (b. 1871) on August - 12.   

1952  Death of David Bergelson, Yiddish language writer (b. 1884) on this day in history.   

1955  Thomas Mann, German writer (Dr Faustus, Nobel 1929), dies at 80 on August - 12.   

1959  Death of Mike O'Neill, Irish-born American baseball player (b. 1877) on August - 12.   

1964  On this day in history ian L Fleming, British journalist/writer (James Bond), dies at 56   

1968  On August - 12 pieter J Auld, mayor of Rotterdam (1945-52), dies at 81   

1969  Dick Ryan, actor (For Heaven's Sake), dies after long illness at 72 on August - 12.   

1973  John Clay, cricketer (Glamorgan offie in only Test 1935), dies on this day in history.   

1976  On this day in history thomas Edward Driberg, 1st baron Bradwell, journalist, dies   

1982  On August - 12 helvi Lemmikke Leiviska, composer, dies at 80   

1983  On August - 12 henry Gifford Vivian, cricketer (7 Tests for NZ, 17 wkts), dies   

1985  On this day in history marcel Mihalovici, composer, dies at 86   

1988  Jean-Michel Basquiat, US musician/graffiti painter (Gray, SAMO), dies on this day in history.   

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1503  On this day in history birth of christian III, king of Denmark/Norway (1534-59)   

1566  On August - 12 birth of isabella CE, infante of Spain/governess of the Netherlands   

1592  On this day in history birth of willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, Dutch gov (Fort Emmerik/Heusden)   

1604  On this day in history birth of tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1651)   

1620  On August - 12 birth of pieter Cuypers, S Neth lawyer   

1626  Giovanni Legrenzi, composer was born on August - 12.   

1629  Tsar Alexei I of Russia (d. 1676) was born on this day in history.   

1644  Georg Christoph Leuttner, composer was born on August - 12.