Famous Deaths In June - 12

1928  Salvador Diaz Miron, Mexicans poet, dies on this day in history.   

1930  Dyce Willcocks, cricketer ("Grand Old Man" of Canadian cricket), dies on June - 12.   

1932  On June - 12 rené de Clerq, Flemish poet/writer (Book of Love), dies   

1936  On this day in history isidore Weiss, French world checker champion, dies   

1937  Death of Mikhail Tukhachevsky, Marshal of the Soviet Union (b. 1893) on June - 12.   

1942  Walter Leigh, composer, dies at 36 on June - 12.   

1946  On this day in history count Hisaichi Terauchi, Japanese fieldmarshal, dies   

1947  Jazeps Medins, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1952  Michael von Faulhaber, Cardinal/archbishop of Munich, dies at 83 on June - 12.   

1957  On June - 12 james F "Jimmy" Dorsey, US orchestra leader, dies at 53   

1962  John N Ireland, English composer/pianist (Epic March), dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1963  Andrew Browne, Irish/British admiral (Cape Matapan, WW II), dies at 80 on June - 12.   

1966  Hermann Scherchen, German conductor/music publisher, dies at 74 on June - 12.   

1968  Fidelio Friedrich Finke, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1969  On this day in history death of alexander Deyneka, Ukrainian painter (b. 1899)   

1972  On this day in history edmund Wilson, US writer (To the Finland station), dies at 79   

1978  Death of Guo Moruo, Chinese writer (b. 1892) on June - 12.   

1980  On this day in history milburn Stone, actor (Doc-Gunsmoke), dies at 75   

1982  Death of Karl von Frisch, Austrian zoologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1886) on this day in history.   

1983  Norma Shearer, actress (Escape, Romeo & Juliet), dies at 82 on June - 12.   

1986  Antoon Breyne, Belgian journalist, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1988  Marcel Poot, Belgian baron/composer, dies at 87 on June - 12.   

1989  On this day in history peter Conrad Baden, composer, dies at 80   

1990  On this day in history terence O'Neil, lord/PM of Ulster (1963-69), dies   

1992  Edward Fleming, Danish director (Lille Spejl), dies on this day in history.   

1994  Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Lubavitcher leader (1950-94), dies at 92 on this day in history.   

1995  On this day in history arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, pianist, dies at 75   

1996  On June - 12 ilona Ference, actress (Quatermass II, Star of My Night), dies at 78   

1997  Death of Bulat Okudzhava, Russian writer and musician (b. 1924) on this day in history.   

2000  On this day in history death of p.L.Deshpande, Marathi writer (b. 1919)   

2002  On this day in history death of bill Blass, American fashion designer (b. 1922)   

2003  Death of Gregory Peck, American actor (b. 1916) on this day in history.   

2005  On June - 12 death of scott Young, Canadian sportswriter, novelist, and journalist (b. 1918)   

2006  On this day in history death of györgy Ligeti, Hungarian composer (b. 1923)   

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1107  Emperor Gaozong of China (d. 1187) was born on June - 12.   

1468  On this day in history birth of juan del Encina, composer   

1519  On this day in history birth of cosmos de Medici, art patron (Accademia del Disegno)   

1519  On June - 12 birth of cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1574)   

1526  Marc-Antoine de Muret, composer was born on this day in history.   

1577  On this day in history birth of paul Guldin, Swiss astronomer and mathematician (d. 1643)   

1599  Jan W van Brederode, governor (Hertogenbosch)/fieldmarshal was born on this day in history.   

1659  On June - 12 birth of yamamoto Tsunetomo, Japanese samurai (d. 1719)