Famous Deaths In October - 12

1858  On October - 12 ando Hiroshige, Japanese painter, dies at 61  

1860  On October - 12 henry G W Smith, leader of British-Indian forces, dies at 73  

1864  On October - 12 roger Taney, 5th Supreme Court Chief Justice (1836-64), dies at 87  

1865  William Vincent Wallace, composer, dies at 53 on October - 12.  

1870  On this day in history robert E Lee, General of Confederate Army, dies at 63  

1875  On October - 12 death of jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (b. 1827)  

1896  On this day in history death of christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish nobleman and politician (b. 1817)  

1898  On October - 12 death of calvin Fairbank, American abolitionist minister (b. 1816)  

1915  On October - 12 death of edith L Cavell, British nurse, executed by Germans in Belgium (WW II)  

1922  Daisy M C Baers, Flemish philosophy/theory, dies at 33 on this day in history.  

1923  On this day in history a P "Bunny" Lucas, cricketer (five Tests for England 1879-82), dies  

1924  Anatole France, writer, dies at 80 on October - 12.  

1929  Max Ettlinger, German philosopher/theorist, dies at 52 on this day in history.  

1936  On October - 12 b L T Bosanquet, cricketer (1st great googly bowler, England), dies  

1938  Hugh Massie, cricketer (9 Tests for Australia 1881-85, capt), dies on October - 12.  

1940  On this day in history tom Mix, US actor (Texan, Hidden Gold), dies at 60  

1945  Death of Jesse James Payne, lynched in Madison County Florida on October - 12.  

1946  On this day in history joseph W Stilwell, US general (China), dies  

1947  On this day in history nelson Betancourt, cricket wicketkeeper (WI Test 1930), dies at 42  

1948  On October - 12 alfred Kerr, writer, dies at 80  

1951  On October - 12 simon Kimbangu/Kibangu, Congo prophet, dies in captivity at 62  

1954  On this day in history death of george Welch, American pilot (b. 1918)  

1958  Ed Hinton, actor (Henderson-I Lived 3 Lives), dies at 30 on October - 12.  

1959  On October - 12 arnoldt Bronnen, writer, dies at 63  

1960  Death of Inejiro Asanuma, leader Japanese Socialist Party, murdered at 61 on this day in history.  

1964  On October - 12 j Howard Frazer, USTA pres, dies in office  

1966  Arthur Vincent Lourie, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

1967  On October - 12 nat Pendleton, Olympic wrestler/actor (Reckless), dies at 72  

1969  On October - 12 serge Poliakoff, Russ/French painter, dies  

1970  On this day in history death of mustafa Zaidi, Pakistani poet (b. 1930)  

1971  On October - 12 dean G Acheson, US foreign minister (1949-53), dies at 78  

1974  On this day in history joseph Frederick Wagner, composer, dies at 74  

1977  Doris Davenport, actress (Behind the News, Westerner), dies at 81 on this day in history.  

1979  Celia Lovsky, actress (Airport, Harlow, T'Pau-Star Trek), dies at 82 on this day in history.  

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1008  On October - 12 birth of emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (d. 1036)  

1350  On October - 12 birth of dimitri "Donskoi" Ivanovitch, great monarch of Vladimir-Soezdal  

1350  Dmitry Donskoy, Grand Prince of Moscovy (d. 1389) was born on October - 12.  

1490  Bernardo Pisano, composer was born on October - 12.  

1537  Edward VI, Tudor, King of England (1547-53) was born on October - 12.  

1558  On October - 12 birth of archduke Maximilian III of Austria (d. 1618)  

1558  Jacques Sirmond, French scholar and Jesuit (d. 1651) was born on this day in history.  

1576  Thomas Dudley, English-born American colonial magistrate (d. 1653) was born on this day in history.