Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 12

1861  Death of Eliphalet Remington, American inventor, designer of the Remington rifle (b. 1793) on August - 12.   

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

1865  William Jackson Hooker, botanist, dies on August - 12.   

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

1883  On August - 12 last Quagga, zebra with less slashes (in Artis), dies   

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

1891  James Russell Lowell, poet/critic/diplomat, dies on this day in history.   

1896  Death of Thomas Chamberlain, officer of the 20th Maine at the Battle of Gettysburg on August - 12.   

1900  On this day in history james E Keeler, US astronomer (rings of Saturn), dies at 42   

1901  Death of Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Finnish-Swedish explorer (b. 1832) on this day in history.   

1911  Jozef Israels, painter, dies on August - 12.   

1914  On August - 12 john Philip Holland, submarine designer, dies   

1918  Death of Anna Held, Polish-born actress and singer (b. 1872) on this day in history.   

1922  Arthur Griffith, Irish nationalist/president (Sinn Fein), dies on this day in history.   

1928  Death of LeoÅ¡ Janáček, Czech composer (b. 1854) on this day in history.   

1934  On this day in history 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 this day in history bobby Peel, cricketer (took 102 wickets for England), dies   

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

1944  Death of Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., brother of President John F. Kennedy (b. 1915) on August - 12.   

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

1952  On this day in history death of david Bergelson, Yiddish language writer (b. 1884)   

1955  Thomas Mann, German writer (Dr Faustus, Nobel 1929), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1959  On August - 12 death of mike O'Neill, Irish-born American baseball player (b. 1877)   

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

1968  On this day in history pieter J Auld, mayor of Rotterdam (1945-52), dies at 81   

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

1973  John Clay, cricketer (Glamorgan offie in only Test 1935), dies on August - 12.   

1976  Thomas Edward Driberg, 1st baron Bradwell, journalist, dies on this day in history.   

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

1983  On this day in history henry Gifford Vivian, cricketer (7 Tests for NZ, 17 wkts), dies   

1985  Marcel Mihalovici, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1988  On this day in history jean-Michel Basquiat, US musician/graffiti painter (Gray, SAMO), dies   

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1503  Christian III, king of Denmark/Norway (1534-59) was born on this day in history.   

1566  Isabella CE, infante of Spain/governess of the Netherlands was born on this day in history.   

1592  Willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, Dutch gov (Fort Emmerik/Heusden) was born on this day in history.   

1604  Tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1651) was born on this day in history.   

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

1626  On August - 12 birth of giovanni Legrenzi, composer   

1629  Tsar Alexei I of Russia (d. 1676) was born on August - 12.   

1644  On this day in history birth of georg Christoph Leuttner, composer