Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 12

1861  Death of Eliphalet Remington, American inventor, designer of the Remington rifle (b. 1793) on this day in history.   

1864  On this day in history death of sakuma Shōzan, Japanese reformer (b. 1811)   

1865  On August - 12 william Jackson Hooker, botanist, dies   

1877  James Drummond, historical painter, dies on this day in history.   

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

1885  On August - 12 georg Curtius, German classical/linguist/philologist, dies at 65   

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

1896  On August - 12 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 August - 12 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  Death of Anna Held, Polish-born actress and singer (b. 1872) on August - 12.   

1922  On August - 12 arthur Griffith, Irish nationalist/president (Sinn Fein), dies   

1928  Death of LeoÅ¡ Janáček, Czech composer (b. 1854) on August - 12.   

1934  On this day in history hendrik P Berlage, architect (Stock exchange Amsterdam), dies at 78   

1935  On August - 12 death of friedrich Schottky, German mathematician (b. 1851)   

1938  On this day in history ludwig Borchardt, German egyptologist, dies at 74   

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

1943  On August - 12 georges Martin Witkowski, composer, dies at 76   

1944  Death of Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., brother of President John F. Kennedy (b. 1915) on this day in history.   

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 August - 12.   

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

1964  On August - 12 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  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  Helvi Lemmikke Leiviska, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

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  Jean-Michel Basquiat, US musician/graffiti painter (Gray, SAMO), dies on August - 12.   

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1503  On August - 12 birth of christian III, king of Denmark/Norway (1534-59)   

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

1592  On August - 12 birth of willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, Dutch gov (Fort Emmerik/Heusden)   

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

1620  Pieter Cuypers, S Neth lawyer was born on August - 12.   

1626  Giovanni Legrenzi, composer was born on this day in history.   

1629  On August - 12 birth of tsar Alexei I of Russia (d. 1676)   

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