Famous Deaths 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 this day in history.  

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

1883  On this day in history last Quagga, zebra with less slashes (in Artis), dies  

1885  On this day in history georg Curtius, German classical/linguist/philologist, dies at 65  

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

1911  On August - 12 jozef Israels, painter, dies  

1914  On this day in history john Philip Holland, submarine designer, dies  

1918  On August - 12 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 this day in history death of leoš Janáček, Czech composer (b. 1854)  

1934  Hendrik P Berlage, architect (Stock exchange Amsterdam), dies at 78 on this day in history.  

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  Bobby Peel, cricketer (took 102 wickets for England), dies on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1952  On August - 12 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  Death of Mike O'Neill, Irish-born American baseball player (b. 1877) on August - 12.  

1964  Ian L Fleming, British journalist/writer (James Bond), dies at 56 on August - 12.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1988  On August - 12 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 August - 12.  

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

1592  On August - 12 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  Pieter Cuypers, S Neth lawyer was born on August - 12.  

1626  On August - 12 birth of giovanni Legrenzi, composer  

1629  On this day in history birth of tsar Alexei I of Russia (d. 1676)  

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