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Famous Deaths In August - 12

Sunday, 28 May 2023

1861  Death of Eliphalet Remington, American inventor, designer of the Remington rifle (b. 1793) on August - 12.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1864  Death of Sakuma Shōzan, Japanese reformer (b. 1811) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1865  William Jackson Hooker, botanist, dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1877  On this day in history james Drummond, historical painter, dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1883  On this day in history last Quagga, zebra with less slashes (in Artis), dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1885  On this day in history georg Curtius, German classical/linguist/philologist, dies at 65  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1891  James Russell Lowell, poet/critic/diplomat, dies on August - 12.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1896  On this day in history death of thomas Chamberlain, officer of the 20th Maine at the Battle of Gettysburg  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1900  On August - 12 james E Keeler, US astronomer (rings of Saturn), dies at 42  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1901  Death of Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Finnish-Swedish explorer (b. 1832) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1911  On August - 12 jozef Israels, painter, dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1914  On this day in history john Philip Holland, submarine designer, dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1918  On August - 12 death of anna Held, Polish-born actress and singer (b. 1872)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1922  Arthur Griffith, Irish nationalist/president (Sinn Fein), dies on August - 12.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1928  On this day in history death of leoš Janáček, Czech composer (b. 1854)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1934  Hendrik P Berlage, architect (Stock exchange Amsterdam), dies at 78 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1935  Death of Friedrich Schottky, German mathematician (b. 1851) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1938  On August - 12 ludwig Borchardt, German egyptologist, dies at 74  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1941  Bobby Peel, cricketer (took 102 wickets for England), dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1943  On August - 12 georges Martin Witkowski, composer, dies at 76  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1944  Death of Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., brother of President John F. Kennedy (b. 1915) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1948  Death of Harry Brearley, English inventor (b. 1871) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1952  On August - 12 death of david Bergelson, Yiddish language writer (b. 1884)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1955  Thomas Mann, German writer (Dr Faustus, Nobel 1929), dies at 80 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1959  Death of Mike O'Neill, Irish-born American baseball player (b. 1877) on August - 12.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1964  Ian L Fleming, British journalist/writer (James Bond), dies at 56 on August - 12.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1968  On August - 12 pieter J Auld, mayor of Rotterdam (1945-52), dies at 81  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1969  Dick Ryan, actor (For Heaven's Sake), dies after long illness at 72 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1973  John Clay, cricketer (Glamorgan offie in only Test 1935), dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1976  On this day in history thomas Edward Driberg, 1st baron Bradwell, journalist, dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1982  On August - 12 helvi Lemmikke Leiviska, composer, dies at 80  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1983  On August - 12 henry Gifford Vivian, cricketer (7 Tests for NZ, 17 wkts), dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1985  Marcel Mihalovici, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1988  On August - 12 jean-Michel Basquiat, US musician/graffiti painter (Gray, SAMO), dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous Birthdays In August - 12

Famous People Born On This Day In History

1503  Christian III, king of Denmark/Norway (1534-59) was born on August - 12.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1566  On August - 12 birth of isabella CE, infante of Spain/governess of the Netherlands  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1592  On August - 12 birth of willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, Dutch gov (Fort Emmerik/Heusden)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1604  On this day in history birth of tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1651)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1620  Pieter Cuypers, S Neth lawyer was born on August - 12.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1626  On August - 12 birth of giovanni Legrenzi, composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1629  On this day in history birth of tsar Alexei I of Russia (d. 1676)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1644  Georg Christoph Leuttner, composer was born on August - 12.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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