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  Death of Sakuma Shōzan, Japanese reformer (b. 1811) on August - 12.   

1865  William Jackson Hooker, botanist, dies on this day in history.   

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

1883  Last Quagga, zebra with less slashes (in Artis), dies on this day in history.   

1885  Georg Curtius, German classical/linguist/philologist, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1891  On August - 12 james Russell Lowell, poet/critic/diplomat, dies   

1896  Death of Thomas Chamberlain, officer of the 20th Maine at the Battle of Gettysburg on this day in history.   

1900  James E Keeler, US astronomer (rings of Saturn), dies at 42 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history death of anna Held, Polish-born actress and singer (b. 1872)   

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

1928  On August - 12 death of leoÅ¡ Janáček, Czech composer (b. 1854)   

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

1935  On this day in history death of friedrich Schottky, German mathematician (b. 1851)   

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

1941  On this day in history 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  On August - 12 death of harry Brearley, English inventor (b. 1871)   

1952  Death of David Bergelson, Yiddish language writer (b. 1884) on this day in history.   

1955  Thomas Mann, German writer (Dr Faustus, Nobel 1929), dies at 80 on August - 12.   

1959  On this day in history 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  Pieter J Auld, mayor of Rotterdam (1945-52), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

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

1973  On this day in history john Clay, cricketer (Glamorgan offie in only Test 1935), dies   

1976  Thomas Edward Driberg, 1st baron Bradwell, journalist, dies on August - 12.   

1982  Helvi Lemmikke Leiviska, composer, dies at 80 on August - 12.   

1983  Henry Gifford Vivian, cricketer (7 Tests for NZ, 17 wkts), dies on August - 12.   

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

1988  Jean-Michel Basquiat, US musician/graffiti painter (Gray, SAMO), dies on this day in history.   

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

1566  On this day in history birth of isabella CE, infante of Spain/governess of the Netherlands   

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

1626  On this day in history birth of giovanni Legrenzi, composer   

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

1644  On August - 12 birth of georg Christoph Leuttner, composer