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 August - 12 death of sakuma Shōzan, Japanese reformer (b. 1811)   

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

1877  On August - 12 james Drummond, historical painter, dies   

1883  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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 August - 12.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1922  On this day in history 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 this day in history death of friedrich Schottky, German mathematician (b. 1851)   

1938  Ludwig Borchardt, German egyptologist, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1941  Bobby Peel, cricketer (took 102 wickets for England), dies on August - 12.   

1943  On this day in history 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  On this day in history thomas Mann, German writer (Dr Faustus, Nobel 1929), dies at 80   

1959  On this day in history death of mike O'Neill, Irish-born American baseball player (b. 1877)   

1964  Ian L Fleming, British journalist/writer (James Bond), dies at 56 on this day in history.   

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

1969  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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  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 August - 12.   

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1503  Christian III, king of Denmark/Norway (1534-59) was born on August - 12.   

1566  Isabella CE, infante of Spain/governess of the Netherlands was born on August - 12.   

1592  Willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, Dutch gov (Fort Emmerik/Heusden) was born on August - 12.   

1604  On this day in history birth of tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1651)   

1620  Pieter Cuypers, S Neth lawyer was born on this day in history.   

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 August - 12 birth of georg Christoph Leuttner, composer