Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 12
Friday, 20 June 2025
1861 Death of Eliphalet Remington, American inventor, designer of the Remington rifle (b. 1793) on this day in history.
1864 Death of Sakuma ShÅzan, Japanese reformer (b. 1811) on August - 12.
1865 On August - 12 william Jackson Hooker, botanist, dies
1877 On August - 12 james Drummond, historical painter, dies
1883 On August - 12 last Quagga, zebra with less slashes (in Artis), dies
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 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 this day in history.
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¡ JanáÄek, Czech composer (b. 1854) on this day in history.
1934 Hendrik P Berlage, architect (Stock exchange Amsterdam), dies at 78 on August - 12.
1935 On August - 12 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 Georges Martin Witkowski, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.
1944 On this day in history death of joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., brother of President John F. Kennedy (b. 1915)
1948 Death of Harry Brearley, English inventor (b. 1871) on this day in history.
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 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 On August - 12 dick Ryan, actor (For Heaven's Sake), dies after long illness at 72
1973 On August - 12 john Clay, cricketer (Glamorgan offie in only Test 1935), dies
1976 Thomas Edward Driberg, 1st baron Bradwell, journalist, dies on August - 12.
1982 On August - 12 helvi Lemmikke Leiviska, composer, dies at 80
1983 Henry Gifford Vivian, cricketer (7 Tests for NZ, 17 wkts), dies on this day in history.
1985 Marcel Mihalovici, composer, dies at 86 on August - 12.
1988 On August - 12 jean-Michel Basquiat, US musician/graffiti painter (Gray, SAMO), dies
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