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.
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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