Famous Deaths In February - 12

1920  On February - 12 emile Sauret, composer, dies at 67   

1921  On February - 12 charles Leslie, cricketer (4 Tests England v Australia 1882-83), dies   

1929  Freiherr Albert von Schrenk-Notzing, Ger para-psychologist, dies at 66 on February - 12.   

1931  Death of Samedbey Mehmandarov, Russian general (b. 1855) on February - 12.   

1933  Henri Duparc, French composer, dies at 85 on February - 12.   

1935  Death of Auguste Escoffier, French chef (b. 1846) on February - 12.   

1942  Grant Wood, US painter (American Gothic), dies at 49 on February - 12.   

1945  Death of ... de Jong, Dutch vicar/resistance fighter, executed on this day in history.   

1947  On February - 12 sidney Toler, actor (Charlie Chan, Dark Alibi), dies at 72   

1949  On this day in history death of hassan al Banna, Egyptian founder of the Muslim Brotherhood (b. 1906)   

1951  On February - 12 death of choudhary Rehmat Ali, Pakistani nationalist (b. 1897)   

1954  Dziga Vertov, [Kaufman], Russian dir (3 Songs of Lenin), dies at 58 on February - 12.   

1955  Tom Moore, actor (Ladies be Seated, Majority Rules), dies at 71 on February - 12.   

1957  Johannes Anker Larsen, Danish writer (Martha og Maria), dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1958  Marcel Cachin, 1st communist French senator, dies at 88 on February - 12.   

1960  Bobby Clark, vaudevillan (World's funniest circus clown), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history henry Kulky, actor (Otto-Life of Riley), dies at 53   

1969  On February - 12 johanna EFG Tourniaire, actress (Potasch & Perlemoer), dies at 80   

1970  Andre Souris, composer, dies at 79 on February - 12.   

1971  On this day in history george Shelton, actor (It Pays to be Ignorant), dies at 86   

1973  On February - 12 benjamin Frankel, composer, dies at 67   

1976  On this day in history james Clifton Williams, composer (Sinfonians), dies at 52   

1979  Jean Renoir, French writer/director (Human Beast), dies at 84 on February - 12.   

1980  On this day in history floyd Taliaferro Alderson, actor (Crossing Trails), dies   

1981  Jean Dixon, actress (Joy of Livng, You Only Live Once), dies on February - 12.   

1982  On February - 12 cornelis Rijnsdorp, Dutch writer (Culprit), dies at 87   

1983  Eubie Blake, ragtime-composer/pianist (Memories of You), dies at 100 on this day in history.   

1984  On February - 12 julio Cort zar, Argentina writer (Final del Juego), dies at 69   

1985  Nicholas Colssanto, actor (Coach-Cheers), dies at 61 on February - 12.   

1986  On this day in history guy Douglas Hamilton Warrack, composer, dies at 86   

1987  On this day in history lang Jeffries, Canadian actor (Skip-Rescue 8), dies at 55   

1989  Mauritius Balfoort, French/Flemish director, dies at 83 on February - 12.   

1991  Edward A Blatt, director (Between 2 Worlds), dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1992  Bep [Lambertus] van Klaveren, boxing champ (Olympic-gold-1928), dies on this day in history.   

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1074  Conrad, King of Germany and Italy (d. 1101) was born on this day in history.   

1211  On February - 12 birth of henry VII, Roman catholic German king (1220-35)   

1218  Kujo Yoritsune, Japanese shogun (d. 1256) was born on February - 12.   

1438  On this day in history birth of adolf van Egmond, duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen   

1474  On this day in history birth of lorenzo Campeggi(o), archbishop of Bologna/diplomat   

1567  Thomas Campion, England, composer/poet/physician was born on February - 12.   

1584  On February - 12 birth of casparus Barleaus, Flemish theologist/poet (Muiderkring)   

1585  Caspar Bartholin, Malmö , physician, theologian, writer on anatomy was born on February - 12.