Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In June - 12

1928  Salvador Diaz Miron, Mexicans poet, dies on this day in history.   

1930  Dyce Willcocks, cricketer ("Grand Old Man" of Canadian cricket), dies on June - 12.   

1932  René de Clerq, Flemish poet/writer (Book of Love), dies on June - 12.   

1936  Isidore Weiss, French world checker champion, dies on June - 12.   

1937  On this day in history death of mikhail Tukhachevsky, Marshal of the Soviet Union (b. 1893)   

1942  On June - 12 walter Leigh, composer, dies at 36   

1946  On this day in history count Hisaichi Terauchi, Japanese fieldmarshal, dies   

1947  Jazeps Medins, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1952  Michael von Faulhaber, Cardinal/archbishop of Munich, dies at 83 on June - 12.   

1957  On June - 12 james F "Jimmy" Dorsey, US orchestra leader, dies at 53   

1962  On this day in history john N Ireland, English composer/pianist (Epic March), dies at 82   

1963  Andrew Browne, Irish/British admiral (Cape Matapan, WW II), dies at 80 on June - 12.   

1966  On this day in history hermann Scherchen, German conductor/music publisher, dies at 74   

1968  On this day in history fidelio Friedrich Finke, composer, dies at 76   

1969  Death of Alexander Deyneka, Ukrainian painter (b. 1899) on June - 12.   

1972  On June - 12 edmund Wilson, US writer (To the Finland station), dies at 79   

1978  On this day in history death of guo Moruo, Chinese writer (b. 1892)   

1980  On this day in history milburn Stone, actor (Doc-Gunsmoke), dies at 75   

1982  On June - 12 death of karl von Frisch, Austrian zoologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1886)   

1983  Norma Shearer, actress (Escape, Romeo & Juliet), dies at 82 on June - 12.   

1986  Antoon Breyne, Belgian journalist, dies at 76 on June - 12.   

1988  Marcel Poot, Belgian baron/composer, dies at 87 on June - 12.   

1989  On June - 12 peter Conrad Baden, composer, dies at 80   

1990  On June - 12 terence O'Neil, lord/PM of Ulster (1963-69), dies   

1992  Edward Fleming, Danish director (Lille Spejl), dies on June - 12.   

1994  On June - 12 menachem Mendel Schneerson, Lubavitcher leader (1950-94), dies at 92   

1995  On June - 12 arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, pianist, dies at 75   

1996  On June - 12 ilona Ference, actress (Quatermass II, Star of My Night), dies at 78   

1997  On June - 12 death of bulat Okudzhava, Russian writer and musician (b. 1924)   

2000  On June - 12 death of p.L.Deshpande, Marathi writer (b. 1919)   

2002  Death of Bill Blass, American fashion designer (b. 1922) on June - 12.   

2003  On June - 12 death of gregory Peck, American actor (b. 1916)   

2005  On June - 12 death of scott Young, Canadian sportswriter, novelist, and journalist (b. 1918)   

2006  Death of György Ligeti, Hungarian composer (b. 1923) on this day in history.   

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1107  Emperor Gaozong of China (d. 1187) was born on June - 12.   

1468  On June - 12 birth of juan del Encina, composer   

1519  Cosmos de Medici, art patron (Accademia del Disegno) was born on June - 12.   

1519  Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1574) was born on this day in history.   

1526  On this day in history birth of marc-Antoine de Muret, composer   

1577  On June - 12 birth of paul Guldin, Swiss astronomer and mathematician (d. 1643)   

1599  Jan W van Brederode, governor (Hertogenbosch)/fieldmarshal was born on June - 12.   

1659  On June - 12 birth of yamamoto Tsunetomo, Japanese samurai (d. 1719)