Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In June - 12

1928  On this day in history salvador Diaz Miron, Mexicans poet, dies   

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  Death of Mikhail Tukhachevsky, Marshal of the Soviet Union (b. 1893) on this day in history.   

1942  Walter Leigh, composer, dies at 36 on this day in history.   

1946  On June - 12 count Hisaichi Terauchi, Japanese fieldmarshal, dies   

1947  Jazeps Medins, composer, dies at 70 on June - 12.   

1952  Michael von Faulhaber, Cardinal/archbishop of Munich, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1957  James F "Jimmy" Dorsey, US orchestra leader, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1962  On June - 12 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 this day in history.   

1966  Hermann Scherchen, German conductor/music publisher, dies at 74 on June - 12.   

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

1969  Death of Alexander Deyneka, Ukrainian painter (b. 1899) on this day in history.   

1972  Edmund Wilson, US writer (To the Finland station), dies at 79 on June - 12.   

1978  On June - 12 death of guo Moruo, Chinese writer (b. 1892)   

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

1982  On this day in history 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  On June - 12 antoon Breyne, Belgian journalist, dies at 76   

1988  On this day in history marcel Poot, Belgian baron/composer, dies at 87   

1989  On this day in history peter Conrad Baden, composer, dies at 80   

1990  Terence O'Neil, lord/PM of Ulster (1963-69), dies on June - 12.   

1992  Edward Fleming, Danish director (Lille Spejl), dies on this day in history.   

1994  On this day in history menachem Mendel Schneerson, Lubavitcher leader (1950-94), dies at 92   

1995  Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, pianist, dies at 75 on June - 12.   

1996  On this day in history 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  On June - 12 death of bill Blass, American fashion designer (b. 1922)   

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

2005  Death of Scott Young, Canadian sportswriter, novelist, and journalist (b. 1918) on June - 12.   

2006  On this day in history death of györgy Ligeti, Hungarian composer (b. 1923)   

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1107  On June - 12 birth of emperor Gaozong of China (d. 1187)   

1468  Juan del Encina, composer was born on June - 12.   

1519  On June - 12 birth of cosmos de Medici, art patron (Accademia del Disegno)   

1519  Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1574) was born on June - 12.   

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

1577  On this day in history birth of paul Guldin, Swiss astronomer and mathematician (d. 1643)   

1599  On this day in history birth of jan W van Brederode, governor (Hertogenbosch)/fieldmarshal   

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