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  On June - 12 isidore Weiss, French world checker champion, dies   

1937  Death of Mikhail Tukhachevsky, Marshal of the Soviet Union (b. 1893) on this day in history.   

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

1946  Count Hisaichi Terauchi, Japanese fieldmarshal, dies on June - 12.   

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

1952  On June - 12 michael von Faulhaber, Cardinal/archbishop of Munich, dies at 83   

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

1962  John N Ireland, English composer/pianist (Epic March), dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1963  On this day in history andrew Browne, Irish/British admiral (Cape Matapan, WW II), dies at 80   

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

1968  On June - 12 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 this day in history.   

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

1980  Milburn Stone, actor (Doc-Gunsmoke), dies at 75 on June - 12.   

1982  Death of Karl von Frisch, Austrian zoologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1886) on this day in history.   

1983  On June - 12 norma Shearer, actress (Escape, Romeo & Juliet), dies at 82   

1986  On June - 12 antoon Breyne, Belgian journalist, dies at 76   

1988  Marcel Poot, Belgian baron/composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1989  Peter Conrad Baden, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1990  Terence O'Neil, lord/PM of Ulster (1963-69), dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1997  Death of Bulat Okudzhava, Russian writer and musician (b. 1924) on June - 12.   

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  Death of Gregory Peck, American actor (b. 1916) on June - 12.   

2005  On this day in history death of scott Young, Canadian sportswriter, novelist, and journalist (b. 1918)   

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

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1107  On this day in history birth of emperor Gaozong of China (d. 1187)   

1468  On this day in history 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 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  Jan W van Brederode, governor (Hertogenbosch)/fieldmarshal was born on June - 12.   

1659  Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Japanese samurai (d. 1719) was born on June - 12.