Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In June - 12

1928  Salvador Diaz Miron, Mexicans poet, dies on June - 12.   

1930  On June - 12 dyce Willcocks, cricketer ("Grand Old Man" of Canadian cricket), dies   

1932  René de Clerq, Flemish poet/writer (Book of Love), dies on this day in history.   

1936  On this day in history isidore Weiss, French world checker champion, dies   

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 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 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  Hermann Scherchen, German conductor/music publisher, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

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

1969  On June - 12 death of alexander Deyneka, Ukrainian painter (b. 1899)   

1972  Edmund Wilson, US writer (To the Finland station), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1978  Death of Guo Moruo, Chinese writer (b. 1892) on this day in history.   

1980  On June - 12 milburn Stone, actor (Doc-Gunsmoke), dies at 75   

1982  Death of Karl von Frisch, Austrian zoologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1886) on June - 12.   

1983  Norma Shearer, actress (Escape, Romeo & Juliet), dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1986  Antoon Breyne, Belgian journalist, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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

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 June - 12.   

1992  On June - 12 edward Fleming, Danish director (Lille Spejl), dies   

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  Ilona Ference, actress (Quatermass II, Star of My Night), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

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

2000  Death of P.L.Deshpande, Marathi writer (b. 1919) on June - 12.   

2002  On June - 12 death of bill Blass, American fashion designer (b. 1922)   

2003  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of emperor Gaozong of China (d. 1187)   

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  On June - 12 birth of cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1574)   

1526  Marc-Antoine de Muret, composer was born on June - 12.   

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

1599  On June - 12 birth of jan W van Brederode, governor (Hertogenbosch)/fieldmarshal   

1659  Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Japanese samurai (d. 1719) was born on this day in history.