Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In June - 12

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

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

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

1947  On this day in history jazeps Medins, composer, dies at 70   

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

1957  James F "Jimmy" Dorsey, US orchestra leader, dies at 53 on June - 12.   

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 this day in history.   

1968  Fidelio Friedrich Finke, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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

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  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 June - 12.   

1983  On this day in history norma Shearer, actress (Escape, Romeo & Juliet), dies at 82   

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

1988  On June - 12 marcel Poot, Belgian baron/composer, dies at 87   

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

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

1992  On this day in history edward Fleming, Danish director (Lille Spejl), dies   

1994  Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Lubavitcher leader (1950-94), dies at 92 on this day in history.   

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

1996  On this day in history 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 this day in history death of p.L.Deshpande, Marathi writer (b. 1919)   

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

1468  On this day in history birth of juan del Encina, composer   

1519  Cosmos de Medici, art patron (Accademia del Disegno) was born on this day in history.   

1519  On this day in history birth of cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1574)   

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

1577  Paul Guldin, Swiss astronomer and mathematician (d. 1643) was born on this day in history.   

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.