Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In June - 12

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

1930  On this day in history 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  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  Count Hisaichi Terauchi, Japanese fieldmarshal, dies on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1963  On June - 12 andrew Browne, Irish/British admiral (Cape Matapan, WW II), dies at 80   

1966  On June - 12 hermann Scherchen, German conductor/music publisher, dies at 74   

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

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

1972  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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 June - 12.   

1995  Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, pianist, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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  Death of P.L.Deshpande, Marathi writer (b. 1919) on this day in history.   

2002  On this day in history death of bill Blass, American fashion designer (b. 1922)   

2003  Death of Gregory Peck, American actor (b. 1916) on this day in history.   

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

1526  Marc-Antoine de Muret, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1659  On this day in history birth of yamamoto Tsunetomo, Japanese samurai (d. 1719)