Famous Deaths In May - 12

1907  On May - 12 j K Huysmans, writer, dies at 59  

1908  On May - 12 melesio Morales, composer, dies at 69  

1916  On May - 12 death of james Connolly, Irish socialist (b. 1868)  

1921  Emilia Pardo Bazan, Spanish writer (La sirena negra), dies on this day in history.  

1924  On this day in history charles Henri Marechal, composer, dies at 82  

1925  Alfred Milner, British governor (Cape Colony)/minister, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

1930  Pieter Jelles Troelstra, Dutch SDAP leader, dies at 70 on May - 12.  

1931  Eugene Ysaye, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1932  On May - 12 death of lindbergh baby, found dead  

1935  On this day in history josef Pilsudski, Polish dictator (1926-35), dies  

1943  On May - 12 albert Stoessel, composer, dies at 48  

1944  Arthur T Quiller-Couch [Q], British author/critic, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

1948  Isidor Achron, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.  

1951  On this day in history oscar DePriest, (Rep-D-Ill), dies at 80  

1956  On May - 12 hendrik P Marchant, Dutch minister of Education, dies at 87  

1957  On May - 12 erich von Stroheim, Austrian/US actor (Grand Illusion), dies at 71  

1960  On this day in history cecil Armstrong Gibbs, composer, dies at 70  

1962  On this day in history dick Calkins, co-author (Buck Rogers), dies at 67  

1963  Stanislaw Wiechowicz, composer, dies at 69 on May - 12.  

1965  Roger Vailland, French playwright (La Truite), dies at 57 on this day in history.  

1966  On this day in history death of felix Martin Julius Steiner, German Heer and Waffen-SS officer (b. 1896)  

1967  Julius Kalas, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

1970  Leonie "Nelly" Sachs, German/Swedish poet (Nobel 1966), dies at 78 on May - 12.  

1971  On this day in history j M Taylor, cricketer (20 Tests 1920-26, 997 runs), dies  

1973  Frances Marion, screenwriter (Pollyanna, Camille), dies at 85 on this day in history.  

1980  Lillian Roth, actress (Animal Crackers, Alice Sweet Alice), dies on May - 12.  

1981  On this day in history benjamin H Sheares, president of Singapore, dies  

1982  Humphrey Searle, writer (20th Century counterpoint), dies at 66 on May - 12.  

1984  Doris May, actress (Peck's Bad Boy), dies at 81 of heart failure on this day in history.  

1985  On May - 12 jean Debuffet, French painter/sculptor, dies  

1986  Elisabeth Bergner, dies at 85 on this day in history.  

1987  On May - 12 victor Feldman, pianist/drummer, dies at 53  

1989  On this day in history joe Valdez Caballero, creator of hard taco, shell, dies at 81  

1990  On this day in history death of chen Kenmin, Japanese chef (b. 1912)  

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1401  On this day in history birth of emperor Shōkō (d. 1428)  

1496  On this day in history birth of gustav I of Sweden (d. 1560)  

1590  Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1621) was born on May - 12.  

1622  Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor General of New France (d. 1698) was born on this day in history.  

1626  On May - 12 birth of louis Hennepin, Flemish missionary (d. 1705)  

1662  On May - 12 birth of jan F van Bloom, [Orizonte] Flemish painter, baptized  

1670  On this day in history birth of august II, the Strong One, King of Poland (355 children)  

1670  Frederick Augustus I of Poland (d. 1733) was born on May - 12.