Famous Deaths In May - 12
Thursday, 28 September 2023
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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