Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In October - 12

1858  Ando Hiroshige, Japanese painter, dies at 61 on October - 12.   

1860  Henry G W Smith, leader of British-Indian forces, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1864  Roger Taney, 5th Supreme Court Chief Justice (1836-64), dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1865  William Vincent Wallace, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1870  Robert E Lee, General of Confederate Army, dies at 63 on October - 12.   

1875  Death of Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (b. 1827) on this day in history.   

1896  On this day in history death of christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish nobleman and politician (b. 1817)   

1898  On October - 12 death of calvin Fairbank, American abolitionist minister (b. 1816)   

1915  On October - 12 death of edith L Cavell, British nurse, executed by Germans in Belgium (WW II)   

1922  On October - 12 daisy M C Baers, Flemish philosophy/theory, dies at 33   

1923  A P "Bunny" Lucas, cricketer (five Tests for England 1879-82), dies on this day in history.   

1924  Anatole France, writer, dies at 80 on October - 12.   

1929  Max Ettlinger, German philosopher/theorist, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1936  B L T Bosanquet, cricketer (1st great googly bowler, England), dies on October - 12.   

1938  On this day in history hugh Massie, cricketer (9 Tests for Australia 1881-85, capt), dies   

1940  On this day in history tom Mix, US actor (Texan, Hidden Gold), dies at 60   

1945  On this day in history death of jesse James Payne, lynched in Madison County Florida   

1946  On October - 12 joseph W Stilwell, US general (China), dies   

1947  On this day in history nelson Betancourt, cricket wicketkeeper (WI Test 1930), dies at 42   

1948  On October - 12 alfred Kerr, writer, dies at 80   

1951  Simon Kimbangu/Kibangu, Congo prophet, dies in captivity at 62 on October - 12.   

1954  Death of George Welch, American pilot (b. 1918) on this day in history.   

1958  Ed Hinton, actor (Henderson-I Lived 3 Lives), dies at 30 on October - 12.   

1959  Arnoldt Bronnen, writer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1960  Death of Inejiro Asanuma, leader Japanese Socialist Party, murdered at 61 on this day in history.   

1964  J Howard Frazer, USTA pres, dies in office on this day in history.   

1966  Arthur Vincent Lourie, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1967  Nat Pendleton, Olympic wrestler/actor (Reckless), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1969  On October - 12 serge Poliakoff, Russ/French painter, dies   

1970  Death of Mustafa Zaidi, Pakistani poet (b. 1930) on October - 12.   

1971  Dean G Acheson, US foreign minister (1949-53), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1974  On this day in history joseph Frederick Wagner, composer, dies at 74   

1977  On this day in history doris Davenport, actress (Behind the News, Westerner), dies at 81   

1979  On this day in history celia Lovsky, actress (Airport, Harlow, T'Pau-Star Trek), dies at 82   

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1008  Emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (d. 1036) was born on this day in history.   

1350  On this day in history birth of dimitri "Donskoi" Ivanovitch, great monarch of Vladimir-Soezdal   

1350  Dmitry Donskoy, Grand Prince of Moscovy (d. 1389) was born on this day in history.   

1490  On October - 12 birth of bernardo Pisano, composer   

1537  On October - 12 birth of edward VI, Tudor, King of England (1547-53)   

1558  On this day in history birth of archduke Maximilian III of Austria (d. 1618)   

1558  Jacques Sirmond, French scholar and Jesuit (d. 1651) was born on October - 12.   

1576  On October - 12 birth of thomas Dudley, English-born American colonial magistrate (d. 1653)