Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In October - 12

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

1860  On October - 12 henry G W Smith, leader of British-Indian forces, dies at 73   

1864  Roger Taney, 5th Supreme Court Chief Justice (1836-64), dies at 87 on October - 12.   

1865  On October - 12 william Vincent Wallace, composer, dies at 53   

1870  Robert E Lee, General of Confederate Army, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

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

1896  Death of Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish nobleman and politician (b. 1817) on this day in history.   

1898  On this day in history death of calvin Fairbank, American abolitionist minister (b. 1816)   

1915  On this day in history death of edith L Cavell, British nurse, executed by Germans in Belgium (WW II)   

1922  Daisy M C Baers, Flemish philosophy/theory, dies at 33 on this day in history.   

1923  A P "Bunny" Lucas, cricketer (five Tests for England 1879-82), dies on October - 12.   

1924  Anatole France, writer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1929  On this day in history max Ettlinger, German philosopher/theorist, dies at 52   

1936  B L T Bosanquet, cricketer (1st great googly bowler, England), dies on this day in history.   

1938  Hugh Massie, cricketer (9 Tests for Australia 1881-85, capt), dies on October - 12.   

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

1945  Death of Jesse James Payne, lynched in Madison County Florida on this day in history.   

1946  Joseph W Stilwell, US general (China), dies on October - 12.   

1947  On October - 12 nelson Betancourt, cricket wicketkeeper (WI Test 1930), dies at 42   

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

1951  On this day in history simon Kimbangu/Kibangu, Congo prophet, dies in captivity at 62   

1954  On this day in history death of george Welch, American pilot (b. 1918)   

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

1959  On this day in history arnoldt Bronnen, writer, dies at 63   

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 October - 12.   

1967  Nat Pendleton, Olympic wrestler/actor (Reckless), dies at 72 on October - 12.   

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

1970  Death of Mustafa Zaidi, Pakistani poet (b. 1930) on this day in history.   

1971  On October - 12 dean G Acheson, US foreign minister (1949-53), dies at 78   

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

1977  Doris Davenport, actress (Behind the News, Westerner), dies at 81 on October - 12.   

1979  Celia Lovsky, actress (Airport, Harlow, T'Pau-Star Trek), dies at 82 on October - 12.   

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1008  On October - 12 birth of emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (d. 1036)   

1350  Dimitri "Donskoi" Ivanovitch, great monarch of Vladimir-Soezdal was born on October - 12.   

1350  Dmitry Donskoy, Grand Prince of Moscovy (d. 1389) was born on October - 12.   

1490  On this day in history birth of bernardo Pisano, composer   

1537  Edward VI, Tudor, King of England (1547-53) was born on this day in history.   

1558  On October - 12 birth of archduke Maximilian III of Austria (d. 1618)   

1558  Jacques Sirmond, French scholar and Jesuit (d. 1651) was born on this day in history.   

1576  Thomas Dudley, English-born American colonial magistrate (d. 1653) was born on October - 12.