Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In October - 12

1858  On this day in history ando Hiroshige, Japanese painter, dies at 61   

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

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

1865  On this day in history william Vincent Wallace, composer, dies at 53   

1870  On October - 12 robert E Lee, General of Confederate Army, dies at 63   

1875  On this day in history death of jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (b. 1827)   

1896  Death of Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish nobleman and politician (b. 1817) on October - 12.   

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  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  On this day in history anatole France, writer, dies at 80   

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

1936  On October - 12 b L T Bosanquet, cricketer (1st great googly bowler, England), dies   

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

1940  On October - 12 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 this day in history 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  On October - 12 simon Kimbangu/Kibangu, Congo prophet, dies in captivity at 62   

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

1958  On this day in history ed Hinton, actor (Henderson-I Lived 3 Lives), dies at 30   

1959  On October - 12 arnoldt Bronnen, writer, dies at 63   

1960  On this day in history death of inejiro Asanuma, leader Japanese Socialist Party, murdered at 61   

1964  J Howard Frazer, USTA pres, dies in office on October - 12.   

1966  On October - 12 arthur Vincent Lourie, composer, dies at 74   

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

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

1970  On this day in history death of mustafa Zaidi, Pakistani poet (b. 1930)   

1971  On this day in history dean G Acheson, US foreign minister (1949-53), dies at 78   

1974  Joseph Frederick Wagner, composer, dies at 74 on October - 12.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1350  On October - 12 birth of dimitri "Donskoi" Ivanovitch, great monarch of Vladimir-Soezdal   

1350  On this day in history birth of dmitry Donskoy, Grand Prince of Moscovy (d. 1389)   

1490  Bernardo Pisano, composer was born on this day in history.   

1537  On this day in history birth of edward VI, Tudor, King of England (1547-53)   

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

1558  On this day in history birth of jacques Sirmond, French scholar and Jesuit (d. 1651)   

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