Famous Deaths In October - 12

1858  Ando Hiroshige, Japanese painter, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

1860  Henry G W Smith, leader of British-Indian forces, dies at 73 on October - 12.  

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

1865  William Vincent Wallace, composer, dies at 53 on October - 12.  

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

1898  Death of Calvin Fairbank, American abolitionist minister (b. 1816) on October - 12.  

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  

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1923  On October - 12 a P "Bunny" Lucas, cricketer (five Tests for England 1879-82), dies  

1924  On October - 12 anatole France, writer, dies at 80  

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 October - 12.  

1938  Hugh Massie, cricketer (9 Tests for Australia 1881-85, capt), dies on this day in history.  

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  Nelson Betancourt, cricket wicketkeeper (WI Test 1930), dies at 42 on this day in history.  

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  Ed Hinton, actor (Henderson-I Lived 3 Lives), dies at 30 on this day in history.  

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

1960  Death of Inejiro Asanuma, leader Japanese Socialist Party, murdered at 61 on October - 12.  

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  On October - 12 nat Pendleton, Olympic wrestler/actor (Reckless), dies at 72  

1969  On this day in history serge Poliakoff, Russ/French painter, dies  

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

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 October - 12 doris Davenport, actress (Behind the News, Westerner), dies at 81  

1979  On October - 12 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  On this day in history birth of dmitry Donskoy, Grand Prince of Moscovy (d. 1389)  

1490  Bernardo Pisano, composer was born on October - 12.  

1537  Edward VI, Tudor, King of England (1547-53) was born on October - 12.  

1558  Archduke Maximilian III of Austria (d. 1618) was born on October - 12.  

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

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