Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In October - 12
Friday, 11 July 2025
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 October - 12 roger Taney, 5th Supreme Court Chief Justice (1836-64), dies at 87
1865 On October - 12 william Vincent Wallace, composer, dies at 53
1870 On this day in history robert E Lee, General of Confederate Army, dies at 63
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 Death of Calvin Fairbank, American abolitionist minister (b. 1816) on this day in history.
1915 Death of Edith L Cavell, British nurse, executed by Germans in Belgium (WW II) on October - 12.
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 On October - 12 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 On this day in history hugh Massie, cricketer (9 Tests for Australia 1881-85, capt), dies
1940 Tom Mix, US actor (Texan, Hidden Gold), dies at 60 on this day in history.
1945 On October - 12 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 Alfred Kerr, writer, dies at 80 on October - 12.
1951 Simon Kimbangu/Kibangu, Congo prophet, dies in captivity at 62 on this day in history.
1954 Death of George Welch, American pilot (b. 1918) on this day in history.
1958 On October - 12 ed Hinton, actor (Henderson-I Lived 3 Lives), dies at 30
1959 Arnoldt Bronnen, writer, dies at 63 on October - 12.
1960 Death of Inejiro Asanuma, leader Japanese Socialist Party, murdered at 61 on this day in history.
1964 On this day in history j Howard Frazer, USTA pres, dies in office
1966 On this day in history arthur Vincent Lourie, composer, dies at 74
1967 On this day in history nat Pendleton, Olympic wrestler/actor (Reckless), dies at 72
1969 Serge Poliakoff, Russ/French painter, dies on October - 12.
1970 On this day in history death of mustafa Zaidi, Pakistani poet (b. 1930)
1971 On October - 12 dean G Acheson, US foreign minister (1949-53), dies at 78
1974 Joseph Frederick Wagner, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.
1977 Doris Davenport, actress (Behind the News, Westerner), dies at 81 on this day in history.
1979 On October - 12 celia Lovsky, actress (Airport, Harlow, T'Pau-Star Trek), dies at 82
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