Famous Deaths In October - 12

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

1860  On this day in history 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  William Vincent Wallace, composer, dies at 53 on October - 12.   

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  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 this day in history 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 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 October - 12.   

1940  On October - 12 tom Mix, US actor (Texan, Hidden Gold), dies at 60   

1945  On October - 12 death of jesse James Payne, lynched in Madison County Florida   

1946  Joseph W Stilwell, US general (China), dies on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1970  On October - 12 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  Celia Lovsky, actress (Airport, Harlow, T'Pau-Star Trek), dies at 82 on October - 12.   

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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  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  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)