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 this day in history.   

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

1865  William Vincent Wallace, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1870  Robert E Lee, General of Confederate Army, dies at 63 on October - 12.   

1875  Death of Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (b. 1827) on October - 12.   

1896  On this day in history death of christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish nobleman and politician (b. 1817)   

1898  On October - 12 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 October - 12.   

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

1929  Max Ettlinger, German philosopher/theorist, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1948  On this day in history alfred Kerr, writer, dies at 80   

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 October - 12.   

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  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  Arthur Vincent Lourie, composer, dies at 74 on October - 12.   

1967  On this day in history nat Pendleton, Olympic wrestler/actor (Reckless), dies at 72   

1969  Serge Poliakoff, Russ/French painter, dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1979  On this day in history 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 October - 12.   

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

1350  On October - 12 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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