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 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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1008  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (d. 1036)   

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  On this day in history birth of bernardo Pisano, composer   

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

1558  On this day in history birth of archduke Maximilian III of Austria (d. 1618)   

1558  Jacques Sirmond, French scholar and Jesuit (d. 1651) was born on October - 12.   

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