Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In October - 12

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

1860  On October - 12 henry G W Smith, leader of British-Indian forces, dies at 73   

1864  Roger Taney, 5th Supreme Court Chief Justice (1836-64), dies at 87 on October - 12.   

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

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

1875  On October - 12 death of jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (b. 1827)   

1896  Death of Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish nobleman and politician (b. 1817) on October - 12.   

1898  On this day in history death of calvin Fairbank, American abolitionist minister (b. 1816)   

1915  Death of Edith L Cavell, British nurse, executed by Germans in Belgium (WW II) on this day in history.   

1922  Daisy M C Baers, Flemish philosophy/theory, dies at 33 on October - 12.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1938  On October - 12 hugh Massie, cricketer (9 Tests for Australia 1881-85, capt), dies   

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 October - 12 joseph W Stilwell, US general (China), dies   

1947  On this day in history 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 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 this day in history.   

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  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  On October - 12 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 October - 12 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  Dimitri "Donskoi" Ivanovitch, great monarch of Vladimir-Soezdal was born on October - 12.   

1350  Dmitry Donskoy, Grand Prince of Moscovy (d. 1389) was born on this day in history.   

1490  On October - 12 birth of bernardo Pisano, composer   

1537  On this day in history birth of edward VI, Tudor, King of England (1547-53)   

1558  Archduke Maximilian III of Austria (d. 1618) was born on this day in history.   

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)