Famous Deaths In October - 12

1858  On October - 12 ando Hiroshige, Japanese painter, dies at 61  

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  On this day in history william Vincent Wallace, composer, dies at 53  

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 October - 12 death of christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish nobleman and politician (b. 1817)  

1898  Death of Calvin Fairbank, American abolitionist minister (b. 1816) on this day in history.  

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  

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

1924  On this day in history anatole France, writer, dies at 80  

1929  On this day in history max Ettlinger, German philosopher/theorist, dies at 52  

1936  On this day in history b L T Bosanquet, cricketer (1st great googly bowler, England), dies  

1938  Hugh Massie, cricketer (9 Tests for Australia 1881-85, capt), dies on this day in history.  

1940  Tom Mix, US actor (Texan, Hidden Gold), dies at 60 on October - 12.  

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 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  On October - 12 simon Kimbangu/Kibangu, Congo prophet, dies in captivity at 62  

1954  Death of George Welch, American pilot (b. 1918) on October - 12.  

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  J Howard Frazer, USTA pres, dies in office on October - 12.  

1966  On this day in history arthur Vincent Lourie, composer, dies at 74  

1967  Nat Pendleton, Olympic wrestler/actor (Reckless), dies at 72 on this day in history.  

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  Dean G Acheson, US foreign minister (1949-53), dies at 78 on October - 12.  

1974  Joseph Frederick Wagner, composer, dies at 74 on October - 12.  

1977  Doris Davenport, actress (Behind the News, Westerner), dies at 81 on October - 12.  

1979  Celia Lovsky, actress (Airport, Harlow, T'Pau-Star Trek), dies at 82 on this day in history.  

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1008  Emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (d. 1036) was born on October - 12.  

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

1558  On October - 12 birth of archduke Maximilian III of Austria (d. 1618)  

1558  On October - 12 birth of jacques Sirmond, French scholar and Jesuit (d. 1651)  

1576  On this day in history birth of thomas Dudley, English-born American colonial magistrate (d. 1653)