Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 12

1861  On August - 12 death of eliphalet Remington, American inventor, designer of the Remington rifle (b. 1793)   

1864  On this day in history death of sakuma Shōzan, Japanese reformer (b. 1811)   

1865  William Jackson Hooker, botanist, dies on August - 12.   

1877  James Drummond, historical painter, dies on August - 12.   

1883  Last Quagga, zebra with less slashes (in Artis), dies on August - 12.   

1885  On August - 12 georg Curtius, German classical/linguist/philologist, dies at 65   

1891  James Russell Lowell, poet/critic/diplomat, dies on August - 12.   

1896  On August - 12 death of thomas Chamberlain, officer of the 20th Maine at the Battle of Gettysburg   

1900  James E Keeler, US astronomer (rings of Saturn), dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1901  On August - 12 death of adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Finnish-Swedish explorer (b. 1832)   

1911  On August - 12 jozef Israels, painter, dies   

1914  John Philip Holland, submarine designer, dies on August - 12.   

1918  Death of Anna Held, Polish-born actress and singer (b. 1872) on August - 12.   

1922  Arthur Griffith, Irish nationalist/president (Sinn Fein), dies on this day in history.   

1928  Death of LeoÅ¡ Janáček, Czech composer (b. 1854) on this day in history.   

1934  On this day in history hendrik P Berlage, architect (Stock exchange Amsterdam), dies at 78   

1935  On August - 12 death of friedrich Schottky, German mathematician (b. 1851)   

1938  On this day in history ludwig Borchardt, German egyptologist, dies at 74   

1941  Bobby Peel, cricketer (took 102 wickets for England), dies on this day in history.   

1943  On this day in history georges Martin Witkowski, composer, dies at 76   

1944  Death of Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., brother of President John F. Kennedy (b. 1915) on this day in history.   

1948  On August - 12 death of harry Brearley, English inventor (b. 1871)   

1952  Death of David Bergelson, Yiddish language writer (b. 1884) on this day in history.   

1955  On this day in history thomas Mann, German writer (Dr Faustus, Nobel 1929), dies at 80   

1959  Death of Mike O'Neill, Irish-born American baseball player (b. 1877) on this day in history.   

1964  On August - 12 ian L Fleming, British journalist/writer (James Bond), dies at 56   

1968  Pieter J Auld, mayor of Rotterdam (1945-52), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1969  Dick Ryan, actor (For Heaven's Sake), dies after long illness at 72 on August - 12.   

1973  John Clay, cricketer (Glamorgan offie in only Test 1935), dies on this day in history.   

1976  Thomas Edward Driberg, 1st baron Bradwell, journalist, dies on this day in history.   

1982  Helvi Lemmikke Leiviska, composer, dies at 80 on August - 12.   

1983  On August - 12 henry Gifford Vivian, cricketer (7 Tests for NZ, 17 wkts), dies   

1985  Marcel Mihalovici, composer, dies at 86 on August - 12.   

1988  Jean-Michel Basquiat, US musician/graffiti painter (Gray, SAMO), dies on August - 12.   

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1503  Christian III, king of Denmark/Norway (1534-59) was born on August - 12.   

1566  On this day in history birth of isabella CE, infante of Spain/governess of the Netherlands   

1592  Willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, Dutch gov (Fort Emmerik/Heusden) was born on this day in history.   

1604  Tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1651) was born on August - 12.   

1620  Pieter Cuypers, S Neth lawyer was born on August - 12.   

1626  On this day in history birth of giovanni Legrenzi, composer   

1629  On this day in history birth of tsar Alexei I of Russia (d. 1676)   

1644  On this day in history birth of georg Christoph Leuttner, composer