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  Death of Sakuma Shōzan, Japanese reformer (b. 1811) on this day in history.   

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

1877  James Drummond, historical painter, dies on this day in history.   

1883  Last Quagga, zebra with less slashes (in Artis), dies on this day in history.   

1885  Georg Curtius, German classical/linguist/philologist, dies at 65 on August - 12.   

1891  James Russell Lowell, poet/critic/diplomat, dies on this day in history.   

1896  On this day in history 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  Death of Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Finnish-Swedish explorer (b. 1832) on August - 12.   

1911  Jozef Israels, painter, dies on this day in history.   

1914  On this day in history john Philip Holland, submarine designer, dies   

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 August - 12.   

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

1934  Hendrik P Berlage, architect (Stock exchange Amsterdam), dies at 78 on August - 12.   

1935  Death of Friedrich Schottky, German mathematician (b. 1851) on this day in history.   

1938  Ludwig Borchardt, German egyptologist, dies at 74 on August - 12.   

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

1943  Georges Martin Witkowski, composer, dies at 76 on August - 12.   

1944  Death of Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., brother of President John F. Kennedy (b. 1915) on August - 12.   

1948  Death of Harry Brearley, English inventor (b. 1871) on August - 12.   

1952  On August - 12 death of david Bergelson, Yiddish language writer (b. 1884)   

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  Ian L Fleming, British journalist/writer (James Bond), dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1968  Pieter J Auld, mayor of Rotterdam (1945-52), dies at 81 on August - 12.   

1969  Dick Ryan, actor (For Heaven's Sake), dies after long illness at 72 on this day in history.   

1973  On August - 12 john Clay, cricketer (Glamorgan offie in only Test 1935), dies   

1976  Thomas Edward Driberg, 1st baron Bradwell, journalist, dies on August - 12.   

1982  On August - 12 helvi Lemmikke Leiviska, composer, dies at 80   

1983  Henry Gifford Vivian, cricketer (7 Tests for NZ, 17 wkts), dies on August - 12.   

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

1988  Jean-Michel Basquiat, US musician/graffiti painter (Gray, SAMO), dies on this day in history.   

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1503  On this day in history birth of christian III, king of Denmark/Norway (1534-59)   

1566  Isabella CE, infante of Spain/governess of the Netherlands was born on August - 12.   

1592  Willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, Dutch gov (Fort Emmerik/Heusden) was born on August - 12.   

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

1620  On August - 12 birth of pieter Cuypers, S Neth lawyer   

1626  Giovanni Legrenzi, composer was born on August - 12.   

1629  Tsar Alexei I of Russia (d. 1676) was born on August - 12.   

1644  Georg Christoph Leuttner, composer was born on August - 12.