Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In June - 12

1928  On this day in history salvador Diaz Miron, Mexicans poet, dies   

1930  On June - 12 dyce Willcocks, cricketer ("Grand Old Man" of Canadian cricket), dies   

1932  On June - 12 rené de Clerq, Flemish poet/writer (Book of Love), dies   

1936  Isidore Weiss, French world checker champion, dies on June - 12.   

1937  Death of Mikhail Tukhachevsky, Marshal of the Soviet Union (b. 1893) on this day in history.   

1942  Walter Leigh, composer, dies at 36 on June - 12.   

1946  Count Hisaichi Terauchi, Japanese fieldmarshal, dies on this day in history.   

1947  Jazeps Medins, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1952  Michael von Faulhaber, Cardinal/archbishop of Munich, dies at 83 on June - 12.   

1957  On this day in history james F "Jimmy" Dorsey, US orchestra leader, dies at 53   

1962  On June - 12 john N Ireland, English composer/pianist (Epic March), dies at 82   

1963  Andrew Browne, Irish/British admiral (Cape Matapan, WW II), dies at 80 on June - 12.   

1966  On June - 12 hermann Scherchen, German conductor/music publisher, dies at 74   

1968  Fidelio Friedrich Finke, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1969  On June - 12 death of alexander Deyneka, Ukrainian painter (b. 1899)   

1972  On June - 12 edmund Wilson, US writer (To the Finland station), dies at 79   

1978  On this day in history death of guo Moruo, Chinese writer (b. 1892)   

1980  On June - 12 milburn Stone, actor (Doc-Gunsmoke), dies at 75   

1982  On this day in history death of karl von Frisch, Austrian zoologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1886)   

1983  On June - 12 norma Shearer, actress (Escape, Romeo & Juliet), dies at 82   

1986  Antoon Breyne, Belgian journalist, dies at 76 on June - 12.   

1988  On this day in history marcel Poot, Belgian baron/composer, dies at 87   

1989  On this day in history peter Conrad Baden, composer, dies at 80   

1990  On this day in history terence O'Neil, lord/PM of Ulster (1963-69), dies   

1992  Edward Fleming, Danish director (Lille Spejl), dies on this day in history.   

1994  Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Lubavitcher leader (1950-94), dies at 92 on this day in history.   

1995  Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, pianist, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1996  On this day in history ilona Ference, actress (Quatermass II, Star of My Night), dies at 78   

1997  Death of Bulat Okudzhava, Russian writer and musician (b. 1924) on this day in history.   

2000  On this day in history death of p.L.Deshpande, Marathi writer (b. 1919)   

2002  Death of Bill Blass, American fashion designer (b. 1922) on June - 12.   

2003  On this day in history death of gregory Peck, American actor (b. 1916)   

2005  On June - 12 death of scott Young, Canadian sportswriter, novelist, and journalist (b. 1918)   

2006  Death of György Ligeti, Hungarian composer (b. 1923) on this day in history.   

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1107  Emperor Gaozong of China (d. 1187) was born on this day in history.   

1468  Juan del Encina, composer was born on this day in history.   

1519  On this day in history birth of cosmos de Medici, art patron (Accademia del Disegno)   

1519  Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1574) was born on this day in history.   

1526  Marc-Antoine de Muret, composer was born on June - 12.   

1577  Paul Guldin, Swiss astronomer and mathematician (d. 1643) was born on June - 12.   

1599  On this day in history birth of jan W van Brederode, governor (Hertogenbosch)/fieldmarshal   

1659  On this day in history birth of yamamoto Tsunetomo, Japanese samurai (d. 1719)