Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In June - 12

1928  Salvador Diaz Miron, Mexicans poet, dies on this day in history.   

1930  Dyce Willcocks, cricketer ("Grand Old Man" of Canadian cricket), dies on June - 12.   

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

1936  On this day in history isidore Weiss, French world checker champion, dies   

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

1942  On this day in history walter Leigh, composer, dies at 36   

1946  Count Hisaichi Terauchi, Japanese fieldmarshal, dies on June - 12.   

1947  On June - 12 jazeps Medins, composer, dies at 70   

1952  On this day in history michael von Faulhaber, Cardinal/archbishop of Munich, dies at 83   

1957  On June - 12 james F "Jimmy" Dorsey, US orchestra leader, dies at 53   

1962  John N Ireland, English composer/pianist (Epic March), dies at 82 on June - 12.   

1963  On this day in history andrew Browne, Irish/British admiral (Cape Matapan, WW II), dies at 80   

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

1968  Fidelio Friedrich Finke, composer, dies at 76 on June - 12.   

1969  Death of Alexander Deyneka, Ukrainian painter (b. 1899) on this day in history.   

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

1978  Death of Guo Moruo, Chinese writer (b. 1892) on this day in history.   

1980  On this day in history milburn Stone, actor (Doc-Gunsmoke), dies at 75   

1982  Death of Karl von Frisch, Austrian zoologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1886) on June - 12.   

1983  Norma Shearer, actress (Escape, Romeo & Juliet), dies at 82 on June - 12.   

1986  Antoon Breyne, Belgian journalist, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1988  On June - 12 marcel Poot, Belgian baron/composer, dies at 87   

1989  Peter Conrad Baden, composer, dies at 80 on June - 12.   

1990  On June - 12 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 June - 12.   

1995  Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, pianist, dies at 75 on June - 12.   

1996  Ilona Ference, actress (Quatermass II, Star of My Night), dies at 78 on June - 12.   

1997  On this day in history death of bulat Okudzhava, Russian writer and musician (b. 1924)   

2000  On June - 12 death of p.L.Deshpande, Marathi writer (b. 1919)   

2002  On June - 12 death of bill Blass, American fashion designer (b. 1922)   

2003  Death of Gregory Peck, American actor (b. 1916) on June - 12.   

2005  On this day in history death of scott Young, Canadian sportswriter, novelist, and journalist (b. 1918)   

2006  On June - 12 death of györgy Ligeti, Hungarian composer (b. 1923)   

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1107  On this day in history birth of emperor Gaozong of China (d. 1187)   

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

1519  Cosmos de Medici, art patron (Accademia del Disegno) was born on June - 12.   

1519  Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1574) was born on June - 12.   

1526  Marc-Antoine de Muret, composer was born on this day in history.   

1577  On this day in history birth of paul Guldin, Swiss astronomer and mathematician (d. 1643)   

1599  Jan W van Brederode, governor (Hertogenbosch)/fieldmarshal was born on June - 12.   

1659  Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Japanese samurai (d. 1719) was born on June - 12.