Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In June - 12

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

1930  Dyce Willcocks, cricketer ("Grand Old Man" of Canadian cricket), dies on this day in history.   

1932  On this day in history rené de Clerq, Flemish poet/writer (Book of Love), dies   

1936  Isidore Weiss, French world checker champion, dies on this day in history.   

1937  Death of Mikhail Tukhachevsky, Marshal of the Soviet Union (b. 1893) on June - 12.   

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

1946  On June - 12 count Hisaichi Terauchi, Japanese fieldmarshal, dies   

1947  Jazeps Medins, composer, dies at 70 on June - 12.   

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

1957  James F "Jimmy" Dorsey, US orchestra leader, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1962  John N Ireland, English composer/pianist (Epic March), dies at 82 on this day in history.   

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

1966  Hermann Scherchen, German conductor/music publisher, dies at 74 on June - 12.   

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

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

1972  Edmund Wilson, US writer (To the Finland station), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1978  On June - 12 death of guo Moruo, Chinese writer (b. 1892)   

1980  Milburn Stone, actor (Doc-Gunsmoke), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history norma Shearer, actress (Escape, Romeo & Juliet), dies at 82   

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

1988  Marcel Poot, Belgian baron/composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1989  Peter Conrad Baden, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1990  On June - 12 terence O'Neil, lord/PM of Ulster (1963-69), dies   

1992  On this day in history edward Fleming, Danish director (Lille Spejl), dies   

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  Death of Bill Blass, American fashion designer (b. 1922) on this day in history.   

2003  Death of Gregory Peck, American actor (b. 1916) on this day in history.   

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 June - 12 birth of emperor Gaozong of China (d. 1187)   

1468  On June - 12 birth of juan del Encina, composer   

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

1519  On this day in history birth of cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1574)   

1526  On this day in history birth of marc-Antoine de Muret, composer   

1577  Paul Guldin, Swiss astronomer and mathematician (d. 1643) was born on this day in history.   

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.