Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In June - 12

1928  On June - 12 salvador Diaz Miron, Mexicans poet, dies   

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

1932  René de Clerq, Flemish poet/writer (Book of Love), dies on June - 12.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1952  On June - 12 michael von Faulhaber, Cardinal/archbishop of Munich, dies at 83   

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

1962  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1968  On June - 12 fidelio Friedrich Finke, composer, dies at 76   

1969  Death of Alexander Deyneka, Ukrainian painter (b. 1899) on June - 12.   

1972  On this day in history edmund Wilson, US writer (To the Finland station), dies at 79   

1978  Death of Guo Moruo, Chinese writer (b. 1892) on June - 12.   

1980  Milburn Stone, actor (Doc-Gunsmoke), dies at 75 on June - 12.   

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

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

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

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 June - 12.   

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

1996  Ilona Ference, actress (Quatermass II, Star of My Night), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1997  On June - 12 death of bulat Okudzhava, Russian writer and musician (b. 1924)   

2000  Death of P.L.Deshpande, Marathi writer (b. 1919) on this day in history.   

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  Death of Scott Young, Canadian sportswriter, novelist, and journalist (b. 1918) on this day in history.   

2006  On this day in history death of györgy Ligeti, Hungarian composer (b. 1923)   

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1107  Emperor Gaozong of China (d. 1187) was born on June - 12.   

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  On June - 12 birth of marc-Antoine de Muret, composer   

1577  On June - 12 birth of paul Guldin, Swiss astronomer and mathematician (d. 1643)   

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

1659  On June - 12 birth of yamamoto Tsunetomo, Japanese samurai (d. 1719)