Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In October - 12

1858  On this day in history ando Hiroshige, Japanese painter, dies at 61   

1860  Henry G W Smith, leader of British-Indian forces, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1864  On October - 12 roger Taney, 5th Supreme Court Chief Justice (1836-64), dies at 87   

1865  On this day in history william Vincent Wallace, composer, dies at 53   

1870  Robert E Lee, General of Confederate Army, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1875  On October - 12 death of jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (b. 1827)   

1896  Death of Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish nobleman and politician (b. 1817) on this day in history.   

1898  Death of Calvin Fairbank, American abolitionist minister (b. 1816) on this day in history.   

1915  On October - 12 death of edith L Cavell, British nurse, executed by Germans in Belgium (WW II)   

1922  Daisy M C Baers, Flemish philosophy/theory, dies at 33 on this day in history.   

1923  A P "Bunny" Lucas, cricketer (five Tests for England 1879-82), dies on October - 12.   

1924  Anatole France, writer, dies at 80 on October - 12.   

1929  Max Ettlinger, German philosopher/theorist, dies at 52 on October - 12.   

1936  B L T Bosanquet, cricketer (1st great googly bowler, England), dies on October - 12.   

1938  On this day in history hugh Massie, cricketer (9 Tests for Australia 1881-85, capt), dies   

1940  Tom Mix, US actor (Texan, Hidden Gold), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1945  On October - 12 death of jesse James Payne, lynched in Madison County Florida   

1946  Joseph W Stilwell, US general (China), dies on October - 12.   

1947  Nelson Betancourt, cricket wicketkeeper (WI Test 1930), dies at 42 on October - 12.   

1948  Alfred Kerr, writer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1951  On October - 12 simon Kimbangu/Kibangu, Congo prophet, dies in captivity at 62   

1954  Death of George Welch, American pilot (b. 1918) on this day in history.   

1958  Ed Hinton, actor (Henderson-I Lived 3 Lives), dies at 30 on this day in history.   

1959  Arnoldt Bronnen, writer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1960  Death of Inejiro Asanuma, leader Japanese Socialist Party, murdered at 61 on October - 12.   

1964  On this day in history j Howard Frazer, USTA pres, dies in office   

1966  On this day in history arthur Vincent Lourie, composer, dies at 74   

1967  On October - 12 nat Pendleton, Olympic wrestler/actor (Reckless), dies at 72   

1969  Serge Poliakoff, Russ/French painter, dies on this day in history.   

1970  Death of Mustafa Zaidi, Pakistani poet (b. 1930) on this day in history.   

1971  Dean G Acheson, US foreign minister (1949-53), dies at 78 on October - 12.   

1974  Joseph Frederick Wagner, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1977  On October - 12 doris Davenport, actress (Behind the News, Westerner), dies at 81   

1979  Celia Lovsky, actress (Airport, Harlow, T'Pau-Star Trek), dies at 82 on this day in history.   

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1008  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (d. 1036)   

1350  Dimitri "Donskoi" Ivanovitch, great monarch of Vladimir-Soezdal was born on this day in history.   

1350  Dmitry Donskoy, Grand Prince of Moscovy (d. 1389) was born on this day in history.   

1490  On October - 12 birth of bernardo Pisano, composer   

1537  On October - 12 birth of edward VI, Tudor, King of England (1547-53)   

1558  On this day in history birth of archduke Maximilian III of Austria (d. 1618)   

1558  Jacques Sirmond, French scholar and Jesuit (d. 1651) was born on this day in history.   

1576  On this day in history birth of thomas Dudley, English-born American colonial magistrate (d. 1653)