Famous Deaths In October - 12

1858  Ando Hiroshige, Japanese painter, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

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

1864  Roger Taney, 5th Supreme Court Chief Justice (1836-64), dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1865  William Vincent Wallace, composer, dies at 53 on October - 12.   

1870  On October - 12 robert E Lee, General of Confederate Army, dies at 63   

1875  Death of Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (b. 1827) on October - 12.   

1896  On this day in history death of christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish nobleman and politician (b. 1817)   

1898  On October - 12 death of calvin Fairbank, American abolitionist minister (b. 1816)   

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

1922  On October - 12 daisy M C Baers, Flemish philosophy/theory, dies at 33   

1923  On October - 12 a P "Bunny" Lucas, cricketer (five Tests for England 1879-82), dies   

1924  Anatole France, writer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1929  Max Ettlinger, German philosopher/theorist, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1936  On October - 12 b L T Bosanquet, cricketer (1st great googly bowler, England), dies   

1938  Hugh Massie, cricketer (9 Tests for Australia 1881-85, capt), dies on October - 12.   

1940  On October - 12 tom Mix, US actor (Texan, Hidden Gold), dies at 60   

1945  On this day in history death of jesse James Payne, lynched in Madison County Florida   

1946  On this day in history joseph W Stilwell, US general (China), dies   

1947  Nelson Betancourt, cricket wicketkeeper (WI Test 1930), dies at 42 on this day in history.   

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

1951  Simon Kimbangu/Kibangu, Congo prophet, dies in captivity at 62 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history arnoldt Bronnen, writer, dies at 63   

1960  Death of Inejiro Asanuma, leader Japanese Socialist Party, murdered at 61 on this day in history.   

1964  On October - 12 j Howard Frazer, USTA pres, dies in office   

1966  Arthur Vincent Lourie, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1967  Nat Pendleton, Olympic wrestler/actor (Reckless), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1969  On October - 12 serge Poliakoff, Russ/French painter, dies   

1970  On October - 12 death of mustafa Zaidi, Pakistani poet (b. 1930)   

1971  Dean G Acheson, US foreign minister (1949-53), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

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 October - 12.   

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1008  On October - 12 birth of emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (d. 1036)   

1350  On October - 12 birth of dimitri "Donskoi" Ivanovitch, great monarch of Vladimir-Soezdal   

1350  Dmitry Donskoy, Grand Prince of Moscovy (d. 1389) was born on October - 12.   

1490  Bernardo Pisano, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1558  Archduke Maximilian III of Austria (d. 1618) was born on October - 12.   

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

1576  Thomas Dudley, English-born American colonial magistrate (d. 1653) was born on October - 12.