Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In October - 12

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

1860  On October - 12 henry G W Smith, leader of British-Indian forces, dies at 73   

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

1865  On October - 12 william Vincent Wallace, composer, dies at 53   

1870  On this day in history 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 October - 12 death of christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish nobleman and politician (b. 1817)   

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 October - 12.   

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

1924  On October - 12 anatole France, writer, dies at 80   

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 this day in history.   

1938  Hugh Massie, cricketer (9 Tests for Australia 1881-85, capt), dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1948  On October - 12 alfred Kerr, writer, dies at 80   

1951  On this day in history simon Kimbangu/Kibangu, Congo prophet, dies in captivity at 62   

1954  On this day in history death of george Welch, American pilot (b. 1918)   

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 October - 12.   

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

1969  Serge Poliakoff, Russ/French painter, dies on October - 12.   

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

1971  On this day in history dean G Acheson, US foreign minister (1949-53), dies at 78   

1974  On October - 12 joseph Frederick Wagner, composer, dies at 74   

1977  Doris Davenport, actress (Behind the News, Westerner), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history 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 October - 12.   

1537  Edward VI, Tudor, King of England (1547-53) was born on October - 12.   

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

1558  On this day in history birth of jacques Sirmond, French scholar and Jesuit (d. 1651)   

1576  On October - 12 birth of thomas Dudley, English-born American colonial magistrate (d. 1653)