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

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

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

1896  On October - 12 death of christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish nobleman and politician (b. 1817)   

1898  On this day in history death of calvin Fairbank, American abolitionist minister (b. 1816)   

1915  On this day in history death of edith L Cavell, British nurse, executed by Germans in Belgium (WW II)   

1922  On this day in history daisy M C Baers, Flemish philosophy/theory, dies at 33   

1923  A P "Bunny" Lucas, cricketer (five Tests for England 1879-82), dies on this day in history.   

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

1929  On October - 12 max Ettlinger, German philosopher/theorist, dies at 52   

1936  B L T Bosanquet, cricketer (1st great googly bowler, England), dies on this day in history.   

1938  On October - 12 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 this day in history.   

1947  On this day in history nelson Betancourt, cricket wicketkeeper (WI Test 1930), dies at 42   

1948  Alfred Kerr, writer, dies at 80 on October - 12.   

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

1954  Death of George Welch, American pilot (b. 1918) on October - 12.   

1958  Ed Hinton, actor (Henderson-I Lived 3 Lives), dies at 30 on October - 12.   

1959  On this day in history arnoldt Bronnen, writer, dies at 63   

1960  On this day in history death of inejiro Asanuma, leader Japanese Socialist Party, murdered at 61   

1964  On this day in history 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  On this day in history serge Poliakoff, Russ/French painter, dies   

1970  On this day in history death of mustafa Zaidi, Pakistani poet (b. 1930)   

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

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

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 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 October - 12.   

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  Archduke Maximilian III of Austria (d. 1618) was born on this day in history.   

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

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