Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In October - 12

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

1860  On this day in history 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  Robert E Lee, General of Confederate Army, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1875  On this day in history 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 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  On October - 12 a P "Bunny" Lucas, cricketer (five Tests for England 1879-82), dies   

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

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

1936  On this day in history b L T Bosanquet, cricketer (1st great googly bowler, England), dies   

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  On October - 12 nelson Betancourt, cricket wicketkeeper (WI Test 1930), dies at 42   

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

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

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

1958  On October - 12 ed Hinton, actor (Henderson-I Lived 3 Lives), dies at 30   

1959  On October - 12 arnoldt Bronnen, writer, dies at 63   

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 October - 12 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  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 October - 12.   

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  Emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (d. 1036) was born on October - 12.   

1350  Dimitri "Donskoi" Ivanovitch, great monarch of Vladimir-Soezdal was born on October - 12.   

1350  On October - 12 birth of dmitry Donskoy, Grand Prince of Moscovy (d. 1389)   

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

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 October - 12.   

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

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