Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened 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 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 this day in history.   

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  Death of Edith L Cavell, British nurse, executed by Germans in Belgium (WW II) on October - 12.   

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

1946  On October - 12 joseph W Stilwell, US general (China), dies   

1947  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of george Welch, American pilot (b. 1918)   

1958  On this day in history ed Hinton, actor (Henderson-I Lived 3 Lives), dies at 30   

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  J Howard Frazer, USTA pres, dies in office on October - 12.   

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

1967  Nat Pendleton, Olympic wrestler/actor (Reckless), dies at 72 on October - 12.   

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

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

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

1974  On this day in history joseph Frederick Wagner, composer, dies at 74   

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

1979  On October - 12 celia Lovsky, actress (Airport, Harlow, T'Pau-Star Trek), dies at 82   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Next Page »

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

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 this day in history.   

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

1490  On this day in history birth of bernardo Pisano, composer   

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  Thomas Dudley, English-born American colonial magistrate (d. 1653) was born on this day in history.