Famous Deaths In June - 12

1928  On this day in history salvador Diaz Miron, Mexicans poet, dies   

1930  Dyce Willcocks, cricketer ("Grand Old Man" of Canadian cricket), dies on this day in history.   

1932  René de Clerq, Flemish poet/writer (Book of Love), dies on this day in history.   

1936  Isidore Weiss, French world checker champion, dies on June - 12.   

1937  On June - 12 death of mikhail Tukhachevsky, Marshal of the Soviet Union (b. 1893)   

1942  On June - 12 walter Leigh, composer, dies at 36   

1946  Count Hisaichi Terauchi, Japanese fieldmarshal, dies on June - 12.   

1947  On June - 12 jazeps Medins, composer, dies at 70   

1952  On this day in history michael von Faulhaber, Cardinal/archbishop of Munich, dies at 83   

1957  On June - 12 james F "Jimmy" Dorsey, US orchestra leader, dies at 53   

1962  On this day in history john N Ireland, English composer/pianist (Epic March), dies at 82   

1963  Andrew Browne, Irish/British admiral (Cape Matapan, WW II), dies at 80 on June - 12.   

1966  On this day in history hermann Scherchen, German conductor/music publisher, dies at 74   

1968  Fidelio Friedrich Finke, composer, dies at 76 on June - 12.   

1969  On June - 12 death of alexander Deyneka, Ukrainian painter (b. 1899)   

1972  On this day in history edmund Wilson, US writer (To the Finland station), dies at 79   

1978  Death of Guo Moruo, Chinese writer (b. 1892) on this day in history.   

1980  Milburn Stone, actor (Doc-Gunsmoke), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1982  On June - 12 death of karl von Frisch, Austrian zoologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1886)   

1983  Norma Shearer, actress (Escape, Romeo & Juliet), dies at 82 on June - 12.   

1986  Antoon Breyne, Belgian journalist, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1988  On June - 12 marcel Poot, Belgian baron/composer, dies at 87   

1989  Peter Conrad Baden, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1990  Terence O'Neil, lord/PM of Ulster (1963-69), dies on this day in history.   

1992  On this day in history edward Fleming, Danish director (Lille Spejl), dies   

1994  On this day in history menachem Mendel Schneerson, Lubavitcher leader (1950-94), dies at 92   

1995  On this day in history arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, pianist, dies at 75   

1996  On this day in history ilona Ference, actress (Quatermass II, Star of My Night), dies at 78   

1997  On this day in history death of bulat Okudzhava, Russian writer and musician (b. 1924)   

2000  Death of P.L.Deshpande, Marathi writer (b. 1919) on this day in history.   

2002  Death of Bill Blass, American fashion designer (b. 1922) on this day in history.   

2003  On June - 12 death of gregory Peck, American actor (b. 1916)   

2005  Death of Scott Young, Canadian sportswriter, novelist, and journalist (b. 1918) on this day in history.   

2006  Death of György Ligeti, Hungarian composer (b. 1923) on this day in history.   

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1107  Emperor Gaozong of China (d. 1187) was born on June - 12.   

1468  On this day in history birth of juan del Encina, composer   

1519  On this day in history birth of cosmos de Medici, art patron (Accademia del Disegno)   

1519  Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1574) was born on this day in history.   

1526  On June - 12 birth of marc-Antoine de Muret, composer   

1577  On June - 12 birth of paul Guldin, Swiss astronomer and mathematician (d. 1643)   

1599  On this day in history birth of jan W van Brederode, governor (Hertogenbosch)/fieldmarshal   

1659  On this day in history birth of yamamoto Tsunetomo, Japanese samurai (d. 1719)