Famous Deaths In June - 12

1928  On June - 12 salvador Diaz Miron, Mexicans poet, dies   

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

1932  On this day in history rené de Clerq, Flemish poet/writer (Book of Love), dies   

1936  On this day in history isidore Weiss, French world checker champion, dies   

1937  Death of Mikhail Tukhachevsky, Marshal of the Soviet Union (b. 1893) on June - 12.   

1942  Walter Leigh, composer, dies at 36 on June - 12.   

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

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

1952  Michael von Faulhaber, Cardinal/archbishop of Munich, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1957  James F "Jimmy" Dorsey, US orchestra leader, dies at 53 on June - 12.   

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

1963  On June - 12 andrew Browne, Irish/British admiral (Cape Matapan, WW II), dies at 80   

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

1968  On June - 12 fidelio Friedrich Finke, composer, dies at 76   

1969  Death of Alexander Deyneka, Ukrainian painter (b. 1899) on June - 12.   

1972  Edmund Wilson, US writer (To the Finland station), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1978  On June - 12 death of guo Moruo, Chinese writer (b. 1892)   

1980  On this day in history milburn Stone, actor (Doc-Gunsmoke), dies at 75   

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

1983  On this day in history norma Shearer, actress (Escape, Romeo & Juliet), dies at 82   

1986  On June - 12 antoon Breyne, Belgian journalist, dies at 76   

1988  Marcel Poot, Belgian baron/composer, dies at 87 on June - 12.   

1989  Peter Conrad Baden, composer, dies at 80 on June - 12.   

1990  On June - 12 terence O'Neil, lord/PM of Ulster (1963-69), dies   

1992  Edward Fleming, Danish director (Lille Spejl), dies on June - 12.   

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 June - 12 ilona Ference, actress (Quatermass II, Star of My Night), dies at 78   

1997  Death of Bulat Okudzhava, Russian writer and musician (b. 1924) on June - 12.   

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

2002  On June - 12 death of bill Blass, American fashion designer (b. 1922)   

2003  Death of Gregory Peck, American actor (b. 1916) on June - 12.   

2005  Death of Scott Young, Canadian sportswriter, novelist, and journalist (b. 1918) on June - 12.   

2006  On June - 12 death of györgy Ligeti, Hungarian composer (b. 1923)   

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1107  On this day in history birth of emperor Gaozong of China (d. 1187)   

1468  Juan del Encina, composer was born on June - 12.   

1519  Cosmos de Medici, art patron (Accademia del Disegno) was born on this day in history.   

1519  On this day in history birth of cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1574)   

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

1577  On this day in history birth of paul Guldin, Swiss astronomer and mathematician (d. 1643)   

1599  Jan W van Brederode, governor (Hertogenbosch)/fieldmarshal was born on June - 12.   

1659  Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Japanese samurai (d. 1719) was born on June - 12.