Famous Deaths In October - 12
Saturday, 07 September 2024
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 October - 12.
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 Death of Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (b. 1827) on October - 12.
1896 Death of Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish nobleman and politician (b. 1817) on this day in history.
1898 Death of Calvin Fairbank, American abolitionist minister (b. 1816) on this day in history.
1915 Death of Edith L Cavell, British nurse, executed by Germans in Belgium (WW II) on this day in history.
1922 On this day in history daisy M C Baers, Flemish philosophy/theory, dies at 33
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 October - 12 b L T Bosanquet, cricketer (1st great googly bowler, England), dies
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 Joseph W Stilwell, US general (China), dies on this day in history.
1947 Nelson Betancourt, cricket wicketkeeper (WI Test 1930), dies at 42 on this day in history.
1948 On October - 12 alfred Kerr, writer, dies at 80
1951 Simon Kimbangu/Kibangu, Congo prophet, dies in captivity at 62 on this day in history.
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 this day in history arnoldt Bronnen, writer, dies at 63
1960 On October - 12 death of inejiro Asanuma, leader Japanese Socialist Party, murdered at 61
1964 J Howard Frazer, USTA pres, dies in office on this day in history.
1966 On October - 12 arthur Vincent Lourie, composer, dies at 74
1967 Nat Pendleton, Olympic wrestler/actor (Reckless), dies at 72 on this day in history.
1969 On this day in history serge Poliakoff, Russ/French painter, dies
1970 On October - 12 death of mustafa Zaidi, Pakistani poet (b. 1930)
1971 On October - 12 dean G Acheson, US foreign minister (1949-53), dies at 78
1974 On October - 12 joseph Frederick Wagner, composer, dies at 74
1977 On October - 12 doris Davenport, actress (Behind the News, Westerner), dies at 81
1979 On this day in history celia Lovsky, actress (Airport, Harlow, T'Pau-Star Trek), dies at 82
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