Famous Deaths 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 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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1008  Emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (d. 1036) was born on this day in history.   

1350  Dimitri "Donskoi" Ivanovitch, great monarch of Vladimir-Soezdal was born on this day in history.   

1350  On this day in history birth of dmitry Donskoy, Grand Prince of Moscovy (d. 1389)   

1490  Bernardo Pisano, composer was born on October - 12.   

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 this day in history.   

1558  Jacques Sirmond, French scholar and Jesuit (d. 1651) was born on this day in history.   

1576  On October - 12 birth of thomas Dudley, English-born American colonial magistrate (d. 1653)