Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 12

1861  On August - 12 death of eliphalet Remington, American inventor, designer of the Remington rifle (b. 1793)   

1864  On August - 12 death of sakuma Shōzan, Japanese reformer (b. 1811)   

1865  William Jackson Hooker, botanist, dies on August - 12.   

1877  On this day in history james Drummond, historical painter, dies   

1883  Last Quagga, zebra with less slashes (in Artis), dies on this day in history.   

1885  On August - 12 georg Curtius, German classical/linguist/philologist, dies at 65   

1891  James Russell Lowell, poet/critic/diplomat, dies on this day in history.   

1896  On August - 12 death of thomas Chamberlain, officer of the 20th Maine at the Battle of Gettysburg   

1900  On this day in history james E Keeler, US astronomer (rings of Saturn), dies at 42   

1901  Death of Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Finnish-Swedish explorer (b. 1832) on this day in history.   

1911  On August - 12 jozef Israels, painter, dies   

1914  John Philip Holland, submarine designer, dies on August - 12.   

1918  On August - 12 death of anna Held, Polish-born actress and singer (b. 1872)   

1922  On this day in history arthur Griffith, Irish nationalist/president (Sinn Fein), dies   

1928  On this day in history death of leoÅ¡ Janáček, Czech composer (b. 1854)   

1934  On August - 12 hendrik P Berlage, architect (Stock exchange Amsterdam), dies at 78   

1935  Death of Friedrich Schottky, German mathematician (b. 1851) on August - 12.   

1938  Ludwig Borchardt, German egyptologist, dies at 74 on August - 12.   

1941  Bobby Peel, cricketer (took 102 wickets for England), dies on August - 12.   

1943  Georges Martin Witkowski, composer, dies at 76 on August - 12.   

1944  On August - 12 death of joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., brother of President John F. Kennedy (b. 1915)   

1948  On this day in history death of harry Brearley, English inventor (b. 1871)   

1952  On this day in history death of david Bergelson, Yiddish language writer (b. 1884)   

1955  Thomas Mann, German writer (Dr Faustus, Nobel 1929), dies at 80 on August - 12.   

1959  Death of Mike O'Neill, Irish-born American baseball player (b. 1877) on this day in history.   

1964  Ian L Fleming, British journalist/writer (James Bond), dies at 56 on August - 12.   

1968  On August - 12 pieter J Auld, mayor of Rotterdam (1945-52), dies at 81   

1969  On this day in history dick Ryan, actor (For Heaven's Sake), dies after long illness at 72   

1973  John Clay, cricketer (Glamorgan offie in only Test 1935), dies on this day in history.   

1976  Thomas Edward Driberg, 1st baron Bradwell, journalist, dies on this day in history.   

1982  On August - 12 helvi Lemmikke Leiviska, composer, dies at 80   

1983  On August - 12 henry Gifford Vivian, cricketer (7 Tests for NZ, 17 wkts), dies   

1985  Marcel Mihalovici, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1988  Jean-Michel Basquiat, US musician/graffiti painter (Gray, SAMO), dies on this day in history.   

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1503  On this day in history birth of christian III, king of Denmark/Norway (1534-59)   

1566  On August - 12 birth of isabella CE, infante of Spain/governess of the Netherlands   

1592  On this day in history birth of willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, Dutch gov (Fort Emmerik/Heusden)   

1604  On August - 12 birth of tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1651)   

1620  On August - 12 birth of pieter Cuypers, S Neth lawyer   

1626  Giovanni Legrenzi, composer was born on August - 12.   

1629  On this day in history birth of tsar Alexei I of Russia (d. 1676)   

1644  Georg Christoph Leuttner, composer was born on August - 12.