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  Death of Sakuma Shōzan, Japanese reformer (b. 1811) on August - 12.   

1865  William Jackson Hooker, botanist, dies on this day in history.   

1877  James Drummond, historical painter, dies on August - 12.   

1883  On August - 12 last Quagga, zebra with less slashes (in Artis), dies   

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

1891  On this day in history james Russell Lowell, poet/critic/diplomat, dies   

1896  Death of Thomas Chamberlain, officer of the 20th Maine at the Battle of Gettysburg on this day in history.   

1900  On August - 12 james E Keeler, US astronomer (rings of Saturn), dies at 42   

1901  On this day in history death of adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Finnish-Swedish explorer (b. 1832)   

1911  Jozef Israels, painter, dies on this day in history.   

1914  On August - 12 john Philip Holland, submarine designer, dies   

1918  Death of Anna Held, Polish-born actress and singer (b. 1872) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history hendrik P Berlage, architect (Stock exchange Amsterdam), dies at 78   

1935  On August - 12 death of friedrich Schottky, German mathematician (b. 1851)   

1938  On August - 12 ludwig Borchardt, German egyptologist, dies at 74   

1941  On August - 12 bobby Peel, cricketer (took 102 wickets for England), dies   

1943  On August - 12 georges Martin Witkowski, composer, dies at 76   

1944  On this day in history death of joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., brother of President John F. Kennedy (b. 1915)   

1948  Death of Harry Brearley, English inventor (b. 1871) on August - 12.   

1952  On August - 12 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 August - 12.   

1964  On this day in history ian L Fleming, British journalist/writer (James Bond), dies at 56   

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  On August - 12 john Clay, cricketer (Glamorgan offie in only Test 1935), dies   

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

1982  Helvi Lemmikke Leiviska, composer, dies at 80 on August - 12.   

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 August - 12.   

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

1566  Isabella CE, infante of Spain/governess of the Netherlands was born on August - 12.   

1592  Willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, Dutch gov (Fort Emmerik/Heusden) was born on this day in history.   

1604  Tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1651) was born on August - 12.   

1620  On this day in history birth of pieter Cuypers, S Neth lawyer   

1626  On this day in history birth of giovanni Legrenzi, composer   

1629  Tsar Alexei I of Russia (d. 1676) was born on August - 12.   

1644  On August - 12 birth of georg Christoph Leuttner, composer