Famous Deaths In June - 12

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

1930  On this day in history dyce Willcocks, cricketer ("Grand Old Man" of Canadian cricket), dies   

1932  René de Clerq, Flemish poet/writer (Book of Love), dies on June - 12.   

1936  Isidore Weiss, French world checker champion, dies on June - 12.   

1937  On this day in history death of mikhail Tukhachevsky, Marshal of the Soviet Union (b. 1893)   

1942  On this day in history walter Leigh, composer, dies at 36   

1946  Count Hisaichi Terauchi, Japanese fieldmarshal, dies on this day in history.   

1947  Jazeps Medins, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1962  John N Ireland, English composer/pianist (Epic March), dies at 82 on June - 12.   

1963  Andrew Browne, Irish/British admiral (Cape Matapan, WW II), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1966  On June - 12 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 this day in history.   

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  Milburn Stone, actor (Doc-Gunsmoke), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1982  Death of Karl von Frisch, Austrian zoologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1886) on this day in history.   

1983  Norma Shearer, actress (Escape, Romeo & Juliet), dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1986  Antoon Breyne, Belgian journalist, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1988  On June - 12 marcel Poot, Belgian baron/composer, dies at 87   

1989  On this day in history peter Conrad Baden, composer, dies at 80   

1990  Terence O'Neil, lord/PM of Ulster (1963-69), dies on June - 12.   

1992  On June - 12 edward Fleming, Danish director (Lille Spejl), dies   

1994  On June - 12 menachem Mendel Schneerson, Lubavitcher leader (1950-94), dies at 92   

1995  On this day in history arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, pianist, dies at 75   

1996  Ilona Ference, actress (Quatermass II, Star of My Night), dies at 78 on June - 12.   

1997  On June - 12 death of bulat Okudzhava, Russian writer and musician (b. 1924)   

2000  On this day in history death of p.L.Deshpande, Marathi writer (b. 1919)   

2002  On this day in history death of bill Blass, American fashion designer (b. 1922)   

2003  On this day in history death of gregory Peck, American actor (b. 1916)   

2005  On June - 12 death of scott Young, Canadian sportswriter, novelist, and journalist (b. 1918)   

2006  Death of György Ligeti, Hungarian composer (b. 1923) on June - 12.   

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1107  Emperor Gaozong of China (d. 1187) was born on June - 12.   

1468  On this day in history birth of juan del Encina, composer   

1519  On this day in history birth of cosmos de Medici, art patron (Accademia del Disegno)   

1519  Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1574) was born on June - 12.   

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 this day in history.