Famous Deaths In October - 12

1858  Ando Hiroshige, Japanese painter, dies at 61 on October - 12.   

1860  On October - 12 henry G W Smith, leader of British-Indian forces, dies at 73   

1864  On October - 12 roger Taney, 5th Supreme Court Chief Justice (1836-64), dies at 87   

1865  On this day in history william Vincent Wallace, composer, dies at 53   

1870  Robert E Lee, General of Confederate Army, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1875  On this day in history death of jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (b. 1827)   

1896  On this day in history death of christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish nobleman and politician (b. 1817)   

1898  Death of Calvin Fairbank, American abolitionist minister (b. 1816) on October - 12.   

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  On October - 12 anatole France, writer, dies at 80   

1929  Max Ettlinger, German philosopher/theorist, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1936  B L T Bosanquet, cricketer (1st great googly bowler, England), dies on October - 12.   

1938  Hugh Massie, cricketer (9 Tests for Australia 1881-85, capt), dies on October - 12.   

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  On October - 12 joseph W Stilwell, US general (China), dies   

1947  Nelson Betancourt, cricket wicketkeeper (WI Test 1930), dies at 42 on October - 12.   

1948  On this day in history alfred Kerr, writer, dies at 80   

1951  Simon Kimbangu/Kibangu, Congo prophet, dies in captivity at 62 on October - 12.   

1954  On this day in history death of george Welch, American pilot (b. 1918)   

1958  On this day in history ed Hinton, actor (Henderson-I Lived 3 Lives), dies at 30   

1959  On October - 12 arnoldt Bronnen, writer, dies at 63   

1960  On this day in history 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  Arthur Vincent Lourie, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history nat Pendleton, Olympic wrestler/actor (Reckless), dies at 72   

1969  On this day in history serge Poliakoff, Russ/French painter, dies   

1970  Death of Mustafa Zaidi, Pakistani poet (b. 1930) on this day in history.   

1971  Dean G Acheson, US foreign minister (1949-53), dies at 78 on October - 12.   

1974  Joseph Frederick Wagner, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1977  On October - 12 doris Davenport, actress (Behind the News, Westerner), dies at 81   

1979  Celia Lovsky, actress (Airport, Harlow, T'Pau-Star Trek), dies at 82 on October - 12.   

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1008  Emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (d. 1036) was born on October - 12.   

1350  On October - 12 birth of dimitri "Donskoi" Ivanovitch, great monarch of Vladimir-Soezdal   

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  On October - 12 birth of archduke Maximilian III of Austria (d. 1618)   

1558  On October - 12 birth of jacques Sirmond, French scholar and Jesuit (d. 1651)   

1576  Thomas Dudley, English-born American colonial magistrate (d. 1653) was born on this day in history.