Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In October - 12

1858  Ando Hiroshige, Japanese painter, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1860  On this day in history henry G W Smith, leader of British-Indian forces, dies at 73   

1864  Roger Taney, 5th Supreme Court Chief Justice (1836-64), dies at 87 on this day in history.   

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  Death of Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (b. 1827) on this day in history.   

1896  Death of Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish nobleman and politician (b. 1817) on October - 12.   

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 October - 12.   

1922  Daisy M C Baers, Flemish philosophy/theory, dies at 33 on October - 12.   

1923  A P "Bunny" Lucas, cricketer (five Tests for England 1879-82), dies on this day in history.   

1924  Anatole France, writer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

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

1936  On this day in history b L T Bosanquet, cricketer (1st great googly bowler, England), dies   

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

1940  On October - 12 tom Mix, US actor (Texan, Hidden Gold), dies at 60   

1945  Death of Jesse James Payne, lynched in Madison County Florida on this day in history.   

1946  On October - 12 joseph W Stilwell, US general (China), dies   

1947  On this day in history nelson Betancourt, cricket wicketkeeper (WI Test 1930), dies at 42   

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  On October - 12 death of george Welch, American pilot (b. 1918)   

1958  Ed Hinton, actor (Henderson-I Lived 3 Lives), dies at 30 on this day in history.   

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 October - 12.   

1967  On October - 12 nat Pendleton, Olympic wrestler/actor (Reckless), dies at 72   

1969  Serge Poliakoff, Russ/French painter, dies on this day in history.   

1970  On this day in history death of mustafa Zaidi, Pakistani poet (b. 1930)   

1971  On this day in history dean G Acheson, US foreign minister (1949-53), dies at 78   

1974  Joseph Frederick Wagner, composer, dies at 74 on October - 12.   

1977  On this day in history 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 October - 12.   

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

1490  On October - 12 birth of bernardo Pisano, composer   

1537  On this day in history birth of edward VI, Tudor, King of England (1547-53)   

1558  On this day in history 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 October - 12.