Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In October - 12

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

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 October - 12.   

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 October - 12 death of jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (b. 1827)   

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

1898  On October - 12 death of calvin Fairbank, American abolitionist minister (b. 1816)   

1915  Death of Edith L Cavell, British nurse, executed by Germans in Belgium (WW II) on this day in history.   

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

1923  On October - 12 a P "Bunny" Lucas, cricketer (five Tests for England 1879-82), dies   

1924  On this day in history 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  On October - 12 hugh Massie, cricketer (9 Tests for Australia 1881-85, capt), dies   

1940  Tom Mix, US actor (Texan, Hidden Gold), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

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

1946  Joseph W Stilwell, US general (China), dies on October - 12.   

1947  Nelson Betancourt, cricket wicketkeeper (WI Test 1930), dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1948  Alfred Kerr, writer, dies at 80 on October - 12.   

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

1954  Death of George Welch, American pilot (b. 1918) on this day in history.   

1958  On October - 12 ed Hinton, actor (Henderson-I Lived 3 Lives), dies at 30   

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

1960  Death of Inejiro Asanuma, leader Japanese Socialist Party, murdered at 61 on October - 12.   

1964  On October - 12 j Howard Frazer, USTA pres, dies in office   

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  Death of Mustafa Zaidi, Pakistani poet (b. 1930) on October - 12.   

1971  On October - 12 dean G Acheson, US foreign minister (1949-53), dies at 78   

1974  On this day in history joseph Frederick Wagner, composer, dies at 74   

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 this day in history.   

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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  On this day in history birth of bernardo Pisano, composer   

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

1558  Archduke Maximilian III of Austria (d. 1618) was born on October - 12.   

1558  On this day in history 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.