12 November Deaths

Published : 12 Nov 2016, 13:05

Jagoroniya Desk

November 12 is the 316th day of the year (317th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 49 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Thursday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Tuesday or Wednesday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Friday or Sunday (56).

Deaths
607 – Pope Boniface III
1035 – Cnut the Great, Danish-English king (b. 985)
1094 – Duncan II of Scotland (b. 1060)
1434 – Louis III of Naples (b. 1403)
1555 – Stephen Gardiner, English bishop and politician, English Secretary of State (b. 1497)
1567 – Anne de Montmorency, French general and diplomat (b. 1493)
1595 – John Hawkins, English admiral and shipbuilder (b. 1532)
1667 – Hans Nansen, Danish politician (b. 1598)
1671 – Thomas Fairfax, English general and politician (b. 1612)
1742 – Friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (b. 1660)
1793 – Jean Sylvain Bailly, French astronomer, mathematician, and politician, 1st Mayor of Paris (b. 1736)
1793 – Lord George Gordon, English politician (b. 1751)
1836 – Juan Ramón Balcarce, Argentinian general and politician, 6th Governor of Buenos Aires Province (b. 1773)
1865 – Elizabeth Gaskell, English author (b. 1810)
1896 – Joseph James Cheeseman, Liberian politician, 12th President of Liberia (b. 1843)
1902 – William Henry Barlow, English engineer (b. 1812)
1916 – Percival Lowell, American astronomer, mathematician, and author (b. 1855)
1933 – John Cady, American golfer (b. 1866)
1933 – F. Holland Day, American photographer and publisher (b. 1864)
1939 – Norman Bethune, Canadian physician and humanitarian (b. 1890)
1946 – Albert Bond Lambert, American golfer and pilot (b. 1875)
1946 – Madan Mohan Malaviya, Indian academic and politician, President of the Indian National Congress (b. 1861)
1948 – Umberto Giordano, Italian composer (b. 1867)
1950 – Lesley Ashburner, American hurdler (b. 1883)
1950 – Julia Marlowe, English-American actress (b. 1865)
1955 – Alfréd Hajós, Hungarian swimmer and architect, designed the Grand Hotel Aranybika (b. 1878)
1955 – Tin Ujević, Croatian poet and translator (b. 1891)
1955 – Sarah Wambaugh, American political scientist, world authority on plebiscites (b. 1882)
1958 – Gustaf Söderström, Swedish shot putter, discus thrower, and tug of war competitor (b. 1865)
1965 – Taher Saifuddin, Indian spiritual leader, 51st Da'i al-Mutlaq (b. 1888)
1969 – Liu Shaoqi, Chinese politician, 2nd Chairman of the People's Republic of China (b. 1898)
1972 – Rudolf Friml, Czech-American pianist and composer (b. 1879)
1972 – Tommy Wisdom, English race car driver and journalist (b. 1906)
1976 – Mikhail Gurevich, Russian engineer, co-founded Mikoyan (b. 1893)
1976 – Walter Piston, American composer and academic (b. 1894)
1981 – William Holden, American actor (b. 1918)
1984 – Chester Himes, American-French author (b. 1909)
1986 – Minoru Yasui, American lawyer and activist (b. 1916)
1987 – Cornelis Vreeswijk, Dutch-Swedish singer-songwriter, actor, and poet (b. 1937)
1990 – Eve Arden, American actress and comedian (b. 1908)
1991 – Gabriele Tinti, Italian actor (b. 1932)
1993 – H. R. Haldeman, American diplomat, 4th White House Chief of Staff (b. 1926)
1994 – Wilma Rudolph, American sprinter and educator (b. 1940)
1997 – Carlos Surinach, Spanish-American composer and conductor (b. 1915)
1998 – Roy Hollis, English footballer (b. 1925)
1998 – Sally Shlaer, American mathematician and engineer (b. 1938)
2000 – Franck Pourcel, French conductor and composer (b. 1913)
2001 – Albert Hague, German-American actor and composer (b. 1920)
2001 – Tony Miles, English chess player and theoretician (b. 1955)
2003 – Jonathan Brandis, American actor (b. 1976)
2003 – Cameron Duncan, New Zealand director and screenwriter (b. 1986)
2003 – Penny Singleton, American actress (b. 1908)
2003 – Tony Thompson, American drummer (b. 1954)
2007 – K. C. Ibrahim, Indian cricketer (b. 1919)
2007 – Ira Levin, American novelist, playwright, and songwriter (b. 1929)
2008 – Catherine Baker Knoll, American educator and politician, 30th Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania (b. 1930)
2008 – Mitch Mitchell, English drummer (b. 1947)
2010 – Henryk Górecki, Polish composer (b. 1933)
2012 – Anthony di Bonaventura, American pianist and academic (b. 1929)
2012 – Bob French, American drummer and radio host (b. 1928)
2012 – Hans Hammarskiöld, Swedish photographer (b. 1925)
2012 – Sergio Oliva, Cuban-American bodybuilder (b. 1941)
2012 – Daniel Stern, American psychologist and theorist (b. 1934)
2013 – Steve Rexe, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1947)
2013 – Konrad Rudnicki, Polish astronomer and academic (b. 1926)
2013 – Aleksandr Serebrov, Russian engineer and astronaut (b. 1944)
2013 – John Tavener, English composer and educator (b. 1944)
2013 – Kurt Trampedach, Danish painter and sculptor (b. 1943)
2013 – Antigone Valakou, Greek actress (b. 1930)
2014 – John Briscoe, South African-American epidemiologist, engineer, and academic (b. 1948)
2014 – Ravi Chopra, Indian director and producer (b. 1946)
2014 – Warren Clarke, English actor, director, and producer (b. 1947)
2014 – Marge Roukema, American educator and politician (b. 1929)
2014 – Valery Senderov, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1945)
2015 – Earl E. Anderson, American general (b. 1919)
2015 – Philip Ciaccio, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1927)
2015 – Márton Fülöp, Hungarian footballer (b. 1983)
2015 – Jihadi John, Kuwaiti terrorist (b. 1988)
2015 – Aaron Shikler, American painter (b. 1922)

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