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<html> <head> <title>Died on October 12th</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px;"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> Died on October 12th LISTS <table border=1 class="sortable" id="sort_grunk"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/106/000173584/">Edwin A. Abbott</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Dec-1838</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-1926</tt></td> <td>Flatland</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/425/000054263/">Dean Acheson</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Apr-1893</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-1971</tt></td> <td>US Secretary of State, 1949-53</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/699/000031606/">Leon Ames</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Jan-1902</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-1993</tt></td> <td>Character actor, a SAG founder</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/238/000174713/">Matsuo Basho</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1644</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-1694</tt></td> <td>Haiku master</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/293/000350240/">Gary Bond</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Feb-1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-1995</tt></td> <td>English theatre actor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/095/000174570/">John Brahm</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1893</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-1982</tt></td> <td>The Lodger</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/758/000273936/">Patricia Breslin</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Mar-1931</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-2011</tt></td> <td>The People's Choice</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/362/000120002/">Edith Cavell</a></td> <td><center>Victim</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Dec-1865</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-1915</tt></td> <td>British nurse, shot by the Germans</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/384/000023315/">Wilt Chamberlain</a></td> <td><center>Basketball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Aug-1936</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-1999</tt></td> <td>Wilt the Stilt</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/745/000164253/">Lonny Chapman</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Oct-1920</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-2007</tt></td> <td>American character actor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/657/000210027/">Alonzo M. Clark</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Aug-1868</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-1952</tt></td> <td>Governor of Wyoming, 1931-33</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/364/000167860/">Harry M. Daugherty</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Jan-1860</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-1941</tt></td> <td>US Attorney General, 1921-24</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/705/000094423/">Demosthenes</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>384 BC</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-322 BC</tt></td> <td>Attic orator and statesman</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/164/000026086/">John Denver</a></td> <td><center>Country Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Dec-1943</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-1997</tt></td> <td>Rocky Mountain High</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/777/000119420/">Hermann Eilts</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Mar-1922</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-2006</tt></td> <td>US Ambassador to Egypt, 1973-79</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/253/000104938/">François Guizot</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Oct-1787</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-1874</tt></td> <td>Prime Minister of France, 1847-48</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/924/000163435/">Hjalmar Hammarskjöld</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Feb-1862</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-1953</tt></td> <td>Prime Minister of Sweden, 1914-17</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/009/000257235/">William Harsha, Jr.</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Jan-1921</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-2010</tt></td> <td>Congressman from Ohio, 1961-81</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/884/000031791/">Sonja Henie</a></td> <td><center>Figure Skating</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Apr-1912</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-1969</tt></td> <td>Norwegian figure skater</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/819/000084567/">Hiroshige</a></td> <td><center>Artist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1797</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-1858</tt></td> <td>Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/768/000103459/">Pope Honorius I</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>?</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-638 AD</tt></td> <td>Roman Catholic Pope, 625-638 AD</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/541/000095256/">Pope John IV</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>?</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-642 AD</tt></td> <td>Roman Catholic Pope, 640-42</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/107/000059927/">Philander Knox</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-May-1853</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-1921</tt></td> <td>US Secretary of State, 1909-13</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/894/000112558/">Joan B. Kroc</a></td> <td><center>Philanthropist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Aug-1928</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-2003</tt></td> <td>McDonald's widow</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/261/000032165/">Alf Landon</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Sep-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-1987</tt></td> <td>Republican Presidential candidate 1936</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/930/000049783/">Robert E. Lee</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Jan-1807</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-1870</tt></td> <td>Confederate General</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/188/000133786/">Aline MacMahon</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-May-1899</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-1991</tt></td> <td>Dragon Seed</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/401/000096113/">Maximilian II</a></td> <td><center>Royalty</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Jul-1527</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-1576</tt></td> <td>Holy Roman Emperor, 1564-76</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/217/000065022/">Tom Mix</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Jan-1880</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-1940</tt></td> <td>Old-time silent movie cowboy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/249/000128862/">Paul H. Müller</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Jan-1899</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-1965</tt></td> <td>Synthesized DDT</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/653/000059476/">Johnny Olson</a></td> <td><center>Game Show Host</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-May-1910</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-1985</tt></td> <td>Announcer for What's My Line, etc.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/201/000277367/">Nat Pendleton</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Aug-1895</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-1967</tt></td> <td>At the Circus</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/847/000097556/">Philaret</a></td> <td><center>Royalty</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1553</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-1633</tt></td> <td>Patriarch of Moscow</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/888/000084636/">Piero della Francesca</a></td> <td><center>Painter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1420</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-1492</tt></td> <td>The Legend of the True Cross</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/569/000023500/">Dennis Ritchie</a></td> <td><center>Computer Programmer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Sep-1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-2011</tt></td> <td>Co-Creator of UNIX</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/508/000172989/">William R. Sears</a></td> <td><center>Engineer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Mar-1913</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-2002</tt></td> <td>Airfoil engineer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/705/000052549/">Matthew Shepard</a></td> <td><center>Victim</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Dec-1976</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-1998</tt></td> <td>Gay hate crime victim</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/920/000099623/">Willie Shoemaker</a></td> <td><center>Jockey</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Aug-1931</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-2003</tt></td> <td>Greatest 20th century jockey</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/437/000109110/">Nancy Spungen</a></td> <td><center>Victim</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Feb-1958</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-1978</tt></td> <td>Sid Vicious's girlfriend</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/099/000097805/">John Lloyd Stephens</a></td> <td><center>Explorer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Nov-1805</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-1852</tt></td> <td>Incidents of Travel</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/105/000097811/">Robert Stephenson</a></td> <td><center>Engineer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Oct-1803</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-1859</tt></td> <td>Builder of railroad bridges</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/940/000086682/">Joseph Stilwell</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Mar-1883</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-1946</tt></td> <td>Led US and Chinese forces in WWII China</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/438/000042312/">Aleksandr Sumarokov</a></td> <td><center>Playwright</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Nov-1717</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-1777</tt></td> <td>Founder of Russian classical drama</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/424/000098130/">Roger Brooke Taney</a></td> <td><center>Judge</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Mar-1777</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-1864</tt></td> <td>US Chief Justice, 1836-64</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/838/000102532/">Regis Toomey</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Aug-1898</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-1991</tt></td> <td>Burke's Law</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/313/000104998/">C. 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