Did you know
Conchata Ferrell's big screen work included roles in such films as Network (1976), Where the River Runs Black (1986), For Keeps (1988), Edward Scissorhands (1990), True Romance (1993), Erin Brockovich (2000) and Krampus (2015).
Notable Deaths on October 12
2020 — Conchata Ferrell
American actress (born 1943)
October 12 has 132 recorded notable deaths across history, from 322 BC to 2025. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
By thisDay.info Editorial Team · — Wikipedia
Notable Deaths
132 source records
322 BC – 2025
Today in history
Major events on October 12
See what else happened on this day in history.
- 1890 Uddevalla Suffrage Association is formed. Source
- 1996 New Zealand holds its first general election under the new mixed-member proportional representation system, which led to Jim Bolger's National Party forming a coalition government with Winston Peters's New Zealand First. Source
- 1810 The citizens of Munich hold the first Oktoberfest in celebration of the marriage of Crown Prince Louis of Bavaria and Princess Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen. Source
- 1492 Christopher Columbus's first expedition makes landfall on San Salvador Island in the Caribbean. (Julian calendar) Source
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Ricky Helton Wilson was an American musician best known as the original guitarist and founding member of rock band the B-52s.
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Demosthenes delivered his first judicial speeches at the age of 20, in which he successfully argued that he should gain from his guardians what was left of his inheritance.
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Despite repeated attempts to continue his career with a string of different teams from 2000 to 2008, Vandenbroucke's drug use and unpredictability eventually led to his estrangement from the cycling world.
Did you know
The margin of victory in the electoral college was the largest of Roosevelt's four elections to the office of president, as Landon won just 8 electoral votes to Roosevelt's 523.
More major people who died on October 12
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1985
Ricky Wilson
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1953)
Ricky Helton Wilson was an American musician best known as the original guitarist and founding member of rock band the B-52s. Born in Athens, Georgia, Wilson was the brother of fellow member Cindy Wilson.
-322
Demosthenes
Athenian statesman, (born 384 BC)
Demosthenes was a Greek statesman and orator in ancient Athens.
2009
Frank Vandenbroucke
Belgian cyclist (born 1974)
Frank Vandenbroucke was a Belgian professional road racing cyclist.
1987
Alf Landon
American lieutenant and politician, 26th Governor of Kansas (born 1887)
Alfred Mossman Landon was an American oilman and politician who served as the 26th governor of Kansas from 1933 to 1937.
2024
Lilly Ledbetter
American activist (born 1938)
Lilly Lynn McDaniel Ledbetter was an American activist who was the plaintiff in the United States Supreme Court case Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. regarding employment discrimination.
638
Honorius I
pope of the Catholic Church
Pope Honorius I was the bishop of Rome from his consecration on 27 October 625 until his death.
1956
Lorenzo Perosi
Italian composer and painter (born 1872)
Monsignor Lorenzo Perosi was an Italian composer of sacred music and the only member of the Giovane Scuola who did not write opera.
1758
Richard Molesworth
3rd Viscount Molesworth, Irish field marshal and politician (born 1680)
Field Marshal Richard Molesworth, 3rd Viscount Molesworth, PC (Ire), FRS was an Anglo-Irish army officer and politician.
2012
Sukhdev Singh Kang
Indian judge and politician, 14th Governor of Kerala (born 1931)
Sukhdev Singh Kang was the fourteenth Governor of Kerala from 25 January 1997 to 18 April 2002.
1565
Jean Ribault
French-American lieutenant and navigator (born 1520)
Jean Ribault was a French naval officer, navigator, and a colonizer of what would become the southeastern United States. He was a major figure in the French attempts to colonize Florida.
2003
Jim Cairns
Australian economist and politician, 4th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia (born 1914)
James Ford Cairns was an Australian politician who was prominent in the Labor movement through the 1960s and 1970s, and was briefly Treasurer and the fourth deputy prime minister of Australia, both in the Whitlam…
1845
Elizabeth Fry
English prison reformer, Quaker and philanthropist (born 1780)
Elizabeth Fry, sometimes referred to as Betsy Fry, was an English prison reformer, social reformer, philanthropist and Quaker.
1971
Gene Vincent
American musician (born 1935)
Vincent Eugene Craddock, known as Gene Vincent, was an American rock and roll musician who pioneered the style of rockabilly.
1954
George Welch
American soldier and pilot (born 1918)
George Schwartz Welch was a World War II triple ace, a Distinguished Service Cross recipient, and an experimental aircraft pilot after the war.
1958
Gordon Griffith
American actor, director, and producer (born 1907)
Gordon S. Griffith was an American assistant director, film producer, and one of the first child actors in the American movie industry.
1971
Dean Acheson
American lawyer and politician, 51st United States Secretary of State (born 1893)
Dean Gooderham Acheson was an American politician and lawyer. As the 51st U.S. secretary of state, he set the foreign policy of the Harry S. Truman administration from 1949 to 1953.
1957
Arie de Jong
Indonesian-Dutch linguist and physician (born 1865)
Arie de Jong was a Dutch enthusiast and reformer of the constructed language Volapük by Johann Martin Schleyer, with whose help the Volapük movement gained new strength in the Netherlands.
1969
Julius Saaristo
Finnish javelin thrower and soldier (born 1891)
Juho Julius Saaristo was a Finnish track and field athlete. He won two medals at the 1912 Olympics: a silver in conventional javelin throw and gold in the two-handed javelin throw, a one-time Olympic event in which the…
1985
Johnny Olson
American radio host and game show announcer (born 1910)
John Leonard Olson was an American radio personality and television announcer.