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April 12, 2001 Harvey R. Ball, graphic designer, invented the ubiquitous smiley face in 1963, dies at 79 April 12, 2001 Harvey Ball, American Celebrity April 12, 2000 Christopher Pettiet, actor, Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead, dies at 24 April 12, 1999 Boxcar Willie, singer, Best of Boxcar Willie, dies at 67 April 12, 1997 George Wald, scientist, dies at 90 April 12, 1996 Marthe Robert, essayist/translator, dies at 82 April 12, 1996 Nancy Sheehan, writer, dies at 69 April 12, 1996 William Wilkinson, businessman/conservationist, dies at 63 April 12, 1995 Chris Pyne, trombonist, dies at 56 April 12, 1994 Harry la Fontaine, Danish/US resistance fighter/producer, dies at 81 April 12, 1994 Jean Carmet, dies at 72 April 12, 1994 Q T Macon, blues vocal/guitar, dies at 60 April 12, 1993 Isaac Rojas, vp of Argentina (1955-58), dies April 12, 1993 Patience Jarvis, dies of melanoma at 56 April 12, 1992 Joe Medwick, vocalist, dies at 61 April 12, 1991 James Schuyler, U.S. poet (Pulitzer 1980), dies April 12, 1990 Henry Kendrick, dies April 12, 1989 Abbie Hoffman, yippie peace activist of the 60's, dies at 52 April 12, 1989 Sugar Ray Robinson, heavyweight boxing champ, dies at 67 of Alzheimer April 12, 1988 Alan Stewart Paton, writer, dies April 12, 1988 Alan Paton, South African Novelist April 12, 1987 Ewan Calague, economist/statistician (Social Security) dies at 90 April 12, 1984 Ruth Taylor, actress (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), dies at 76 April 12, 1983 Desmond Bagley, British Journalist April 12, 1981 Hans Chemin-Petit, composer, dies at 78 April 12, 1981 Hendrik F Andriessen, Dutch organist/composer (Te Deum), dies at 88 April 12, 1981 Joe Louis, [Brown bomber], U.S. heavyweight champ (1937-49), dies at 66 April 12, 1980 William R Tolbert Jr, Liberian President and 27 others killed in coup April 12, 1977 Philip K Wrigley, baseball owner for the Chicago Cubs, dies at 82 April 12, 1976 Paul Ford, actor (Phil Silvers Show), dies at 74 April 12, 1975 Josephine Baker, US/French revue artist (Folies-Bergere), dies at 68 April 12, 1974 Carl Jaffe, dies at 72 April 12, 1972 C. W. Ceram, [Kurt Marek], German/U.S. writer (1st American), dies at 57 April 12, 1972 Henri Potiron, composer, dies at 89 April 12, 1966 Sumokil, president of Republic South Moluccas, executed April 12, 1965 Linda Darnell, U.S. actress (Dakota Incident), dies at 43 April 12, 1961 Nils-Eric Fougstedt, composer, dies at 50 April 12, 1961 Philippine "Pine" Belder, [Mary de Klerk], actress, dies at 93 April 12, 1959 Ernest Willem Mulder, composer, dies at 60 April 12, 1959 James Gleason, dies at 76 April 12, 1956 Jose Moscardo Ituarte, Spanish general (Alcazar 1936), dies at 77 April 12, 1954 Pim [Willem JH] Mulier, Dutch journalist/sports-organizer, dies at 89 April 12, 1951 Harold Vincent Milligan, composer, dies at 62 April 12, 1947 Christian F L Leipoldt, South African writer (Die Moormansgat), dies April 12, 1946 August Borms, Flemish nazi collaborator, executed at 67 April 12, 1946 F Guicciardi, writer, dies April 12, 1945 Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President (D) (1933-1945), dies at 63 April 12, 1945 Franklin D. Roosevelt, American President April 12, 1942 Johannes E Akkeringa, Dutch painter/etcher, dies at 80 April 12, 1938 Feodor Chaliapine, Russian author (Man and Mark), dies at 65 April 12, 1938 Serafin Alvarez Quintero, Spanish playwright (Piropos), dies at 67 April 12, 1922 Frantisek Ondricek, composer, dies at 64 April 12, 1914 Josef Nesvera, composer, dies at 71 April 12, 1912 Clara Barton, organizer (American Red Cross), dies at 90 April 12, 1910 William G Sumner, U.S. sociologist/politicologist (Folkways), dies at 69 April 12, 1909 Hermann Kotzchmar, composer, dies at 79 April 12, 1909 Hilton Kramer, American Critic April 12, 1896 Alexander Ritter, composer, dies at 62 April 12, 1878 William M "Boss" Tweed, New York politician, dies April 12, 1878 Boss Tweed, American Politician April 12, 1864 Thomas Green, U.S. Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 50 April 12, 1859 John Emde, German evangelist, dies at about 84 April 12, 1850 Adoniram Judson, American Clergyman April 12, 1845 Henry M baron the Kock, officer/politician, dies at 65 April 12, 1828 Jean Henri Appelius, Dutch lawyer/minister of Finance, dies at 60 April 12, 1817 Charles Messier, "comet ferret" and catalogs famous "M objects,", dies April 12, 1797 Josef Antonin Stepan, composer, dies at 71 April 12, 1795 Rainieri de Calzabigi, Italian literary, dies at 80 April 12, 1788 Carl Joseph Toeschi, composer, dies at 56 April 12, 1788 Carlo Antonio Campioni, composer, dies at 67 April 12, 1777 Claude-Prosper J de Crebillon, French writer (Le sopha), dies at 70 April 12, 1760 Baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer, dies at 64 April 12, 1748 William Kent, English sculptor/architect (Kensington Palace), dies April 12, 1704 John Hudde, 21x mayor of Amsterdam, dies at 76 April 12, 1704 Jacques Bossuet, French Clergyman April 12, 1690 Miguel Gomez Camargo, composer, dies at 71 April 12, 1605 Boris Godunov, Tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies April 12, 1555 Johanna de Wanzinnige, Queen of Castilie (1504-20), dies at 75 April 12, 1550 Claude of Lorraine, duke of Guise, dies at 53 April 12, 352 Julius I, pope (337-52), dies |