Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In December - 07

1912  On this day in history george Darwin, theorized Moon was pulled out of Pacific Ocean, dies   

1913  On December - 07 death of luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano, Italian Catholic churchman and last surviving cardinal of Pius IX (b. 1828)   

1917  On this day in history leon Minkus, composer, dies at 91   

1938  Harry Moses, cricketer (6 Tests for Australia 1887-95), dies on this day in history.   

1941  Cecil Forsyth, composer, dies at 71 on December - 07.   

1943  John Bouber, [Blom], actor/author (Bluejackets), dies at 22 on this day in history.   

1946  Death of Sada Yacco, Japanese stage actress (b. 1871) on December - 07.   

1947  On December - 07 death of nicholas M. Butler, American university president, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1862)   

1948  Godfrey Turner, composer, dies at 35 on this day in history.   

1956  Death of Huntley Gordon, Canadian actor (b. 1887) on this day in history.   

1960  Death of Clara Haskil, Swiss pianist (b. 1895) on this day in history.   

1962  Kirsten Flagstead, Norwegian soprano (Wagner), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history house Peters, silent film actor (Kansas Territory), dies at 87   

1969  Eric Portman, actor (Naked Edge), dies from heart ailment at 66 on this day in history.   

1970  On December - 07 rube Goldberg, US cartoonist (Mike & Ike, Pulitzer 1948), dies at 87   

1971  On December - 07 milton Rosmer, director (Murder in the Red Barn), dies at 90   

1972  On December - 07 adrian J Zoetmulder, author (God's Hour), dies at 91   

1975  Hardie Albright, actress (Silver Streak, Scarlet Letter), dies at 71 on December - 07.   

1977  Paul Gibb, cricketer (England batsman, 8 Tests), dies on December - 07.   

1978  On December - 07 death of alexander Wetmore, American ornithologist (b. 1886)   

1979  Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, 1st woman full prof at Harvard U, dies on this day in history.   

1980  Darby Crash, rocker, dies at 22 on December - 07.   

1982  On December - 07 death of charlie Brooks Jr, convicted murderer became 1st US prisoner to be executed by lethal injection, at a prison in Huntsville, Texas   

1983  Death of Edgar Graham, member of N Ireland Assembly, shot dead by IRA on December - 07.   

1984  Jeanne Cagney, actress (Quicksand, Kentucky Rifle), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1985  Potter Stewart, 94th Supreme Court Justice (1958-81), dies in NH at 70 on this day in history.   

1988  Andrei P Ershov, Russian computer pioneer, dies on December - 07.   

1989  Death of William Calhoun, professional wrestler (b. 1934) on this day in history.   

1990  Delecta "Dee" Clark, US singer (Raindrops), dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1991  Death of Michael Taylor, Male Model (b. 1913) on this day in history.   

1992  Maurice Coutinho, writer/translator (Silent Struggle), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1993  On this day in history félix Houphouet-Boigny, pres of Ivory Coast (1960-93), dies at 88   

1994  On December - 07 elga Andersen, German/French model/actress (Global Affair), dies at 58   

1995  On December - 07 larry Bartlett, photographer, dies at 42   

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0521  On this day in history birth of saint Columba, Irish Christian missionary to Scotland (d. 597)   

0903  Abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi, Persian astronomer (d. 986) was born on December - 07.   

1302  On December - 07 birth of azzone Visconti lord of Milan (d. 1339)   

1542  On December - 07 birth of mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland (1560-1587)   

1545  On December - 07 birth of henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, consort of Mary I of Scotland (d. 1567)   

1557  On this day in history birth of girolamo Trombeti, composer   

1561  On December - 07 birth of kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese politician (d. 1625)   

1598  Giovanni Bernini, Italy, baroque sculptor (St Teresa in Ecstasy) was born on this day in history.