Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In December - 07

1912  George Darwin, theorized Moon was pulled out of Pacific Ocean, dies on this day in history.   

1913  On this day in history death of luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano, Italian Catholic churchman and last surviving cardinal of Pius IX (b. 1828)   

1917  Leon Minkus, composer, dies at 91 on December - 07.   

1938  On December - 07 harry Moses, cricketer (6 Tests for Australia 1887-95), dies   

1941  Cecil Forsyth, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1943  On this day in history john Bouber, [Blom], actor/author (Bluejackets), dies at 22   

1946  Death of Sada Yacco, Japanese stage actress (b. 1871) on this day in history.   

1947  Death of Nicholas M. Butler, American university president, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1862) on this day in history.   

1948  On this day in history godfrey Turner, composer, dies at 35   

1956  On December - 07 death of huntley Gordon, Canadian actor (b. 1887)   

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

1962  On this day in history kirsten Flagstead, Norwegian soprano (Wagner), dies at 67   

1967  On December - 07 house Peters, silent film actor (Kansas Territory), dies at 87   

1969  Eric Portman, actor (Naked Edge), dies from heart ailment at 66 on December - 07.   

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  Adrian J Zoetmulder, author (God's Hour), dies at 91 on this day in history.   

1975  Hardie Albright, actress (Silver Streak, Scarlet Letter), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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

1978  On this day in history death of alexander Wetmore, American ornithologist (b. 1886)   

1979  On December - 07 cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, 1st woman full prof at Harvard U, dies   

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  On December - 07 jeanne Cagney, actress (Quicksand, Kentucky Rifle), dies at 65   

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

1988  On this day in history andrei P Ershov, Russian computer pioneer, dies   

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 December - 07.   

1991  On December - 07 death of michael Taylor, Male Model (b. 1913)   

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

1993  On December - 07 félix Houphouet-Boigny, pres of Ivory Coast (1960-93), dies at 88   

1994  On this day in history elga Andersen, German/French model/actress (Global Affair), dies at 58   

1995  On this day in history larry Bartlett, photographer, dies at 42   

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0521  On December - 07 birth of saint Columba, Irish Christian missionary to Scotland (d. 597)   

0903  On December - 07 birth of abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi, Persian astronomer (d. 986)   

1302  Azzone Visconti lord of Milan (d. 1339) was born on December - 07.   

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

1545  On this day in history birth of henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, consort of Mary I of Scotland (d. 1567)   

1557  Girolamo Trombeti, composer was born on this day in history.   

1561  Kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese politician (d. 1625) was born on this day in history.   

1598  Giovanni Bernini, Italy, baroque sculptor (St Teresa in Ecstasy) was born on December - 07.