Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In December - 07

1912  George Darwin, theorized Moon was pulled out of Pacific Ocean, dies on December - 07.   

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

1917  Leon Minkus, composer, dies at 91 on this day in history.   

1938  Harry Moses, cricketer (6 Tests for Australia 1887-95), dies on December - 07.   

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  On this day in history death of sada Yacco, Japanese stage actress (b. 1871)   

1947  Death of Nicholas M. Butler, American university president, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1862) on December - 07.   

1948  On December - 07 godfrey Turner, composer, dies at 35   

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  On this day in history eric Portman, actor (Naked Edge), dies from heart ailment at 66   

1970  On this day in history rube Goldberg, US cartoonist (Mike & Ike, Pulitzer 1948), dies at 87   

1971  Milton Rosmer, director (Murder in the Red Barn), dies at 90 on this day in history.   

1972  Adrian J Zoetmulder, author (God's Hour), dies at 91 on December - 07.   

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

1977  On December - 07 paul Gibb, cricketer (England batsman, 8 Tests), dies   

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  Death of Charlie Brooks Jr, convicted murderer became 1st US prisoner to be executed by lethal injection, at a prison in Huntsville, Texas on this day in history.   

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 December - 07.   

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 this day in history.   

1989  Death of William Calhoun, professional wrestler (b. 1934) on December - 07.   

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

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 this day in history 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  Larry Bartlett, photographer, dies at 42 on December - 07.   

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0521  Saint Columba, Irish Christian missionary to Scotland (d. 597) was born on this day in history.   

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

1302  Azzone Visconti lord of Milan (d. 1339) was born on this day in history.   

1542  On this day in history 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  Kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese politician (d. 1625) was born on December - 07.   

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