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 December - 07 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 this day in history.   

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

1941  On this day in history cecil Forsyth, composer, dies at 71   

1943  On December - 07 john Bouber, [Blom], actor/author (Bluejackets), dies at 22   

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

1947  On this day in history death of nicholas M. Butler, American university president, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1862)   

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  On December - 07 death of clara Haskil, Swiss pianist (b. 1895)   

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

1967  House Peters, silent film actor (Kansas Territory), dies at 87 on December - 07.   

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

1970  Rube Goldberg, US cartoonist (Mike & Ike, Pulitzer 1948), dies at 87 on December - 07.   

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

1972  On this day in history adrian J Zoetmulder, author (God's Hour), dies at 91   

1975  On this day in history hardie Albright, actress (Silver Streak, Scarlet Letter), dies at 71   

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

1978  Death of Alexander Wetmore, American ornithologist (b. 1886) on December - 07.   

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

1980  Darby Crash, rocker, dies at 22 on this day in history.   

1982  On this day in history 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  On this day in history potter Stewart, 94th Supreme Court Justice (1958-81), dies in NH at 70   

1988  Andrei P Ershov, Russian computer pioneer, dies on this day in history.   

1989  On this day in history death of william Calhoun, professional wrestler (b. 1934)   

1990  Delecta "Dee" Clark, US singer (Raindrops), dies at 52 on December - 07.   

1991  Death of Michael Taylor, Male Model (b. 1913) on December - 07.   

1992  On this day in history maurice Coutinho, writer/translator (Silent Struggle), dies at 79   

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

1994  Elga Andersen, German/French model/actress (Global Affair), dies at 58 on December - 07.   

1995  Larry Bartlett, photographer, dies at 42 on this day in history.   

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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 this day in history.   

1302  On this day in history birth of azzone Visconti lord of Milan (d. 1339)   

1542  On this day in history 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 December - 07.   

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.