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

1946  On December - 07 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 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 December - 07.  

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 this day in history.  

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  On this day in history 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  On this day in history paul Gibb, cricketer (England batsman, 8 Tests), dies  

1978  Death of Alexander Wetmore, American ornithologist (b. 1886) on this day in history.  

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 December - 07.  

1983  On December - 07 death of edgar Graham, member of N Ireland Assembly, shot dead by IRA  

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  On December - 07 andrei P Ershov, Russian computer pioneer, dies  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

1994  On December - 07 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  Saint Columba, Irish Christian missionary to Scotland (d. 597) was born on December - 07.  

0903  Abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi, Persian astronomer (d. 986) was born on this day in history.  

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

1561  Kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese politician (d. 1625) was born on December - 07.  

1598  On this day in history birth of giovanni Bernini, Italy, baroque sculptor (St Teresa in Ecstasy)