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  Death of Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano, Italian Catholic churchman and last surviving cardinal of Pius IX (b. 1828) on this day in history.   

1917  On December - 07 leon Minkus, composer, dies at 91   

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

1941  On December - 07 cecil Forsyth, composer, dies at 71   

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 this day in history.   

1948  Godfrey Turner, composer, dies at 35 on December - 07.   

1956  Death of Huntley Gordon, Canadian actor (b. 1887) on December - 07.   

1960  On December - 07 death of clara Haskil, Swiss pianist (b. 1895)   

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

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 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  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 this day in history.   

1977  On this day in history paul Gibb, cricketer (England batsman, 8 Tests), dies   

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 December - 07.   

1980  On December - 07 darby Crash, rocker, dies at 22   

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  On this day in history 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  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  On December - 07 death of william Calhoun, professional wrestler (b. 1934)   

1990  On this day in history delecta "Dee" Clark, US singer (Raindrops), dies at 52   

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  Félix Houphouet-Boigny, pres of Ivory Coast (1960-93), dies at 88 on December - 07.   

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

1995  Larry Bartlett, photographer, dies at 42 on December - 07.   

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

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

1545  Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, consort of Mary I of Scotland (d. 1567) was born on December - 07.   

1557  Girolamo Trombeti, composer was born on December - 07.   

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.