Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In December - 07

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

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 this day in history.   

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  John Bouber, [Blom], actor/author (Bluejackets), dies at 22 on December - 07.   

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 December - 07 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  On December - 07 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 this day in history.   

1975  Hardie Albright, actress (Silver Streak, Scarlet Letter), dies at 71 on December - 07.   

1977  Paul Gibb, cricketer (England batsman, 8 Tests), dies on this day in history.   

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

1979  Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, 1st woman full prof at Harvard U, dies on December - 07.   

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

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  Jeanne Cagney, actress (Quicksand, Kentucky Rifle), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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

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 December - 07 delecta "Dee" Clark, US singer (Raindrops), dies at 52   

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 December - 07.   

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

1995  On December - 07 larry Bartlett, photographer, dies at 42   

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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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1561  On December - 07 birth of kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese politician (d. 1625)   

1598  Giovanni Bernini, Italy, baroque sculptor (St Teresa in Ecstasy) was born on this day in history.