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  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  John Bouber, [Blom], actor/author (Bluejackets), dies at 22 on this day in history.   

1946  On this day in history death of sada Yacco, Japanese stage actress (b. 1871)   

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

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

1956  On December - 07 death of huntley Gordon, Canadian actor (b. 1887)   

1960  On this day in history death of clara Haskil, Swiss pianist (b. 1895)   

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

1967  House Peters, silent film actor (Kansas Territory), dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1969  On December - 07 eric Portman, actor (Naked Edge), dies from heart ailment at 66   

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 December - 07.   

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 December - 07.   

1978  On this day in history death of alexander Wetmore, American ornithologist (b. 1886)   

1979  Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, 1st woman full prof at Harvard U, dies on this day in history.   

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

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  Jeanne Cagney, actress (Quicksand, Kentucky Rifle), dies at 65 on December - 07.   

1985  On December - 07 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  Death of William Calhoun, professional wrestler (b. 1934) on December - 07.   

1990  On December - 07 delecta "Dee" Clark, US singer (Raindrops), dies at 52   

1991  On this day in history death of michael Taylor, Male Model (b. 1913)   

1992  Maurice Coutinho, writer/translator (Silent Struggle), dies at 79 on December - 07.   

1993  Félix Houphouet-Boigny, pres of Ivory Coast (1960-93), dies at 88 on December - 07.   

1994  On December - 07 elga Andersen, German/French model/actress (Global Affair), dies at 58   

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  On this day in history birth of abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi, Persian astronomer (d. 986)   

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

1542  Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland (1560-1587) was born on this day in history.   

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

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