Famous Deaths 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  Leon Minkus, composer, dies at 91 on December - 07.   

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 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 December - 07 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 this day in history death of huntley Gordon, Canadian actor (b. 1887)   

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

1962  On December - 07 kirsten Flagstead, Norwegian soprano (Wagner), dies at 67   

1967  On this day in history house Peters, silent film actor (Kansas Territory), dies at 87   

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

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

1971  Milton Rosmer, director (Murder in the Red Barn), dies at 90 on this day in history.   

1972  On December - 07 adrian J Zoetmulder, author (God's Hour), dies at 91   

1975  On December - 07 hardie Albright, actress (Silver Streak, Scarlet Letter), dies at 71   

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

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

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

1980  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

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 December - 07.   

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 this day in history.   

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0521  Saint Columba, Irish Christian missionary to Scotland (d. 597) was born on December - 07.   

0903  On December - 07 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  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of girolamo Trombeti, composer   

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.