Famous Deaths In December - 07

1912  George Darwin, theorized Moon was pulled out of Pacific Ocean, dies on this day in history.  

1913  On December - 07 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 this day in history harry Moses, cricketer (6 Tests for Australia 1887-95), dies  

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  Death of Sada Yacco, Japanese stage actress (b. 1871) on this day in history.  

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

1948  On December - 07 godfrey Turner, composer, dies at 35  

1956  Death of Huntley Gordon, Canadian actor (b. 1887) on this day in history.  

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1960  Death of Clara Haskil, Swiss pianist (b. 1895) on this day in history.  

1962  Kirsten Flagstead, Norwegian soprano (Wagner), dies at 67 on December - 07.  

1967  On December - 07 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  On December - 07 milton Rosmer, director (Murder in the Red Barn), dies at 90  

1972  Adrian J Zoetmulder, author (God's Hour), dies at 91 on this day in history.  

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 December - 07 darby Crash, rocker, dies at 22  

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 this day in history andrei P Ershov, Russian computer pioneer, dies  

1989  On December - 07 death of william Calhoun, professional wrestler (b. 1934)  

1990  Delecta "Dee" Clark, US singer (Raindrops), dies at 52 on this day in history.  

1991  On December - 07 death of michael Taylor, Male Model (b. 1913)  

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

1993  On December - 07 félix Houphouet-Boigny, pres of Ivory Coast (1960-93), dies at 88  

1994  Elga Andersen, German/French model/actress (Global Affair), dies at 58 on this day in history.  

1995  On this day in history larry Bartlett, photographer, dies at 42  

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0521  On December - 07 birth of saint Columba, Irish Christian missionary to Scotland (d. 597)  

0903  On December - 07 birth of abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi, Persian astronomer (d. 986)  

1302  Azzone Visconti lord of Milan (d. 1339) was born on this day in history.  

1542  Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland (1560-1587) was born on December - 07.  

1545  On this day in history birth of henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, consort of Mary I of Scotland (d. 1567)  

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

1561  Kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese politician (d. 1625) was born on this day in history.  

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