Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In December - 25

1938  Death of Karel ÄŒapek, Czech author (b. 1890) on December - 25.   

1940  Agnes Ayres, actress (Johnny Belinda, Sheik), dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1942  On this day in history vojislav Vuckovic, composer, dies at 32   

1943  Ilona Durigo, Hungarian singer, dies at 62 on December - 25.   

1946  On this day in history w C Fields, writer/comedian (Bank Dick, It's A Gift), dies at 67   

1947  On December - 25 death of gaspar G. Bacon, was Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1886)   

1950  On this day in history xavier Villaurrutia, Mexican poet (Nostalgia de la muerte), dies at 47   

1951  On December - 25 death of harry T Moore, Florida NAACP official, killed by bomb   

1953  On December - 25 death of patsy Donovan, Irish-born American baseball player (b. 1865)   

1954  Death of Johnny Ace, Memphis rocker, accidently shot self in head at 25 on this day in history.   

1956  On December - 25 robert Walser, writer, dies at 78   

1957  Frederick Law Olmsted, US architect (Central Park), dies at 87 on December - 25.   

1961  Rheinhold Rudenberg, inventor of electron microscope, dies on December - 25.   

1963  On December - 25 tristan Tzara, writer, dies at 67   

1964  Cheerio Meredith, actress (One Happy Family), dies at 74 on December - 25.   

1971  Byron Arnold, composer, dies at 70 on December - 25.   

1973  On December - 25 death of Ä°smet Ä°nönü, Turkish statesman (b. 1884)   

1975  On December - 25 gaston Gallimard, French publisher (Library Gallimard), dies at 94   

1976  Arthur Mitchell, cricketer (batted in 6 Tests for Eng 1933-36), dies on this day in history.   

1977  Charlie Chaplin, actor (Modern Times), dies in Switzerland at 88 on December - 25.   

1979  On December - 25 joan Blondell, actress (Real McCoys), dies at 70   

1980  On December - 25 fred Emney, actor (Adventures of a Private Eye), dies at 80   

1983  On this day in history joan Miro, Spanish surrealist, dies at his home in Majorca at 90   

1985  George Rhodes, orch leader (Sammy Davis Jr Show), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1988  Death of Ooka Shohei, Japanese novelist (b. 1909) on December - 25.   

1989  Barrel Regtien, student leader, dies on this day in history.   

1990  On this day in history marguerite N Wittenberg, entertainer, dies of cancer at 77   

1991  On December - 25 curt Bois, actor (Great Waltz, Boat is Full), dies at 90   

1992  Richard H Ichord, US leader of House Un-American Activities Committee, dies at 66 on December - 25.   

1993  On December - 25 death of pierre Victor Auger, French physicist (b. 1899)   

1994  Pierre Dreyfus, French director of Renault (1955-75), dies at 87 on December - 25.   

1995  On December - 25 dean Martin, singer/actor (Return to Me), dies at 78   

1996  On December - 25 derek Prouse, writer actor/director (Le Scandale), dies at 74   

1997  On December - 25 anatoli Boukreev, mountaineer, dies at 39   

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1250  John IV Laskaris, Byzantine Emperor (d. circa 1305) was born on December - 25.   

1461  Christina of Saxony, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1521) was born on this day in history.   

1583  On this day in history birth of orlando Gibbons, English composer (O Clap Your Hands), baptized   

1587  Margarita of Austria, queen of Philip III of Spain (d. 1611) was born on December - 25.   

1601  Jose Ximenez, composer was born on December - 25.   

1624  On this day in history birth of angelus Silesius, [Johann Scheffler], German mystic (St Seelenlust)   

1628  Noel Coypel, French painter was born on December - 25.   

1646  Harald Vallerius, composer was born on December - 25.