Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In December - 25

1938  On December - 25 death of karel ÄŒapek, Czech author (b. 1890)   

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

1942  Vojislav Vuckovic, composer, dies at 32 on December - 25.   

1943  Ilona Durigo, Hungarian singer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

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

1947  Death of Gaspar G. Bacon, was Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1886) on December - 25.   

1950  Xavier Villaurrutia, Mexican poet (Nostalgia de la muerte), dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1951  Death of Harry T Moore, Florida NAACP official, killed by bomb on December - 25.   

1953  On this day in history death of patsy Donovan, Irish-born American baseball player (b. 1865)   

1954  On this day in history death of johnny Ace, Memphis rocker, accidently shot self in head at 25   

1956  On this day in history robert Walser, writer, dies at 78   

1957  On this day in history frederick Law Olmsted, US architect (Central Park), dies at 87   

1961  On this day in history rheinhold Rudenberg, inventor of electron microscope, dies   

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

1964  On this day in history cheerio Meredith, actress (One Happy Family), dies at 74   

1971  Byron Arnold, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

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

1975  On this day in history gaston Gallimard, French publisher (Library Gallimard), dies at 94   

1976  On December - 25 arthur Mitchell, cricketer (batted in 6 Tests for Eng 1933-36), dies   

1977  On December - 25 charlie Chaplin, actor (Modern Times), dies in Switzerland at 88   

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

1980  On this day in history fred Emney, actor (Adventures of a Private Eye), dies at 80   

1983  Joan Miro, Spanish surrealist, dies at his home in Majorca at 90 on December - 25.   

1985  George Rhodes, orch leader (Sammy Davis Jr Show), dies at 66 on December - 25.   

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

1989  On December - 25 barrel Regtien, student leader, dies   

1990  Marguerite N Wittenberg, entertainer, dies of cancer at 77 on December - 25.   

1991  Curt Bois, actor (Great Waltz, Boat is Full), dies at 90 on December - 25.   

1992  Richard H Ichord, US leader of House Un-American Activities Committee, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1993  Death of Pierre Victor Auger, French physicist (b. 1899) on this day in history.   

1994  On this day in history pierre Dreyfus, French director of Renault (1955-75), dies at 87   

1995  Dean Martin, singer/actor (Return to Me), dies at 78 on December - 25.   

1996  Derek Prouse, writer actor/director (Le Scandale), dies at 74 on December - 25.   

1997  Anatoli Boukreev, mountaineer, dies at 39 on this day in history.   

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1250  John IV Laskaris, Byzantine Emperor (d. circa 1305) was born on this day in history.   

1461  On December - 25 birth of christina of Saxony, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1521)   

1583  Orlando Gibbons, English composer (O Clap Your Hands), baptized was born on this day in history.   

1587  On this day in history birth of margarita of Austria, queen of Philip III of Spain (d. 1611)   

1601  On December - 25 birth of jose Ximenez, composer   

1624  On December - 25 birth of angelus Silesius, [Johann Scheffler], German mystic (St Seelenlust)   

1628  On this day in history birth of noel Coypel, French painter   

1646  Harald Vallerius, composer was born on this day in history.