Famous Deaths In December - 31

1970  On December - 31 cyril M Scott, English composer/author (Alchemist), dies at 91  

1971  Death of Peter Deuel, actor (Gidget, Love on a Rooftop), commits suicide at 31 on this day in history.  

1972  Roberto Clemente, slugger (Pitts Pirate), dies in a plane crash at 38 on this day in history.  

1975  On this day in history donal Michalsky, composer, dies at 47  

1977  Nora Marlowe, actress (Sara-Gov & JJ), dies at 62 on this day in history.  

1980  On December - 31 arthur Wellard, cricketer (2 Tests for Eng, legendary 6-hitter), dies  

1981  Frantisek Chaun, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

1983  Bill Hunt, cricketer (Test for Aust, out 0, took 0-25 & 0-14), dies on this day in history.  

1985  Alexander Matheson, cricketer (2 wickets/2 Tests for NZ 1930-31), dies on December - 31.  

1986  On this day in history lester Albert Trimble, composer, dies at 63  

1987  On December - 31 [Gordon] Randall [P D] Garrett, author (Lord Darcy), dies at 60  

1990  On December - 31 dalton Cathey, dies of AIDS at 44  

1993  On December - 31 arthur Dreifuss, director/producer (Murder in Amsterdam), dies at 85  

1994  BAM "Bob" Schreiner, airline owner (S Aviation Group), dies at 79 on December - 31.  

1995  On December - 31 calvin/Hobbes, (comic strip), dies  

1996  Death of 61 law enforcement officers, killed by felons in US this year on this day in history.  

1997  On December - 31 death of 76 law enforcement officers, killed by felons in US this year  

1999  On December - 31 death of elliot Richardson, American politician (b. 1920)  

2000  On December - 31 death of alan Cranston, American politician (b. 1914)  

2001  Death of Eileen Heckart, American actress (b. 1919) on December - 31.  

2002  Death of Kevin MacMichael, American guitarist (Cutting Crew) (b. 1951) on this day in history.  

2003  Death of Arthur R. von Hippel German-born physicist (b. 1898) on this day in history.  

2004  On this day in history death of gerard Debreu, French-born economist, Bank of Sweden Prize laureate (b. 1921)  

2005  On this day in history death of phillip Whitehead, British politician (b. 1937)  

2006  On December - 31 death of george Sisler, Jr., baseball executive (b. 1917)  

2007  On December - 31 death of tommy Dickson, British footballer (b. 1929)  

2018  Death of Kader Khan, Indian actor on this day in history.  

2019  On this day in history death of djimrangar Dadnadji, 16th Prime Minister of Chad  

2019  On December - 31 death of serikbolsyn Abdildin, Kazakh politician and economist  

2020  On this day in history death of tommy Docherty, Scottish footballer and manager  

2020  Death of Robert Hossein, French film director and actor on December - 31.  

2021  On December - 31 death of betty White, American actress (b. 1922)  

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0695  Muhammad bin Qasim, Syrian general (d. 715) was born on this day in history.  

1378  On December - 31 birth of callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58)  

1378  Pope Callixtus III (d. 1458) was born on this day in history.  

1491  On December - 31 birth of jacques Cartier, French explorer (d. 1557)  

1514  Andreas Vesalius, Brussels Belgium, anatomist (Fabrica) was born on this day in history.  

1540  On December - 31 birth of silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri)  

1572  Emperor Go-Yozei of Japan, (d. 1617) was born on December - 31.  

1668  Hermannus Boerhaave, Dutch medical/botanist was born on December - 31.