Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In December - 07

1912  On December - 07 george Darwin, theorized Moon was pulled out of Pacific Ocean, dies   

1913  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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  John Bouber, [Blom], actor/author (Bluejackets), dies at 22 on December - 07.   

1946  Death of Sada Yacco, Japanese stage actress (b. 1871) on December - 07.   

1947  Death of Nicholas M. Butler, American university president, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1862) on this day in history.   

1948  Godfrey Turner, composer, dies at 35 on this day in history.   

1956  On this day in history death of huntley Gordon, Canadian actor (b. 1887)   

1960  Death of Clara Haskil, Swiss pianist (b. 1895) on December - 07.   

1962  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 December - 07.   

1972  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1979  On December - 07 cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, 1st woman full prof at Harvard U, dies   

1980  On December - 07 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  Death of Edgar Graham, member of N Ireland Assembly, shot dead by IRA on December - 07.   

1984  Jeanne Cagney, actress (Quicksand, Kentucky Rifle), dies at 65 on December - 07.   

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 this day in history 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 this day in history death of michael Taylor, Male Model (b. 1913)   

1992  Maurice Coutinho, writer/translator (Silent Struggle), dies at 79 on December - 07.   

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 this day in history 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  On December - 07 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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1598  On this day in history birth of giovanni Bernini, Italy, baroque sculptor (St Teresa in Ecstasy)