Famous Deaths In December - 07

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

1913  Death of Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano, Italian Catholic churchman and last surviving cardinal of Pius IX (b. 1828) on December - 07.   

1917  On this day in history leon Minkus, composer, dies at 91   

1938  Harry Moses, cricketer (6 Tests for Australia 1887-95), dies on December - 07.   

1941  Cecil Forsyth, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1943  John Bouber, [Blom], actor/author (Bluejackets), dies at 22 on this day in history.   

1946  Death of Sada Yacco, Japanese stage actress (b. 1871) on this day in history.   

1947  Death of Nicholas M. Butler, American university president, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1862) on December - 07.   

1948  On this day in history godfrey Turner, composer, dies at 35   

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

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

1962  On this day in history kirsten Flagstead, Norwegian soprano (Wagner), dies at 67   

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  Milton Rosmer, director (Murder in the Red Barn), dies at 90 on December - 07.   

1972  On December - 07 adrian J Zoetmulder, author (God's Hour), dies at 91   

1975  Hardie Albright, actress (Silver Streak, Scarlet Letter), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1977  On this day in history paul Gibb, cricketer (England batsman, 8 Tests), dies   

1978  Death of Alexander Wetmore, American ornithologist (b. 1886) on December - 07.   

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

1980  Darby Crash, rocker, dies at 22 on this day in history.   

1982  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1984  Jeanne Cagney, actress (Quicksand, Kentucky Rifle), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1985  Potter Stewart, 94th Supreme Court Justice (1958-81), dies in NH at 70 on this day in history.   

1988  Andrei P Ershov, Russian computer pioneer, dies on December - 07.   

1989  On this day in history death of william Calhoun, professional wrestler (b. 1934)   

1990  On December - 07 delecta "Dee" Clark, US singer (Raindrops), dies at 52   

1991  On this day in history death of michael Taylor, Male Model (b. 1913)   

1992  On December - 07 maurice Coutinho, writer/translator (Silent Struggle), dies at 79   

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 this day in history 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  Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland (1560-1587) was born on this day in history.   

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

1557  On December - 07 birth of girolamo Trombeti, composer   

1561  On December - 07 birth of kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese politician (d. 1625)   

1598  On December - 07 birth of giovanni Bernini, Italy, baroque sculptor (St Teresa in Ecstasy)