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 December - 07 death of luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano, Italian Catholic churchman and last surviving cardinal of Pius IX (b. 1828)   

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  On December - 07 cecil Forsyth, composer, dies at 71   

1943  On this day in history john Bouber, [Blom], actor/author (Bluejackets), dies at 22   

1946  On this day in history death of sada Yacco, Japanese stage actress (b. 1871)   

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

1948  On December - 07 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 December - 07 kirsten Flagstead, Norwegian soprano (Wagner), dies at 67   

1967  House Peters, silent film actor (Kansas Territory), dies at 87 on December - 07.   

1969  Eric Portman, actor (Naked Edge), dies from heart ailment at 66 on December - 07.   

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 this day in history.   

1972  Adrian J Zoetmulder, author (God's Hour), dies at 91 on December - 07.   

1975  Hardie Albright, actress (Silver Streak, Scarlet Letter), dies at 71 on December - 07.   

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

1978  Death of Alexander Wetmore, American ornithologist (b. 1886) on this day in history.   

1979  Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, 1st woman full prof at Harvard U, dies on this day in history.   

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  On December - 07 death of edgar Graham, member of N Ireland Assembly, shot dead by IRA   

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 this day in history.   

1989  Death of William Calhoun, professional wrestler (b. 1934) on December - 07.   

1990  Delecta "Dee" Clark, US singer (Raindrops), dies at 52 on December - 07.   

1991  Death of Michael Taylor, Male Model (b. 1913) on December - 07.   

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

1993  Félix Houphouet-Boigny, pres of Ivory Coast (1960-93), dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1994  On this day in history elga Andersen, German/French model/actress (Global Affair), dies at 58   

1995  Larry Bartlett, photographer, dies at 42 on December - 07.   

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0521  On this day in history birth of saint Columba, Irish Christian missionary to Scotland (d. 597)   

0903  Abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi, Persian astronomer (d. 986) was born on this day in history.   

1302  Azzone Visconti lord of Milan (d. 1339) was born on December - 07.   

1542  On this day in history birth of mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland (1560-1587)   

1545  Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, consort of Mary I of Scotland (d. 1567) was born on this day in history.   

1557  Girolamo Trombeti, composer was born on December - 07.   

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)