Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In December - 25

1938  Death of Karel ÄŒapek, Czech author (b. 1890) on December - 25.   

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  On December - 25 ilona Durigo, Hungarian singer, dies at 62   

1946  W C Fields, writer/comedian (Bank Dick, It's A Gift), dies at 67 on December - 25.   

1947  On this day in history death of gaspar G. Bacon, was Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1886)   

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

1951  On December - 25 death of harry T Moore, Florida NAACP official, killed by bomb   

1953  Death of Patsy Donovan, Irish-born American baseball player (b. 1865) on this day in history.   

1954  Death of Johnny Ace, Memphis rocker, accidently shot self in head at 25 on December - 25.   

1956  On December - 25 robert Walser, writer, dies at 78   

1957  Frederick Law Olmsted, US architect (Central Park), dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1961  On December - 25 rheinhold Rudenberg, inventor of electron microscope, dies   

1963  Tristan Tzara, writer, dies at 67 on December - 25.   

1964  Cheerio Meredith, actress (One Happy Family), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1971  Byron Arnold, composer, dies at 70 on December - 25.   

1973  On this day in history death of Ä°smet Ä°nönü, Turkish statesman (b. 1884)   

1975  Gaston Gallimard, French publisher (Library Gallimard), dies at 94 on December - 25.   

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

1977  On this day in history charlie Chaplin, actor (Modern Times), dies in Switzerland at 88   

1979  Joan Blondell, actress (Real McCoys), dies at 70 on December - 25.   

1980  Fred Emney, actor (Adventures of a Private Eye), dies at 80 on December - 25.   

1983  On this day in history joan Miro, Spanish surrealist, dies at his home in Majorca at 90   

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

1988  On this day in history death of ooka Shohei, Japanese novelist (b. 1909)   

1989  Barrel Regtien, student leader, dies on this day in history.   

1990  On this day in history marguerite N Wittenberg, entertainer, dies of cancer at 77   

1991  On this day in history curt Bois, actor (Great Waltz, Boat is Full), dies at 90   

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

1993  On this day in history death of pierre Victor Auger, French physicist (b. 1899)   

1994  Pierre Dreyfus, French director of Renault (1955-75), dies at 87 on December - 25.   

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  On December - 25 anatoli Boukreev, mountaineer, dies at 39   

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1250  On this day in history birth of john IV Laskaris, Byzantine Emperor (d. circa 1305)   

1461  Christina of Saxony, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1521) was born on this day in history.   

1583  On December - 25 birth of orlando Gibbons, English composer (O Clap Your Hands), baptized   

1587  On December - 25 birth of margarita of Austria, queen of Philip III of Spain (d. 1611)   

1601  Jose Ximenez, composer was born on this day in history.   

1624  Angelus Silesius, [Johann Scheffler], German mystic (St Seelenlust) was born on this day in history.   

1628  On December - 25 birth of noel Coypel, French painter   

1646  On this day in history birth of harald Vallerius, composer