Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In December - 25

1938  Death of Karel ÄŒapek, Czech author (b. 1890) on this day in history.   

1940  On this day in history agnes Ayres, actress (Johnny Belinda, Sheik), dies at 42   

1942  On December - 25 vojislav Vuckovic, composer, dies at 32   

1943  On this day in history ilona Durigo, Hungarian singer, dies at 62   

1946  On this day in history w C Fields, writer/comedian (Bank Dick, It's A Gift), dies at 67   

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

1950  On December - 25 xavier Villaurrutia, Mexican poet (Nostalgia de la muerte), dies at 47   

1951  On this day in history death of harry T Moore, Florida NAACP official, killed by bomb   

1953  Death of Patsy Donovan, Irish-born American baseball player (b. 1865) on December - 25.   

1954  On December - 25 death of johnny Ace, Memphis rocker, accidently shot self in head at 25   

1956  Robert Walser, writer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1957  On December - 25 frederick Law Olmsted, US architect (Central Park), dies at 87   

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

1963  On this day in history tristan Tzara, writer, dies at 67   

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

1971  Byron Arnold, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

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

1975  On December - 25 gaston Gallimard, French publisher (Library Gallimard), dies at 94   

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

1977  On December - 25 charlie Chaplin, actor (Modern Times), dies in Switzerland at 88   

1979  On this day in history joan Blondell, actress (Real McCoys), dies at 70   

1980  Fred Emney, actor (Adventures of a Private Eye), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1983  Joan Miro, Spanish surrealist, dies at his home in Majorca at 90 on this day in history.   

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

1988  Death of Ooka Shohei, Japanese novelist (b. 1909) on December - 25.   

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

1990  On December - 25 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  Death of Pierre Victor Auger, French physicist (b. 1899) on December - 25.   

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

1995  On December - 25 dean Martin, singer/actor (Return to Me), dies at 78   

1996  On this day in history derek Prouse, writer actor/director (Le Scandale), dies at 74   

1997  Anatoli Boukreev, mountaineer, dies at 39 on this day in history.   

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1250  On December - 25 birth of john IV Laskaris, Byzantine Emperor (d. circa 1305)   

1461  On this day in history birth of christina of Saxony, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1521)   

1583  Orlando Gibbons, English composer (O Clap Your Hands), baptized was born on December - 25.   

1587  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of angelus Silesius, [Johann Scheffler], German mystic (St Seelenlust)   

1628  Noel Coypel, French painter was born on December - 25.   

1646  Harald Vallerius, composer was born on December - 25.