Famous Deaths In December - 07

1912  George Darwin, theorized Moon was pulled out of Pacific Ocean, dies on December - 07.   

1913  Death of Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano, Italian Catholic churchman and last surviving cardinal of Pius IX (b. 1828) on this day in history.   

1917  Leon Minkus, composer, dies at 91 on December - 07.   

1938  On December - 07 harry Moses, cricketer (6 Tests for Australia 1887-95), dies   

1941  On December - 07 cecil Forsyth, composer, dies at 71   

1943  On December - 07 john Bouber, [Blom], actor/author (Bluejackets), dies at 22   

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  Death of Huntley Gordon, Canadian actor (b. 1887) on this day in history.   

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 December - 07 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  On this day in history rube Goldberg, US cartoonist (Mike & Ike, Pulitzer 1948), dies at 87   

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  On this day in history hardie Albright, actress (Silver Streak, Scarlet Letter), dies at 71   

1977  Paul Gibb, cricketer (England batsman, 8 Tests), dies on December - 07.   

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

1979  On this day in history cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, 1st woman full prof at Harvard U, dies   

1980  On this day in history darby Crash, rocker, dies at 22   

1982  Death of Charlie Brooks Jr, convicted murderer became 1st US prisoner to be executed by lethal injection, at a prison in Huntsville, Texas on December - 07.   

1983  Death of Edgar Graham, member of N Ireland Assembly, shot dead by IRA on December - 07.   

1984  On this day in history jeanne Cagney, actress (Quicksand, Kentucky Rifle), dies at 65   

1985  Potter Stewart, 94th Supreme Court Justice (1958-81), dies in NH at 70 on December - 07.   

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

1989  On December - 07 death of william Calhoun, professional wrestler (b. 1934)   

1990  On this day in history delecta "Dee" Clark, US singer (Raindrops), dies at 52   

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

1992  Maurice Coutinho, writer/translator (Silent Struggle), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

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

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

1545  Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, consort of Mary I of Scotland (d. 1567) was born on December - 07.   

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

1561  Kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese politician (d. 1625) was born on December - 07.   

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