Famous Deaths In December - 07

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

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  On this day in history harry Moses, cricketer (6 Tests for Australia 1887-95), dies   

1941  On this day in history cecil Forsyth, composer, dies at 71   

1943  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1948  Godfrey Turner, composer, dies at 35 on this day in history.   

1956  On December - 07 death of huntley Gordon, Canadian actor (b. 1887)   

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

1962  Kirsten Flagstead, Norwegian soprano (Wagner), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1967  House Peters, silent film actor (Kansas Territory), dies at 87 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1971  On December - 07 milton Rosmer, director (Murder in the Red Barn), dies at 90   

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 December - 07 paul Gibb, cricketer (England batsman, 8 Tests), dies   

1978  On December - 07 death of alexander Wetmore, American ornithologist (b. 1886)   

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

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 December - 07.   

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

1988  On December - 07 andrei P Ershov, Russian computer pioneer, dies   

1989  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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 December - 07.   

1995  On December - 07 larry Bartlett, photographer, dies at 42   

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0521  On December - 07 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 this day in history.   

1542  Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland (1560-1587) was born on December - 07.   

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  On this day in history birth of kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese politician (d. 1625)   

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