Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In December - 07

1912  On this day in history 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  Leon Minkus, composer, dies at 91 on December - 07.   

1938  On this day in history harry Moses, cricketer (6 Tests for Australia 1887-95), dies   

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  Death of Sada Yacco, Japanese stage actress (b. 1871) on December - 07.   

1947  Death of Nicholas M. Butler, American university president, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1862) on December - 07.   

1948  Godfrey Turner, composer, dies at 35 on December - 07.   

1956  Death of Huntley Gordon, Canadian actor (b. 1887) on December - 07.   

1960  Death of Clara Haskil, Swiss pianist (b. 1895) on December - 07.   

1962  Kirsten Flagstead, Norwegian soprano (Wagner), dies at 67 on December - 07.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1975  Hardie Albright, actress (Silver Streak, Scarlet Letter), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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

1978  Death of Alexander Wetmore, American ornithologist (b. 1886) on December - 07.   

1979  Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, 1st woman full prof at Harvard U, dies on December - 07.   

1980  Darby Crash, rocker, dies at 22 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  On December - 07 potter Stewart, 94th Supreme Court Justice (1958-81), dies in NH at 70   

1988  Andrei P Ershov, Russian computer pioneer, dies on this day in history.   

1989  Death of William Calhoun, professional wrestler (b. 1934) on this day in history.   

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

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 December - 07.   

1993  Félix Houphouet-Boigny, pres of Ivory Coast (1960-93), dies at 88 on December - 07.   

1994  Elga Andersen, German/French model/actress (Global Affair), dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1995  Larry Bartlett, photographer, dies at 42 on this day in history.   

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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  On December - 07 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  On December - 07 birth of girolamo Trombeti, composer   

1561  On this day in history birth of kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese politician (d. 1625)   

1598  On this day in history birth of giovanni Bernini, Italy, baroque sculptor (St Teresa in Ecstasy)