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December 7 leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 23 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events [ ] 1724 - Tumult of Thorn Thorn (Toruń) by Polish authorities.1732 - The Royal Opera House opens at Covent Garden , London .1776 - Marquis de Lafayette attempts to enter the American military as a major general.1787 - Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the US Constitution .1815 - Michel Ney , Marshal of France , is executed by firing squad after having been convicted of treason for his support of Napoleon I .1826 - Malacca High School (SMK Tinggi Melaka ) is established in Melaka (Malacca ), Malaysia .1889 - The Gondoliers - one of the most popular of the comic operas created by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan - opens in London1900 - Max Planck , in his house at Grunewald , on the outskirts of Berlin , discovers the law of black body emission.1917 - World War I : The US declares war on Austria-Hungary .1930 - W1XAV in Boston , Massachusetts broadcasts video from the CBS radio orchestra program, The Fox Trappers television commercial in the United States , an advertisement for I.J. Fox Furriers , who sponsored the radio show.1941 - World War II : Canada declares war on Finland , Hungary , Romania , and Japan .1941 - World War II : Attack on Pearl Harbor - The Imperial Japanese Navy attacks the US Pacific Fleet and its defending Army Air Forces and Marine air forces at Pearl Harbor .
1946 - A fire at the Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta kills 119 people.1949 - Chinese Civil War : The government of Republic of China moves from Nanking to Taipei .1962 - Prince Rainier III of Monaco revises the principality 's constitution , devolving some of his power to advisory and legislative councils.1965 - Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras simultaneously lift mutual excommunications that had been in place since 1054 .1966 - A fire at an army barracks in Erzurum , Turkey kills 68 people.1970 - The first ever general election on the basis of direct adult franchise is held in Pakistan for 313 National Assembly seats.1971 - Pakistan President Yahya Khan announces formation of a Coalition Government at Centre with Nurul Amin as Prime Minister and Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto as Vice-Prime Minister.1972 - Apollo 17 , the last Apollo moon mission , is launched. The crew take the photograph known as "The Blue Marble " as they leave the Earth.1975 - Indonesia invades East Timor .1982 - In Texas , Charles Brooks becomes the first person to be executed by lethal injection in the US .1983 - An Iberia Airlines Boeing 727 collides with an Aviaco DC-9 in intense fog while the two airliners are taxiing down the runway at Madrid Barajas International Airport , killing 93 people.1987 - Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771 crashes near Paso Robles , killing all 43 on board, after a disgruntled passenger shoots his ex-boss traveling on the flight, then shoots both pilots and himself.1988 - Spitak Earthquake : In Armenia an earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale kills nearly 25,000, injures 15,000 and leaves 400,000 homeless.1988 - Yasser Arafat recognizes the right of Israel to exist.
1993 - The Long Island Rail Road massacre : Passenger Colin Ferguson murders six people and injures 19 others on the LIRR in Nassau County .
1995 - The Galileo spacecraft arrives at Jupiter , a little more than six years after it was launched by Space Shuttle Atlantis during Mission STS-34 .1998 - Yachtsman Jesse Martin departs from Melbourne on his circumnavigation journey around the world.2001 - John P. Walters is sworn in as the Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP).2003 - The Conservative Party of Canada is officially recognized after the merger of the Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party of Canada .2005 - Rigoberto Alpizar , a passenger on American Airlines Flight 924 who allegedly claimed to have a bomb, is shot and killed by a team of US federal air marshals at Miami International Airport .2006 - A tornado struck Kensal Green , North West London , seriously damaging around 150 properties.Births [ ] 521 - Saint Columba , Irish Christian missionary to Scotland (d. 597 )903 - Abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi , Persian astronomer (d. 986 )1302 - Azzone Visconti lord of Milan (d. 1339 )1545 - Henry Stuart , consort of Mary I of Scotland (d. 1567 )1561 - Kikkawa Hiroie , Japanese politician (d. 1625 )1598 - Gian Lorenzo Bernini , Italian artist (d. 1680 )1637 - Bernardo Pasquini , Italian composer (d. 1710 )1670 - John Aislabie , English director of the South Sea Company (d. 1742 )1724 - Louise of Great Britain , queen of Denmark and Norway (d. {{subst:#ifexist:1751)[[1764|[[1751)
1764 |[[Wikipedia:1751)1764 }} - Claude Victor-Perrin , French marshal (d. 1841 )1784 - Allan Cunningham , British poet (d. 1842 )1801 - Johann Nestroy , Austrian dramatist and actor (d. 1862 )1803 - Maria Josepha of Saxony , queen consort of Spain (d. 1829 )1810 - Theodor Schwann , German physiologist (d. 1882 )1810 - Josef Hyrtl , Austrian anatomist (d. 1894 )
1823 - Leopold Kronecker , German mathematician (d. 1891 )1847 - George Grossmith , British actor and writer (d. 1912 )1860 - Joseph Cook , 6th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1947 )1862 - Paul Adam , French novelist (d. 1920 )1863 - Pietro Mascagni , Italian composer (d. 1945 )1863 - Richard Sears , American department store founder (d. 1914 )
1873 - Willa Cather , American novelist (d. 1947 )1879 - Rudolf Friml , American composer (d. 1972 )1887 - Ernst Toch , Austrian composer (d. 1964 )1888 - Joyce Cary , Irish author (d. 1957 )1888 - Hamilton Fish III , American politician (d. 1991 )
1891 - Fay Bainter , Academy Award -winning American actress (d. 1968 )1903 - Danilo Blanuša , Croatian mathematician (d. 1987 )1904 - Konstantin Sokolsky , Russian singer (d. 1991 )1905 - Gerard Kuiper , Dutch-born American astronomer (d. 1973 )1907 - Fred Rose , Canadian communist politician (d. 1983 )1910 - Louis Prima , American musician (d. 1978 )1910 - Edmundo Ros , Trinidadian musician
1912 - Daniel Jones , British composer (d. 1993 )1915 - Eli Wallach , American actor1916 - Jean Carignan , French Canadian fiddler (d. 1988 )1920 - Fiorenzo Magni , Italian cylist1921 - Pramukh Swami Maharaj , Indian spiritual leader1924 - Mário Soares , President of Portugal 1924 - Bent Fabric , Danish pop pianist and composer
1924 - John Love , Zimbabwean Formula One driver (d. 2005 )
1925 - Hernando da Silva Ramos , Brazilian racing driver1927 - Helen Watts , British contralto1928 - Noam Chomsky , American linguist and political writer1930 - Hal Smith , American baseball player1932 - Ellen Burstyn , American actress1932 - Paul Caponigro , American photographer1940 - Stan Boardman , English comedian1940 - Gerry Cheevers , Canadian ice hockey player
1942 - Harry Chapin , American singer and songwriter (d. 1981 )1942 - Alex Johnson , American baseball player
1942 - Peter Tomarken , American game show host (d. 2006 )
1943 - Bernard C. Parks , Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department1943 - Göran Lennmarker , Swedish politician
1944 - Daniel Chorzempa , American organist1944 - Jamiel Chagra , American drug trafficker
1945 - Marion Rung , Finnish singer1947 - Johnny Bench , American baseball player1947 - Garry Unger , Canadian ice hockey player
1947 - Tony Thomas , American TV and film producer
1948 - Gary Morris , American singer and actor1948 - Mads Vinding , Danish bassist
1949 - Tom Waits , American singer, composer, and actor1952 - Georges Corraface , Greek actor, president of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival 1954 - Mark Hofmann , American forger and bomber1954 - Mike Nolan , Irish singer (Bucks Fizz )
1955 - Priscilla Barnes , American actress1955 - John Watkins , Australian politician
1956 - Larry Bird , American basketball player1957 - Tom Winsor , British lawyer and economic regulator1958 - Tim Butler , English musician (Psychedelic Furs )1958 - Rick Rude , American professional wrestler (d. 1999 )
1960 - Craig Scanlon , English guitarist (The Fall )1962 - Grecia Colmenares , Venezuelan actress1964 - Roberta Close , Brazilian model1964 - Tadao Uematsu , Japanese racing driver
1965 - Jeffrey Wright , American actor1965 - Colin Hendry , Scottish footballer
1966 - C. Thomas Howell , American actor1966 - Shinichi Itoh , Japanese motorcycle racer1967 - Tino Martinez , American baseball player1968 - Mark Geyer , Australian rugby league footballer1970 - Carmen Campuzano , Mexican actress and fashion model1971 - Vladimir Akopian , Armenian chess player1971 - Chasey Lain , American pornographic actress
1972 - Hermann Maier , Austrian skier1972 - Tammy Lynn Sytch , American professional wrestler
1973 - Damien Rice , Irish musician1973 - Terrell Owens , American football player
1973 - Fabien Pelous , French international rugby player
1974 - Nicole Appleton , Canadian-born singer1975 - Jamie Clapham , English footballer1976 - Alan Faneca , American football player1976 - Brent Johnson , Canadian football player
1976 - Georges Laraque , Canadian ice hockey player
1976 - Vanessa Lorenzo , Spanish fashion model
1977 - Dominic Howard , English drummer (Muse )1978 - Shiri Appleby , American actress1978 - Frankie J , Mexican-born American singer
1979 - Ayako Fujitani , Japanese actress1979 - Lampros Choutos , Greek footballer
1979 - Jennifer Carpenter , American actress
1980 - John Terry , English footballer1984 - Robert Kubica , the first Polish Formula One racing driver1984 - Aaron Gray , American basketball player
1984 - Luca Rigoni , Italian footballer
1987 - Aaron Carter , American singer and actor1988 - Emily Browning , Australian actress1989 - Nicholas Hoult , English actor2003 - Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands Deaths [ ] 43 BC - Cicero , Roman politician and author (b. 106 BC )283 - Pope Eutychian 983 - Otto II 1254 - Pope Innocent IV 1279 - King Boleslaus V of Poland (b. 1226 )1295 - Gilbert de Clare , English politician (b. 1243 )1498 - Alexander Hegius von Heek , German humanist1562 - Adrian Willaert , Flemish composer1649 - Charles Garnier , French Jesuit missionary (b. 1606 )1672 - Richard Bellingham , English-born Massachusetts colonial magistrate (b. 1592 )1683 - John Oldham , English poet (smallpox) (b. 1653 )1683 - Algernon Sydney , English politician (b. 1623 )
1723 - Jan Santini Aichel , Bohemian architect (b. 1677 )1725 - Florent Carton Dancourt , French dramatist and actor (b. 1661 )1775 - Charles Saunders , British admiral1793 - Joseph Bara , French revolutionary (b. 1780 )1815 - Michel Ney , French marshall (executed) (b. 1769 )1817 - William Bligh , British naval officer (b. 1745 )1842 - Thomas Hamilton , Scottish writer (b. 1789 )1874 - Constantin von Tischendorf , German biblical scholar (b. 1815 )1894 - Ferdinand de Lesseps , French diplomat and entrepreneur (Suez Canal ) (b. 1805 )1902 - Thomas Nast , German-born American cartoonist (b. 1840 )1906 - Élie Ducommun , Swiss journalist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1833 )1913 - Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano , Italian Catholic churchman and last surviving cardinal of Pius IX (b. 1828 )1917 - Léon Minkus , German/Czech Composer and violinist (b. March 23 , 1826 )1941 - Casualties of the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor 1941 - Mervyn S. Bennion , United States Navy Captain, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1887 )
1941 - Herbert C. Jones , United States Navy, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1918 )
1941 - Isaac C. Kidd , United States Navy Rear Admiral, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1884 )
1941 - Thomas J. Reeves , United States Navy, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1895 )
1941 - Franklin Van Valkenburgh , United States Navy, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1888 ) 1947 - Nicholas M. Butler , American university president, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1862 )1947 - Tristan Bernard , French playwright and novelist (b. 1866 )
1956 - Huntley Gordon , Canadian actor (b. 1887 )1960 - Clara Haskil , Swiss pianist (b. 1895 )1969 - Lefty O'Doul , American baseball player (b. 1897 )1969 - Eric Portman , English actor (b. 1903 )
1970 - Rube Goldberg , American cartoonist (b. 1883 )1975 - Thornton Wilder , American playwright (b. 1897 )1977 - Peter Carl Goldmark , Hungarian-born American engineer (b. 1906 )1978 - Alexander Wetmore , American ornithologist (b. 1886 )1980 - Darby Crash , American punk-rock lengend (b. 1958 )1983 - Fanny Cano , Mexican actress (b. 1944 )1984 - Lee Roy Yarbrough , American race car (Nascar) driver (b. 1938 )1985 - Robert Graves , British author (b. 1895 )1985 - Potter Stewart , US Supreme Court Justice (b. 1915 )
1989 - William Calhoun , professional wrestler (b. 1934 )1990 - Joan Bennett , American actress (b. 1910 )1990 - Jean Duceppe , Quebec stage, television and film actor (b. 1923 )
1990 - Jean Paul Lemieux , Quebec painter (b. 1904 )
1993 - Félix Houphouët-Boigny , President of Côte d'Ivoire (b. 1905 )1993 - Wolfgang Paul , German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913 )
1994 - J.C. Tremblay , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1939 )1997 - Billy Bremner , Scottish former footballer (b. 1942 )1998 - Martin Rodbell , American scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1925 )1998 - John Addison , British composer (b. 1920 )
2000 - Vladimir Gotovac , Croatian poet and politician (b. 1930 )2001 - Charles McClendon , LSU Tigers head football coach (b. 1923 )2003 - Carl F. H. Henry American theologian and publisher (b. 1913 )2003 - Azie Taylor Morton , Treasurer of the United States (b. 1936 )
2004 - Frederick Fennell , American conductor (b. 1914 )2004 - Jerry Scoggins , American singer (b. 1913 )
2004 - Dimebag Darrell , Lead Guitarist For Pantera. (b. 1966 )
2004 - Jay Van Andel , co-founder and former chairman of Amway (b. 1924 )
2005 - Bud Carson , American football player and coach (b. 1931 )2005 - Lucy d'Abreu , was the oldest living person in the United Kingdom from April 2004 until her death (b. 1892 )
2005 - Rigoberto Alpizar , airplane passenger fatally shot by U.S. Air Marshals after allegedly claiming he had placed a bomb aboard (b. 1961 )
2006 - Jeane Kirkpatrick , American ambassador (b. 1926 )2006 - Jay McShann , American musician (b. ca. 1910 ) Holidays and observances [ ] External links [ ]
123 Familypedia people were born on December 7
145 Familypedia people died on December 7
92 Familypedia people were first married on December 7