Major Events
- 43 BC Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman orator and politician is assassinated in Formiae by soldiers under the command of Marc Antony
- 1909 Inventor Leo Baekeland patents the first thermo-setting plastic, Bakelite, sparking the birth of the plastics industry
- 1941 Imperial Japanese Navy with 353 planes attack the US fleet at Pearl Harbor Naval Base, Hawaii, killing 2,403 people
- 1965 Roman Catholic Pope Paul VI and Orthodox Patriarch Athenagoras I simultaneously lift mutual excommunications that led to the split of the two churches in 1054 in the Great Schism.
- 1988 6.9 earthquake in Spitak, Armenia kills 25,000-50,000 people and leaves up to 500,000 homeless
- 1988 PLO delegation lead by Yasser Arafat proclaims the State of Palestine, recognizing the existence of the State of Israel for the first time
- 2022 After widespread public protests China announces a major loosening of COVID-19 restrictions for the whole country, allowing home quarantine and scrapping QR codes, effectively ending China's zero-COVID policy [1]
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Dec 7 in Film & TV
- 1979 "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" first movie of the series premieres directed by Robert Wise, starring William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy
Dec 7 in Music
- 1995 American rock band The Grateful Dead break up after the death of Jerry Garcia
Dec 7 in Sport
- 2017 Ballon d'Or: Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo wins his 5th award to equal Lionel Messi's record; 2nd consecutive win for Ronaldo
Did You Know?
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Tom Waits
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Johnny Bench
Larry Bird
Terrell Owens
Yuzuru Hanyu
Fun Fact About December 7
Richard Dodd returns a library book his great grandfather took out in 1823 from the University of Cincinnati
Famous Weddings
- 1646 Princess Louise Henriette (19) of Nassau marries Frederick Henry Elector of Brandenburg
- 1929 Nizari Imam Aga Khan III (52) weds Andrée Joséphine Carron in Aix-les-Bains, France
- 1940 Mexican painters Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo remarry in San Francisco (divorced 1939)
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Cicero
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Chuck YeagerArticles, Photos and Quiz
'Infamy' as Japanese Attack Pearl Harbor
Japan launched its shock attack against the American Navy base at Pearl Harbor on this day – a date to “live in infamy,” according to the US President.
December 7, 1941
Attack on Pearl Harbor
USS Arizona ablaze and sinking after the attack on Pearl Harbor
December 7, 1941
The Blue Marble
The famous 'Blue Marble' photograph of the Earth taken by the crew of the Apollo 17
December 7, 1972
