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  • 43 BC Roman orator and politician Marcus Tullius Cicero is assassinated in Formiae by soldiers under the command of Mark Antony
  • 1909 Inventor Leo Baekeland patents the first thermosetting plastic, Bakelite, sparking the birth of the plastics industry
  • USS Arizona ablaze and sinking after the attack on Pearl Harbor

    Attack on Pearl Harbor

    1941 The Imperial Japanese Navy, with 353 planes, attacks 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 the mutual excommunications that led to the split of the two churches in 1054 during the Great Schism
  • 1988 A 6.9 magnitude earthquake in Spitak, Armenia, kills 25,000 to 50,000 people and leaves up to 500,000 homeless
  • 2022 After widespread public protests, China announces a major loosening of COVID-19 restrictions for the entire country, allowing home quarantine and scrapping QR codes, effectively ending China's zero-COVID policy [1]
More December 7 Events
  • 1979 "Star Trek: The Motion Picture," the first movie of the series, premieres, directed by Robert Wise and starring William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy
  • 1995 American rock band The Grateful Dead break up after the death of Jerry Garcia
  • 2017 Ballon d'Or: Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo wins his fifth and second consecutive award, equaling Lionel Messi's record

Bust of Queen Nefertiti is discovered in El-Amarna, Egypt

December 7, 1912

  • Gian Lorenzo Bernini

    1598 - 1680

  • Theodor Schwann

    1810 - 1882

  • Mário Soares

    1924 - 2017

  • Imad Mughniyeh

    1962 - 2008

  • Noam Chomsky

    97 Years Old
More Birthdays on December 7

  • Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin

    1805 - 1871

  • Ellen Burstyn

    93 Years Old

  • Tom Waits

    76 Years Old

  • Nicholas Hoult

    36 Years Old

  • Alex Johnson

    1942 - 2015

  • Johnny Bench

    78 Years Old

  • Larry Bird

    69 Years Old

  • Terrell Owens

    52 Years Old

  • Yuzuru Hanyu

    31 Years Old

Richard Dodd returns a library book his great-grandfather borrowed in 1823 from the University of Cincinnati

December 7, 1968

  • 1646 Princess Louise Henriette (19) of Nassau marries Frederick Henry Elector of Brandenburg
  • 1940 Mexican painters Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo remarry in San Francisco (divorced 1939)
  • 1990 Ted Turner and Jane Fonda announce their engagement
More December 7 Weddings

  • Cicero

    106 BC - 43 BC

  • Innocent IV

    - 1254

  • William Bligh

    1754 - 1817

  • Thomas Nast

    1840 - 1902

  • Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin

    1900 - 1979

  • Chuck Yeager

    1923 - 2020
More December 7 Deaths
  • The USS Shaw explodes after taking a direct hit at Pearl Harbor. © Everett Historical/Shutterstock.com

    '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
  • The famous 'Blue Marble' photograph of the Earth taken by the crew of the Apollo 17

    The Blue Marble

    The famous 'Blue Marble' photograph of the Earth taken by the crew of the Apollo 17 December 7, 1972
  • USS Arizona ablaze and sinking after the attack on Pearl Harbor

    Weekly Quiz for December 2 - 8

    What did FDR call Pearl Harbor in a speech to Congress a day after the attack? What was patented in the US in 1909 sparking the birth of the plastics industry?
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  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) was among the most prolific, versatile, and popular composers of all time.

    Mozart, the Incomparable Musical Genius

    December 5, 1791
  • A painting by the Italian artist Fra Angelico about 1437, meant to show St Nicholas starting to rescue sailors and other people from death

    St Nicholas – The Man Behind Santa Claus

    December 6, 343 AD
  • The Unfair Sex advertised on the side of the Number 77 bus on London's Strand.

    Real-life Tragedy for Theatrical Family

    December 8, 1926
  • Prince Charles samples the beer in the Rovers Return

    Coronation Street, King of the Soaps

    December 9, 1960
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