December 7 is the 341st day (342nd on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 24 days remaining. The Gregorian calendar is the calendar widely used in the Western world. ...

December is the twelfth and last month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... December 1 is the 335th (in leap years the 336th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... December 2 is the 336th day (337th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... December 3 is the 337th (in leap years the 338th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... December 4 is the 338th day (339th on leap years) of the Gregorian calendar. ... December 5 is the 339th day (340th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Owned By Jorge. ... December 8 is the 342nd day (343rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... December 9 is the 343rd day (344th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... December 10 is the 344th day (345th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... December 11 is the 345th day (346th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... December 12 is the 346th day (347th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... December 13 is the 347th day of the year (348th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... December 14 is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... December 15 is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... December 16 is the 350th day of the year (351st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... December 17 is the 351st day of the year (352nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... December 18 is the 352nd day of the year (353rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... December 19 is the 353rd day of the year (354th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... December 20 is the 354th day of the year (355th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... December 21 is the 355th day of the year (356th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... December 22 is the 356th day of the year (357th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... December 23 is the 357th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (358th in leap years). ... December 24 is the 358th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (359th in leap years). ... December 25 is the 359th day of the year (360th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 6 days remaining. ... December 26 is the 360th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, 361st in leap years. ... December 27 is the 361st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... December 28 is the 362nd day of the year (363rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 3 days remaining. ... December 29 is the 363rd day of the year (364th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 2 days remaining. ... December 30 is the 364th day of the year (365th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 1 day remaining. ... December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2005(MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Events

• 1732 - The Royal Opera House opens at Covent Garden, London.
• 1776 - Marquis de Lafayette enters the American military as a major general.
• 1787 - Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the United States Constitution.
• 1815 - Michel Ney, Marshal of France, is executed by firing squad, after been convicted of treason for his support of Napoleon Bonaparte.
• 1917 - World War I: United States declares war on Austria-Hungary.
• 1941 - The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor officially brings the United States into World War II.
• 1946 - A fire at the Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia kills 119 people.
• 1949 - Chinese Civil War: The government of the 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.
• 1972 - Apollo 17, the last Apollo moon mission, is launched. The crew take The Blue Marble image as they leave the Earth.
• 1975 - Indonesia invades East Timor.
• 1982 - First US execution by lethal injection is carried out in Texas.
• 1988 - In Armenia an earthquake 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.
• 1989 - In their third and final fight, Sugar Ray Leonard retains the WBC Super Middleweight championship of the world over Roberto Duran.
• 1993 - South Africa transitional executive council established
• 1995 - The Galileo spacecraft arrived at Jupiter, a little more than six years after it was launched by Space Shuttle Atlantis during Mission STS-34.
• 2003 - The Conservative Party of Canada is officially recognized after the merger of the Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.
• 2004 - Hamid Karzai is inaugurated as president of Afghanistan.
• 2004 - John Kufuor is re-elected as president of Ghana.

Events February 23 - First performance of Handels Orlando, in London June 9 - James Oglethorpe is granted a royal charter for the colony of Georgia. ... The Floral Hall of the Royal Opera House The Royal Opera House is a performing arts venue in London. ... Covent Garden is a shopping and entertainment complex in central London. ... The clock tower of the Palace of Westminster, which contains Big Ben London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... This article is about the year 1776. ... Marie-Joseph-Paul-Roch-Yves-Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette (September 6, 1757–May 20, 1834), was a French aristocrat most famous for his participation in the American Revolutionary War and early French Revolution. ... 1787 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... State nickname: The First State Other U.S. States Capital Dover Largest city Wilmington Governor Ruth Ann Minner (D) Senators Joe Biden (D) Thomas Carper (D) Official languages None Area 6,452 km² (49th)  - Land 5,068 km²  - Water 1,387 km² (21. ... Page I of the Constitution of the United States of America Page II of the United States Constitution Page III of the United States Constitution Page IV of the United States Constitution The Syng inkstand, with which the Constitution was signed The Constitution of the United States is the supreme... The Battle of New Orleans 1815 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Michel Ney, Marshal of France Michel Ney (January 10, 1769 – December 7, 1815) called Le Rougeaud (the ruddy) and le Brave des Braves (the bravest of the brave) was a marshal of the French army who fought in the French Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic Wars. ... The Marshal of France (maréchal de France) was one of the Great Officers of the Crown of France. ... Execution by firing squad is a method of capital punishment, especially in times of war. ... In law, treason is the crime of disloyalty to ones nation. ... Bonaparte as general Napoleon Bonaparte ( 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a general of the French Revolution and was the ruler of France as First Consul (Premier Consul) of the French Republic from November 11, 1799 to May 18, 1804, then as Emperor of the French (Empereur des Français... 1917 was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ... World War I was primarily a European conflict with many facets: immense human sacrifice, stalemate trench warfare, and the use of new, devastating weapons - tanks, aircraft, machineguns, and poison gas. ... Austria-Hungary, also known as the Dual monarchy (or: the k. ... 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Imperial Japanese Navy made its attack on Pearl Harbor on the morning of December 7, 1941. ... World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atom bomb World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a mid-20th-century conflict that engulfed much of the... 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Atlanta is the capital and largest city of Georgia, a state of the United States of America. ... 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... The Chinese Civil War was a conflict in China between the Kuomintang (The Nationalist Party; The Nationalists; KMT) and the Communist Party of China (CPC). ... National motto: None Official language Mandarin Chinese Capital and largest city Taipei President Chen Shui-bian Premier Frank Hsieh Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 138th 35,980 km² 2. ... Nanjing (南京, Pinyin: Nánjīng, Wade-Giles: Nan-ching; Postal System Pinyin: Nanking, formerly Jinling 金陵, Jiangning 江宁, and Tianjing 天京) is the central city of downstream Yangtze Basin and is a renowned historical and cultural city. ... City nickname: the City of Azaleas Capital District Xinyi Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 16 of 25 271. ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Rainier III ruled Monaco from 1949 to 2005. ... Prince Albert of Monaco on the left represents a principality where he wields adminisitrative authority. ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... Pope Paul VI (Latin: ), born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini (September 26, 1897 – August 6, 1978), reigned as Pope and as sovereign of Vatican City from 1963 to 1978. ... Patriarch Athenagoras (left) met Pope Paul VI in 1964 Patriarch Athenagoras (born Aristokles Spyrou) (March 25, 1886 - July 6/7, 1972) was the Patriarch of Constantinople from 1948 to 1972. ... Excommunication is a religious censure which is used to deprive or suspend membership in a religious community. ... Events Cardinal Humbertus, a representative of Pope Leo IX, and Michael Cerularius, Patriarch of Constantinople, decree each others excommunication. ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... Apollo 17 was the eleventh manned space mission in the NASA Apollo program, and was the sixth and last mission to date to land on the Moon. ... The Blue Marble is a famous photograph of the Earth taken on 7 December 1972 by the crew of the Apollo 17 spacecraft at a distance of about 45,000 kilometers or about 28,000 miles. ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... 1982 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Lethal injection is a method of capital punishment. ... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Global earthquake epicenters, 1963–1998 An earthquake is a sudden and sometimes catastrophic movement of a part of the Earths surface. ... The Richter magnitude test scale (or more correctly local magnitude ML scale) assigns a single number to quantify the size of an earthquake. ... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Yasser Arafat Yasser Arafat (Arabic: ياسر عرفات) (August 4 or August 24, 1929 – November 11, 2004), born Muhammad `Abd ar-Rauf al-Qudwa al-Husayni (محمد عبد الرؤوف القدوة الحسيني) and also known as Abu `Ammar (ابو عمّار), was Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) (1969–2004); President of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) (1993–2004); and... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sugar Ray Leonard (born 1956) is an American who is a former boxer. ... The World Boxing Council (WBC) has operated since 1963 as a competitor to Venezuelas World Boxing Association (WBA) and, according to its founders, a way to improve professional boxings standards. ... Roberto Duran (b. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Galileo is prepared for mating with the IUS booster Galileo being deployed after being launched by the Space Shuttle Atlantis on the STS-34 mission Galileo was an unmanned spacecraft sent by NASA to study the planet Jupiter and its moons. ... Adjective Jovian Atmospheric characteristics Atmospheric pressure 70 kPa Hydrogen ~86% Helium ~14% Methane 0. ... The Space Shuttle Columbia seconds after engine ignition, 1981 (NASA). ... Shuttle Orbiter Atlantis (NASA Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-104) is one of five NASA space shuttles. ... STS-34 was a space shuttle mission by NASA using the Space Shuttle Atlantis. ... 2003(MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Conservative Party of Canada (French: Parti conservateur du Canada) is a right wing political party in Canada, formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in December 2003. ... The Canadian Alliance (in full, the Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance) was a Canadian right_of_centre conservative political party that existed from 2000 to 2003. ... The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (PC) was a Canadian centre-right conservative political party that existed from 1867 to 2003. ... 2004(MMIV) is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Hamid Karzai, (Pushtu: حامد کرزي Dari: حامد کرزی) (born December 24, 1957) is the current and first democratically elected President of Afghanistan (since December 7, 2004). ... 2004(MMIV) is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... President Kufuor with United States President George W. Bush during a visit to the USA in 2001 John Agyekum Kufuor (born December 8, 1938) is the current president of Ghana since January 7, 2001. ...

Births

• 521 - Saint Columba, Irish Christian missionary to Scotland (d. 597)
• 1545 - Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, 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)
• 1761 - Marie Tussaud, museum proprietress and waxwork modeler (d. 1850)
• 1764 - Claude Victor-Perrin, duc de Belluno, French marshal (d. 1841)
• 1784 - Allan Cunningham, Scottish poet (d. 1842)
• 1801 - Johann Nestroy, Austrian dramatist and actor (d. 1862)
• 1823 - Leopold Kronecker, German mathematician (d. 1891)
• 1847 - George Grossmith, English actor and comic writer (d. 1912)
• 1860 - Sir Joseph Cook, sixth Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1947)
• 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, American politician (d. 1991)
• 1903 - Danilo Blanuša, Croatian mathematician (d. 1987)
• 1904 - Konstantin Sokolsky, Russian singer
• 1905 - Gerard Kuiper, Dutch-born astronomer (d. 1973)
• 1910 - Louis Prima, American musician (d. 1978)
• 1912 - Daniel Jones, Welsh composer
• 1915 - Eli Wallach, American actor
• 1924 - Mário Soares, President of Portugal
• 1927 - Helen Watts, Welsh contralto
• 1928 - Noam Chomsky, American linguist and political writer
• 1932 - Ellen Burstyn, American actress
• 1942 - Harry Chapin, American musician (d. 1981)
• 1942 - Peter Tomarken, American game show host
• 1943 - Bernard C. Parks, former Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department.
• 1944 - Daniel Chorzempa, American organist
• 1945 - Marion Rung, Finnish singer
• 1947 - Johnny Bench, baseball player
• 1948 - Gary Morris, singer and actor
• 1948 - Mads Vinding, Danish bassist
• 1949 - Tom Waits, American singer, composer, and actor
• 1954 - Mark Hofmann, American forger and murderer
• 1956 - Larry Bird, American basketball player
• 1966 - C. Thomas Howell, American actor
• 1967 - Tino Martinez, baseball player
• 1972 - Hermann Maier, Austrian ski diver
• 1971 - Chasey Lain, American actress
• 1973 - Terrell Owens, American football star
• 1980 - John Terry, English footballer
• 1987 - Aaron Carter, American singer
• 1988 - Emily Browning, Australian actress

Events Future Byzantine emperor Justinian becomes consul. ... A separate article is titled Columba (constellation). ... Events Saint Augustine is created Archbishop of Canterbury. ... Events February 27 - Battle of Ancrum Moor - Scots victory over superior English forces December 13 - Official opening of the Council of Trent (closed 1563) Battle of Kawagoe - between two branches of Uesugi families and the late Hojo clan in Japan. ... Henry Stewart (or Stuart, which was the style adopted by his father, and thence perpetuated as the House of Stuart), 1st Duke of Albany (7 December 1545 – 9 or 10 February 1567), commonly known as Lord Darnley, King Consort of Scotland, was the first-cousin and second husband of Mary... Mary I of Scotland (Mary Stuart or Stewart) (December 8, 1542 – February 8, 1587), better known as Mary, Queen of Scots, was the ruler of Scotland from December 14, 1542 – July 24, 1567. ... Events The Duke of Alva arrives in the Netherlands with Spanish forces to suppress unrest there. ... // Events The Edict of Orleans suspends the persecution of the Huguenots. ... Kikkawa Hiroie(吉川広家) is a third son of Kikkawa Motoharu and ruled Iwakuni han. ... Events March 27 - Prince Charles Stuart becomes King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland. ... Events January 7 - Boris Godunov seizes the throne of Russia following the death of his brother-in-law, Tsar Feodor I April 13 - Edict of Nantes - Henry IV of France grants French Huguenots equal rights with Catholics. ... A self portrait: Bernini is said to have used his own features in the David (below, left) Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini) (December 7, 1598 – November 28, 1680), who worked chiefly in Rome, was the pre-eminent baroque artist. ... Events First Portuguese governor was appointed to Macau The Swedish city Karlskrona was founded as the Royal Swedish Navy relocated there. ... Events February 3 - Tulipmania collapses in Netherlands by government order February 15 - Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor December 17 - Shimabara Rebellion erupts in Japan Pierre de Fermat makes a marginal claim to have proof of what would become known as Fermats last theorem. ... Bernardo Pasquini Bernardo Pasquini (December 7, 1637 _ November 22, 1710), was an Italian composer of opera and church music. ... // Events April 10 - The worlds first copyright legislation became effective, Britains Statute of Anne Ongoing events Great Northern War (1700-1721) War of the Spanish Succession (1702-1713) Births January 4 - Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Italian composer (d. ... 1670 was a common year beginning on a Saturday in countries using the Julian calendar and a Wednesday in countries using the Gregorian calendar. ... John Aislabie (December 4, 1670- June 18, 1742) was a British politician, notable for his involvement in the South Sea Bubble and for creating the water garden at Studley Royal. ... // Events January 24 - Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor. ... 1761 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Madame Tussauds and the London Planetarium Madame Tussauds is a wax museum in London, with branches in Amsterdam, Hong Kong (Victoria Peak), Las Vegas and New York City. ... 1850 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1764 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Claude Victor-Perrin, duc de Belluno (7 December 1764 – 1 March 1841) was a marshal of France during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. ... 1841 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1784 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Allan Cunningham (December 7, 1784 _ October 30, 1842) was a Scottish poet and author. ... 1842 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1801 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Johann Nepomuk Eduard Ambrosius Nestroy (born December 7, 1801 at Vienna, Austria; died May 25, 1862 at Graz, Austria) was an opera singer, actor and, primarily, a playwright. ... 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1823 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Leopold Kronecker Leopold Kronecker (December 7, 1823 - December 29, 1891) was a German mathematician and logician who argued that arithmetic and analysis must be founded on whole numbers, saying, God made the natural numbers; all else is the work of man (Bell 1986, p. ... 1891 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1847 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... George Grossmith, as illustrated in The Idler magazine, 1897 George Grossmith (December 7, 1847 - March 1, 1912) was an English actor and comic writer, best remembered for his work with Gilbert & Sullivan. ... 1912 was a leap year starting on Monday. ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... Rt Hon Joseph Cook Sir Joseph Cook (December 7, 1860 - July 30, 1947), Australian politician and sixth Prime Minister of Australia, was born in Silverdale, a small mining town near Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire, England. ... The current (25th) Prime Minister of Australia, John Howard (sitting, fifth from left), with his Cabinet, 1999 The office of Prime Minister is in practice the most powerful political office in the Commonwealth of Australia. ... 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1863 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Pietro Mascagni (Livorno December 7, 1863 – Rome August 2, 1945) is one of the most important Italian opera composers of the turn of the 20th century. ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1863 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... For the American tennis player, see Richard Sears (tennis player). ... 1914 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1873 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Willa Cather photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1936 Willa Siebert Cather (December 7, 1873 – April 24, 1947) is among the most eminent female American authors. ... 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1879 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Rudolf Friml (December 7, 1879 - November 12, 1972) was a composer of operettas, musicals, songs, as well as a pianist. ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... 1887 is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar). ... Ernst Toch (pronounced similar to talk) (7 December 1887 - 1 October 1964) was a composer of classical music and film scores. ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... Time magazine cover featuring Joyce Cary, October 20, 1952 This article is about the male author Joyce Cary. ... 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... Hamilton Fish, (3 August 1808–7 September 1893), born in New York City, was an American politician during the time of the American Civil War. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1903 has the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes for 400 years, because the Gregorian calendar hasnt had a leap year for seven years or a century leap year since 1600. ... Danilo BlanuÅ¡a (December 7, 1903 - August 8, 1987) was a Croatian mathematician, physicist, engineer and a professor at the University of Zagreb. ... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1904 is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Konstantin Sokolsky on a Romanian postcard, 1932 Konstantin Sokolsky (also spelled: Sokolski, Rus. ... 1905 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Gerard Kuiper, circa 1963. ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... 1910 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Louis Prima and Keely Smith singing for the radio in the 1950s Louis Prima (December 7, 1910- August 24, 1978) was an Italian-American entertainer, singer, actor, and trumpeter born in New Orleans. ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... 1912 was a leap year starting on Monday. ... Daniel Jones (December 7, 1912 - April 23, 1993) was a Welsh composer of classical music. ... 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Eli Wallach Eli Wallach (born December 7, 1915 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American film, TV and stage actor. ... 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Mário Alberto Nobre Lopes Soares (born December 7, 1924), Portuguese politician, was born in Lisbon, and graduated in history, philosophy and law from the University of Lisbon. ... Categories: Lists of office-holders | Portugal | Presidents of Portugal ... 1927 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Helen Watts (b. ... 1928 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Avram Noam Chomsky (born December 7, 1928) is the Institute Professor Emeritus of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ... 1932 is a leap year starting on a Friday. ... Ellen Burstyn (born December 7, 1932 as Edna Rae Gilhooley in Detroit, Michigan) is an American actress. ... This article is about the year. ... Harry Chapin Harry Chapin (December 7, 1942 - July 16, 1981) was an American singer and songwriter. ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... Peter David Tomarken (born December 7, 1942, in Olean, New York) is an American television personality. ... 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ... Bernard Parks, currently member of the Los Angeles City Council representing the 8th district. ... The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) is the police department of the City of Los Angeles, California. ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Daniel Walter Chorzempa (born December 7, 1944) is an American organist. ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Marion Rung (b. ... 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Reds Johnny Bench, arguably the greatest catcher in baseballs history. ... 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Gary Morris (born December 7, 1948) is an American country music singer. ... 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Mads Vinding is a famous Danish bass-player playing mostly Jazz music, but has been known to move into other genres as well. ... 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... Tom Waits Tom Waits (born Thomas Alan Waits on December 7, 1949 in Pomona, California) is an American singer-songwriter, composer and actor. ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Mark Hofmann (born December 7, 1954), a disaffected member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was a prolific counterfeiter who murdered two people in Salt Lake City, Utah. ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Larry Joe Bird (born December 7, 1956) is a former NBA basketball player. ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... C. Thomas Howell (born December 7, 1966 in Los Angeles, California, USA) is an American actor. ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Constantino Tino Martinez (born December 7, 1967 in Tampa, Florida) is a first baseman in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees. ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... Hermann Maier (born December 7, 1972) is an Austrian skier who has won four overall World Cup titles (1998, 2000, 2001, 2004), two Olympic gold medals (both in 1998) and two World Campionship titles (both in 1999). ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... Chasey Lain (born Tiffany Anne Jones on December 7, 1971 in North Carolina) is an erotic actress. ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... Terrell Owens, Wide Receiver for Philadelphia Eagles Terrell Owens (full name: Terrell Eldorado Owens, popularly referred to as T.O., born December 7, 1973, in Alexander City, Alabama) is an American football wide receiver, currently playing for the Philadelphia Eagles. ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... John Terry (born December 7, 1980 in Barking) is a English professional football player. ... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Aaron Carter Aaron Charles Carter (born December 7, 1987) is an American pop singer. ... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Emily Browning (born December 7, 1988) is a child actor. ...

Deaths

• 43 BC - Cicero, Roman politician and author (b. 106 BC)
• 283 - Pope Eutychian
• 1254 - Pope Innocent IV
• 1498 - Alexander Hegius von Heek, German humanist
• 1562 - Adrian Willaert, Flemish composer
• 1632 - Emperor Sissinios of Ethiopia (b. 1607)
• 1649 - Charles Garnier, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1606)
• 1672 - Richard Bellingham, Massachusetts colonial magistrate (b. 1592)
• 1683 - John Oldham, English poet (smallpox) (b. 1653)
• 1683 - Algernon Sydney, English politician (b. 1623)
• 1723 - Jan Santini Aichel, Czech architect (b. 1677)
• 1725 - Florent Carton Dancourt, French dramatist and actor (b. 1661)
• 1793 - Joseph Bara, French Revolution child-hero (b. 1780)
• 1815 - Michel Ney, French marshall (executed) (b. 1769)
• 1817 - William Bligh, British naval officer (b. 1745)
• 1874 - Constantin von Tischendorf, German biblical scholar (b. 1815)
• 1902 - Thomas Nast, German cartoonist (b. 1840)
• 1947 - Nicholas M. Butler, American president of Columbia University, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1862)
• 1956 - Huntley Gordon, Canadian actor (b. 1887)
• 1970 - Rube Goldberg, American cartoonist (b. 1883)
• 1975 - Thornton Wilder, American playwright (b. 1897)
• 1978 - Alexander Wetmore, American ornithologist (b. 1886)
• 1985 - Potter Stewart, U.S. Supreme Court Justice
• 1985 - Robert Graves, English author (b. 1895)
• 1990 - Joan Bennett, American actress (b. 1910)
• 1993 - Félix Houphouët-Boigny, President of Côte d'Ivoire (b. 1905)
• 1993 - Wolfgang Paul, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913)
• 2003 - Carl F. H. Henry American theologian and publisher (b. 1913)
• 2003 - Azie Taylor Morton, Treasurer of the United States (b. 1936)
• 2003 - Raúl Vale, Venezuelan entertainer (b. 1944)
• 2004 - Frederick Fennell, American conductor (b. 1914)
• 2004 - Jerry Scoggins, American singer (b. 1913)

Centuries: 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century Decades: 90s BC 80s BC 70s BC 60s BC 50s BC - 40s BC - 30s BC 20s BC 10s BC 0s BC 0s Years: 48 BC 47 BC 46 BC 45 BC 44 BC 43 BC 42 BC 41 BC 40 BC... Marcus Tullius Cicero (January 3, 106 BC – December 7, 43 BC) was an orator and statesman of Ancient Rome, and is generally considered the greatest Latin prose stylist. ... Centuries: 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC - 1st century BC Decades: 150s BC 140s BC 130s BC 120s BC 110s BC - 100s BC - 90s BC 80s BC 70s BC 60s BC 50s BC Years: 111 BC 110 BC 109 BC 108 BC 107 BC - 106 BC - 105 BC 104 BC... Events December 17 - Pope Gaius succeeds Pope Eutychian December - Numerian was proclaimed Roman emperor by his soldiers. ... Eutychian or Eutychianus, was a pope, according to the Annuario Pontificio (2003), reigning from January 4, 275 to December 7, 283. ... For broader historical context, see 1250s and 13th century. ... Innocent IV, né Sinibaldo de Fieschi (Genoa, ca. ... Events Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama visits Quelimane and Moçambique in southeastern Africa. ... Alexander Hegius von Heek (c. ... Events Earliest English slave-trading expedition under John Hawkins. ... Adrian Willaert (c. ... See also: 1632 (novel) Events February 22 - Galileos Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is published July 23 - 300 colonists for New France depart Dieppe November 8 - Wladyslaw IV Waza elected king of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth after Zygmunt III Waza death November 16 - Battle of Lützen... Sissinios (throne name Malak Sagad III) was negus (1607 - September 7, 1632) of Ethiopia. ... Events January 20 - Tidal wave swept along the Bristol Channel, killing 2000 people. ... // Events January 30 - King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland is beheaded. ... St. ... Events January 27 - The trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators begins ending in their execution on January 31 May 17 - Supporters of Vasili Shusky invade the Kremlin and kill Premier Dmitri December 26 - Shakespeares King Lear performed in court Storm buries a village of St Ismails near... Events England, France, Munster and Cologne invade the United Provinces, therefore this name is know as ´het rampjaar´ (the disaster year) in the Netherlands. ... Richard Bellingham (1592 - December 7, 1672) was a colonial magistrate, laywer, and several-time governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. ... Events January 30 - The death of Pope Innocent IX during the previous year had left the Papal throne vacant. ... Events June 6 - The Ashmolean Museum opens as the worlds first university museum. ... John Oldham (August 9, 1653 – December 7, 1683) was an English poet. ... Events February 2 - New Amsterdam (later renamed New York City) is incorporated. ... Events June 6 - The Ashmolean Museum opens as the worlds first university museum. ... Algernon Sydney (or Sidney), (January 1623 – December 7, 1683), was an English politician, an opponent of King Charles II of England. ... Events August 6 - Pope Urban VIII is elected to the Papacy. ... Events February 16 - Louis XV of France attains his majority Births February 24 - John Burgoyne, British general (d. ... Jan Blažej Santini Aichel (February 3, 1677 - December 7, 1723), also called Giovanni Santini, was a Czech architect of the baroque. ... Events First performance of Racines tragedy, Phèdre Sarah Churchill marries John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough Battle of Cassel, Philippe I of Orléans defeats William of Orange Mary II of England marries William of Orange English Statute of frauds is passed into law Battle of Landskrona Elias... Events February 8 - Catherine I became empress of Russia February 20 - The first reported case of white men scalping Native Americans takes place in New Hampshire colony. ... Florent Carton Dancourt (November 1, 1661 - December 7, 1725), French dramatist and actor, was born at Fontainebleau. ... Events January 6 - The fifth monarchy men unsuccessfully attempt to seize control of London. ... 1793 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Joseph Bara (1780 – December 7, 1793) was a young French republican soldier at the time of the Revolution who was hailed as a hero by the leaders of the movement. ... 1780 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... The Battle of New Orleans 1815 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Michel Ney, Marshal of France Michel Ney (January 10, 1769 – December 7, 1815) called Le Rougeaud (the ruddy) and le Brave des Braves (the bravest of the brave) was a marshal of the French army who fought in the French Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic Wars. ... 1769 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1817 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... William Bligh in 1814 William Bligh (9 September 1754 - 7 December 1817) was an officer of the British Royal Navy and colonial administrator. ... // Events May 11 - War of Austrian Succession: Battle of Fontenoy - At Fontenoy, French forces defeat an Anglo-Dutch-Hanoverian army including the Black Watch June 4 – Frederick the Great destroys Austrian army at Hohenfriedberg August 19 - Beginning of the 45 Jacobite Rising at Glenfinnan September 12 - Francis I is elected... 1874 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Lobegott Friedrich Constantin (von) Tischendorf (Langenfeld, Saxony January 18, 1815 – December 7, 1874 in Leipzig) was a noted German Biblical scholar who recovered the Codex Sinaiticus, a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, in 1859. ... The Battle of New Orleans 1815 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1902 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Thomas Nast (September 27, 1840–December 7, 1902) was a famous caricaturist and editorial cartoonist in the 19th century and is considered to be the father of American political cartooning. ... 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Nicholas Murray Butler (April 2, 1862 - December 7, 1947) was the co-winner with Jane Addams of the 1931 Nobel Peace Prize. ... The Nobel Institute in Oslo, Norway. ... 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Huntley Gordon (October 8, 1887 - December 7, 1956) was an actor born in Montreal, Quebec. ... 1887 is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar). ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Rube Goldberg Reuben Lucius Goldberg (July 4, 1883 - December 7, 1970) was a cofounder and first president of the National Cartoonists Society. ... 1883 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Thornton Wilder (April 17, 1897 – December 7, 1975) was an American novelist and playwright. ... 1897 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... Frank Alexander Wetmore (June 18, 1886 _ December 7, 1978) was an American ornithologist and avian paleontologist. ... 1886 is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) // Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Justice Potter Stewart Potter Stewart (January 23, 1915 - December 7, 1985) was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. ... Portrait of Robert Graves (circa 1974) by Rab Shiell Robert von Ranke Graves (July 24, 1895–December 7, 1985) was an English scholar, best remembered for his work as a poet and novelist. ... 1895 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Joan Geraldine Bennett (February 27, 1910 – December 7, 1990) was an American film actress who also achieved success later in life as a television actress. ... 1910 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Félix Houphouët-Boigny (fālÄ“ks´ oofwā´-bwä´nye) (October 18, 1905 - December 7, 1993) was the first President of Côte dIvoire (1960 - 1993). ... Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office. ... 1905 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Wolfgang Paul (August 10, 1913 - December 7, 1993) was a German physicist, who co-developed the ion trap. ... Sir Edward Appletons medal Photographs of Nobel Prize Medals. ... Link title1913 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 2003(MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Carl F. H. Henry (January 22, 1913 - December 7, 2003) was an evangelical Christian theologian, who founded the magazine Christianity Today as a scholarly voice for evangelical Christianity and as a challenge to the liberal Christian Century. ... Link title1913 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Azie Taylor Morton (February 1, 1936 _ December 7, 2003) served as Treasurer of the United States during the Carter administration (1977_1981). ... The Treasurer of the United States is the only position within the United States Department of the Treasury older than the Department itself. ... 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Singer/songwriter and all-round entertainer Raúl Vale was born on 20 April 1944 in Maracaibo, Venezuela, and died on 7 December 2003, in Houston, Texas, USA, from complications related to lung cancer. ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 2004(MMIV) is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Frederick Fennell (July 2, 1914 - December 7, 2004) was an internationally recognized conductor, and one of the primary figures in promoting the wind ensemble as a performing group. ... 1914 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Jerry Scoggins (1913, Mount Pleasant, Texas - December 7, 2004, Westlake Village, California) was a United States country singer who performed in radio, movies, and television from the 1930s onward. ... Link title1913 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ...

Holidays and observances

• United States: Pearl Harbor Day (observance)

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External links

• BBC: On This Day

December 6 - December 8 - November 7 - January 7 -- listing of all days Owned By Jorge. ... December 8 is the 342nd day (343rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... November 7 is the 311th day of the year (312th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 54 days remaining. ... January 7 is the seventh day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Condensed list of historical anniversaries. ...