December 7

Events

 * -  - religious unrest followed by the execution of nine Protestant citizens and the mayor of by Polish authorities.
 * - The opens at,.
 * - attempts to enter the American military as a major general.
 * - becomes the first state to ratify the.
 * -, , is executed by after having been convicted of  for his support of.
 * -  is established in ,.
 * - - one of the most popular of the comic operas created by  and  - opens in London
 * -, in his house at , on the outskirts of , discovers the law of emission.
 * - : The declares war on.
 * - in,  broadcasts video from the  radio orchestra program, . The broadcast also includes the first  in the , an advertisement for , who sponsored the radio show.
 * - : declares war on, , , and.
 * 1941  - :  - The  attacks the  and its defending  and Marine air forces at.
 * - A fire at the in  kills 119 people.
 * - : The government of moves from  to.
 * - Prince of  revises the 's, devolving some of his power to advisory and legislative councils.
 * - and  simultaneously lift mutual s that had been in place since.
 * - A fire at an army barracks in, kills 68 people.
 * - The first ever general election on the basis of direct adult franchise is held in for 313 National Assembly seats.
 * - President  announces formation of a Coalition Government at Centre with Nurul Amin as Prime Minister and  as Vice-Prime Minister.
 * -, the last , is launched. The crew take the photograph known as "" as they leave the Earth.
 * - invades.
 * - In, becomes the first person to be  by  in the.
 * - An  collides with an   in intense fog while the two airliners are taxiing down the runway at, killing 93 people.
 * - crashes near, killing all 43 on board, after a disgruntled passenger shoots his ex-boss traveling on the flight, then shoots both pilots and himself.
 * - : In an  measuring 6.9 on the  kills nearly 25,000, injures 15,000 and leaves 400,000 homeless.
 * 1988  -  recognizes the right of  to exist.
 * 1993  - The : Passenger  murders six people and injures 19 others on the LIRR in.
 * - The arrives at, a little more than six years after it was launched by  during.
 * -  departs from Melbourne on his  journey around the world.
 * - is sworn in as the Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP).
 * - The is officially recognized after the merger of the  and.
 * -, a passenger on who allegedly claimed to have a bomb, is shot and killed by a team of US federal  at.
 * - A struck, North West , seriously damaging around 150 properties.

Births

 * -, Irish Christian missionary to Scotland (d. )
 * -, Persian astronomer (d. )
 * -  (d. )
 * -, consort of (d. )
 * -, Japanese politician (d. )
 * -, Italian artist (d. )
 * -, Italian composer (d. )
 * -, English director of the South Sea Company (d. )
 * -, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. - , French marshal (d. )
 * -, British poet (d. )
 * -, Austrian dramatist and actor (d. )
 * -, queen consort of Spain (d. )
 * -, German physiologist (d. )
 * 1810  -, Austrian anatomist (d. )
 * -, German mathematician (d. )
 * -, British actor and writer (d. )
 * -, 6th (d. )
 * -, French novelist (d. )
 * -, Italian composer (d. )
 * 1863  -, American department store founder (d. )
 * -, American novelist (d. )
 * -, American composer (d. )
 * -, Austrian composer (d. )
 * -, Irish author (d. )
 * 1888  -, American politician (d. )
 * -, -winning American actress (d. )
 * -, Croatian mathematician (d. )
 * -, Russian singer (d. )
 * -, Dutch-born American astronomer (d. )
 * -, Canadian communist politician (d. )
 * -, American musician (d. )
 * 1910  -, ian musician
 * -, British composer (d. )
 * -, American actor
 * -, French Canadian fiddler (d. )
 * -, Italian cylist
 * -, Indian spiritual leader
 * 1924  -, Danish pop pianist and composer
 * 1924  -, Zimbabwean  driver (d. )
 * -, Brazilian racing driver
 * -, British contralto
 * -, American linguist and political writer
 * -, American baseball player
 * -, American actress
 * -, American photographer
 * -, English comedian
 * 1940  -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * -, American singer and songwriter (d. )
 * 1942  -, American baseball player
 * 1942  -, American game show host (d. )
 * -, Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department
 * 1943  -, Swedish politician
 * -, American organist
 * 1944  -, American drug trafficker
 * -, Finnish singer
 * -, American baseball player
 * 1947  -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * 1947  -, American TV and film producer
 * -, American singer and actor
 * 1948  -, Danish bassist
 * -, American singer, composer, and actor
 * -, Greek actor, president of the
 * -, American forger and bomber
 * 1954  -, Irish singer
 * -, American actress
 * 1955  -, Australian politician
 * -, American basketball player
 * -, British lawyer and economic regulator
 * -, English musician
 * 1958  -, American professional wrestler (d. )
 * -, English guitarist
 * -, Venezuelan actress
 * -, Brazilian model
 * 1964  -, Japanese racing driver
 * -, American actor
 * 1965  -, Scottish footballer
 * -, American actor
 * -, Japanese motorcycle racer
 * -, American baseball player
 * -, Australian rugby league footballer
 * -, Mexican actress and fashion model
 * -, Armenian chess player
 * 1971  -, American pornographic actress
 * -, Austrian skier
 * 1972  -, American professional wrestler
 * -, Irish musician
 * 1973  -, American football player
 * 1973  -, French international rugby player
 * -, Canadian-born singer
 * -, English footballer
 * -, American football player
 * 1976  -, Canadian football player
 * 1976  -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * 1976  -, Spanish fashion model
 * -, English drummer
 * -, American actress
 * 1978  -, Mexican-born American singer
 * -, Japanese actress
 * 1979  -, Greek footballer
 * 1979  -, American actress
 * -, English footballer
 * -, Dominican baseball player
 * -, the first  racing driver
 * 1984  -, American basketball player
 * 1984  -, Italian footballer
 * -, American singer and actor
 * -, Australian actress
 * -, English actor
 * -, English actor

Deaths

 * -, Roman politician and author (b. )
 * - King (b. )
 * -, English politician (b. )
 * -, German humanist
 * -, Flemish composer
 * -, French Jesuit missionary (b. )
 * -, English-born Massachusetts colonial magistrate (b. )
 * -, English poet (smallpox) (b. )
 * 1683  -, English politician (b. )
 * -, Bohemian architect (b. )
 * -, French dramatist and actor (b. )
 * -, British admiral
 * -, French revolutionary (b. )
 * -, French marshall (executed) (b. )
 * -, British naval officer (b. )
 * -, Scottish writer (b. )
 * -, German biblical scholar (b. )
 * -, French diplomat and entrepreneur (b. )
 * -, German-born American cartoonist (b. )
 * -, Swiss journalist, recipient of the (b. )
 * -, Italian Catholic churchman and last surviving cardinal of (b. )
 * -, German/Czech Composer and violinist (b. , )
 * - Casualties of the Japanese 
 * 1941  -, United States Navy Captain, Medal of Honor recipient (b. )
 * 1941  -, United States Navy, Medal of Honor recipient (b. )
 * 1941  -, United States Navy Rear Admiral, Medal of Honor recipient (b. )
 * 1941  -, United States Navy, Medal of Honor recipient (b. )
 * 1941  -, United States Navy, Medal of Honor recipient (b. )
 * 1941  -, United States Navy Rear Admiral, Medal of Honor recipient (b. )
 * 1941  -, United States Navy, Medal of Honor recipient (b. )
 * 1941  -, United States Navy, Medal of Honor recipient (b. )


 * -, American university president, recipient of the (b. )
 * 1947  -, French playwright and novelist (b. )
 * -, Canadian actor (b. )
 * -, Swiss pianist (b. )
 * -, American baseball player (b. )
 * 1969  -, English actor (b. )
 * -, American cartoonist (b. )
 * -, American playwright (b. )
 * -, Hungarian-born American engineer (b. )
 * -, American ornithologist (b. )
 * -, American punk-rock lengend (b. )
 * -, Mexican actress (b. )
 * -, American race car (Nascar) driver (b. )
 * -, British author (b. )
 * 1985  -, US Supreme Court Justice (b. )
 * -, professional wrestler (b. )
 * -, American actress (b. )
 * 1990  -, Quebec stage, television and film actor  (b. )
 * 1990  -, Quebec painter (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * 1993  -, German physicist,  laureate (b. )
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player (b. )
 * -, Scottish former footballer (b. )
 * -, American scientist, recipient of the (b. )
 * 1998  -, British composer (b. )
 * -, Croatian poet and politician (b. )
 * -, head football coach (b. )
 * - American theologian and publisher (b. )
 * 2003  -,  (b. )
 * -, American conductor (b. )
 * 2004  -, American singer (b. )
 * 2004  -, Lead Guitarist For Pantera. (b. )
 * 2004  -, co-founder and former chairman of Amway (b. )
 * -, American football player and coach (b. )
 * 2005  - , was the oldest living person in the United Kingdom from April 2004 until her death  (b. )
 * 2005  - ,  airplane passenger fatally shot by U.S. Air Marshals after allegedly claiming he had placed a bomb aboard (b. )
 * -, American ambassador (b. )
 * 2006  -, American musician (b. ca. )

Holidays and observances

 * - Saint : Memorial
 * Eastern Orthodox Saints:
 * - (observance)
 * - (Day of the Candles): Festivity
 * - The