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December 7

A look at December 7 through the almanac — historic events, famous birthdays including Hermann Maier and Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi, and the day's notable deaths and observances.

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Events

10 notable moments
  1. 2015

    JAXA

    The JAXA probe Akatsuki successfully enters orbit around Venus five years after the first attempt.

    Japan's national air and
  2. 2014

    Furry convention

    The annual furry convention Midwest FurFest is targeted in an unsolved chlorine gas attack.

    Formal gathering of members
  3. 1995

    Galileo (spacecraft)

    The Galileo spacecraft arrives at Jupiter, a little more than six years after it was launched by Space Shuttle Atlantis during Mission STS-34.

    First NASA mission to
  4. 1971

    Pakistan

    Pakistan President Yahya Khan announces the formation of a coalition government with Nurul Amin as Prime Minister and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto as Deputy Prime Minister.

    Country in South Asia
  5. 1941

    World War II

    World War II: Attack on Pearl Harbor: The Imperial Japanese Navy carries out a surprise attack on the United States Pacific Fleet and its defending Army and Marine air forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. (For Japan's near-simultaneous attacks on Eastern Hemisphere targets, see December 8.)

    1939–1945 global conflict
  6. 1936

    Cricket

    Australian cricketer Jack Fingleton becomes the first player to score centuries in four consecutive Test innings.

    Team sport played with
  7. 1917

    World War I

    World War I: The United States declares war on Austria-Hungary.

    1914–1918 global conflict
  8. 1787

    Delaware

    Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the United States Constitution.

    U.S. state
  9. 574

    Justin II

    Byzantine Emperor Justin II, suffering recurring seizures of insanity, adopts his general Tiberius and proclaims him as Caesar.

    Roman emperor from 565
  10. -43

    Cicero

    Marcus Tullius Cicero is assassinated in Formia on orders of Marcus Antonius.

    Roman statesman and lawyer
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Famous birthday twins

Born on December 7

Hermann Maier

b. 1972

Austrian skier

Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi

b. 903

Persian astronomer and author

David Goffin

b. 1990

Belgian tennis player

Susan Collins

b. 1952

American politician

Tammy Lynn Sytch

b. 1972

American wrestler and manager

Johann Nestroy

b. 1801

Austrian actor and playwright

Rudolf Friml

b. 1879

Czech-American pianist, composer, and academic

Hermann Balck

b. 1893

German general

Deaths

  • 1998Martin Rodbell, American biochemist and endocrinologist, Nobel Prize laureate
  • 1978Alexander Wetmore, American ornithologist and paleontologist
  • 1899Juan Luna, Filipino painter and sculptor
  • 1815Michel Ney, German-French general
  • 1279Bolesław V the Chaste, High Duke of Poland
  • -43Cicero, Roman philosopher, lawyer, and politician (born 106 BC)

Holidays & observances

  • —Armed Forces Flag Day (India)
  • —Christian feast day: Aemilianus (Greek Church)
  • —Christian feast day: Ambrose
  • —Christian feast day: Buíte of Monasterboice
  • —Christian feast day: Maria Giuseppa Rossello
  • —Christian feast day: Sabinus of Spoleto
  • —Christian feast day: December 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • —Eve of the Immaculate Conception-related observances: Day of the Little Candles, begins after sunset (Colombia)

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