December 7

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on December 7. From 1900 until now. December 7 is under the sign of Sagittarius. Famous birthdays on this day include Dean Ambrose (1985), Tom Waits (1949) and Noam Chomsky (1928). Several movies were released around December 7 over the years, such as The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring in 2001 directed by Peter Jackson and It's a Wonderful Life in 1946 directed by Frank Capra.
But much more happened on December 7 over the years: find out below

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Holidays

United States - Pearl Harbor Day (observance)
International Civil Aviation Day
R.C. Saints - Saint Ambrose: Memorial

Events

2018 European migrant crisis: Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) rescue vessel Aquarius 2 ends migrant rescue operations in the Mediterranean Sea, citing sustained attacks on search and rescue by European governments, particularly Italy. (BBC)
2017 Positions on Jerusalem: The Czech Republic recognizes West Jerusalem as Israel's capital "in practice". (Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs)Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte expresses interest in moving his country's embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. (Haaretz)
2016 Syrian Civil War: Battle of Aleppo (2012–present), Aleppo offensive (November–December 2016): Syrian rebels withdraw from the old city of Aleppo. (BBC)Turkish military intervention in Syria: Turkish Air Force jets strike 12 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant targets in Al-Bab District, killing at least 23 militants. (Reuters)
2015 Syria's government says a U.S.-led military coalition airstrike on a Syrian Army camp in the eastern Deir ez-Zor Governorate, killed three Syrian soldiers and wounded 13 others. A senior U.S. military official denied responsibility for the airstrike and said that the U.S. is certain it was a Russian airstrike. (Reuters) (AP)
2014 Syrian Civil War: The Israeli Air Force bombs two Syrian Armed Forces bases near Damascus and the town of Dimas, according to Russian and Syrian sources. (BBC News)
2013 Syrian civil war:: The Islamic Front has taken over Bab al-Hawa bases from the Free Syrian Army. (Reuters)
2012 US Airways makes a formal merger proposal to the parent of American Airlines, one that values the combined entity at $8.5 billion. (Reuters)
2011 The United States commemorates the 70th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawai'i. (AP via WVEC)
2010 One child is killed and 20 people are injured in a bomb blast at a temple in Varanasi, northern India. (Hindustan Times) (Reuters)
2009 Pakistan’s Raffatullah Momand and Aamer Sajjad set a new world record for a second wicket partnership scoring 580 runs in a first-class Quaid-i-Azam Trophy match, breaking the previous record of 576 held by Sri Lanka's Sanath Jayasuriya and Roshan Mahanama.(Dawn)(Cricinfo)
2008 Jamie Whincup wins the 2008 V8 Supercar Championship series for Ford and Triple 8 Racing.
2007 The Hebei Spirit oil spill begins in South Korea after a crane barge that had broken free from a tug collides with the Very Large Crude Carrier, Hebei Spirit.
2006 A tornado strikes Kensal Green, North West London, seriously damaging about 150 properties.
2005 Rigoberto Alpizar, a passenger on American Airlines Flight 924 who allegedly claimed to have a bomb, is shot and killed by a team of U.S. federal air marshals at Miami International Airport.
2004 The New Zealand Special Air Service (NZSAS) is awarded the United States Presidential Unit Citation for services in Afghanistan.
2003 The Conservative Party of Canada is officially recognized after the merger of the Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.
2002 Two paintings by Vincent van Gogh were stolen from the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam overnight. Coming shortly after a large diamond theft from an exhibition at the Museon in The Hague, it casts doubt on the high-tech security systems.
2000 The first ballot takes place in the Ghanaian presidential election. The two leading candidates are John Kufuor and John Atta-Mills, who go on to the second ballot.
1999 The Recording Industry Association of America files a lawsuit against the Napster file-sharing client alleging copyright infringement.
1997 Amy Fruhwirth and Clarence Rose win LPGA J C Penney Classic.
1996 Space Shuttle STS 80 (Columbia 21) lands.
1995 US space probe Galileo begins orbiting Jupiter
1994 5th Billboard Music Awards
1993 Robert Goulet undergoes prostate cancer surgery
1992 Galileo spacecraft passes North Pole of Moon (Peary Crater).
1991 A J Kitt, American, wins World Skiing Cup.
1990 Ted Turner and Jane Fonda announce their engagement
1988 6.9 earthquake in Armenia, Spitak destroyed, 60,000 killed
1987 43 die in Pacific Southwest Airline crash in California (man shot pilots)
1986 Juli Inkster / Tom Purtzer wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
1985 51st Heisman Trophy Award: Bo Jackson, Auburn (RB).
1983 2 jets collided at Madrid Airport killing 93
1982 Suriname army under Desi Bouterse fires on radio station building.
1981 Spain becomes a member of the NATO
1975 Archbishop Makarios returns Cyprus
1973 Orioles sell pitcher Eddie Watt to the Phillies
1972 Apollo 17 (US), final manned lunar landing mission (last of Apollo Moon series), is launched.
1971 Wild andWonderful opens / closes at Lyceum Theater, New York City
1970 Taizan Maezumi Roshi, head of LA Zen Center, receives dharma
1968 M Dodd returns a library books his Great grandfather took out in 1923
1967 How Now, Dow Jones opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 220 performances
1963 Ian Meckiff no-balled for throwing against the South Africans
1962 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
1960 Ivory Coast claims independence from France
1959 Saratoga opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 80 performances
1957 Tony Kubek of the New York Yankees selected as American League Rookie of the Year.
1954 KCTS TV channel 9 in Seattle, WA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1953 WCCB TV channel 18 in Charlotte, NC (IND / ABC) begins broadcasting
1952 KKTV TV channel 11 in Colorado Spgs-Pueblo, CO (CBS) 1st broadcast
1949 15th Heisman Trophy Award: Leon Hart, Notre Dame (E).
1946 A fire at the Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia kills 119 people, the deadliest hotel fire in U.S. history.
1945 Microwave oven patented.
1944 Convention on International Civil Aviation drawn up in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
1943 Cairo: President Roosevelt travels back to the US
1942 WWII: British commandos conduct Operation Frankton, a raid on shipping in Bordeaux harbour.
1941 Australian bombers land on Timor / Ambon
1938 W9XZY broadcasts facsimile of the Saint Louis Post-Dispatch by radio.
1937 Russian chess player Aljechin recaptures world title from Max Euwe.
1936 Australian cricketer Jack Fingleton becomes the first player to score centuries in four consecutive Test innings.
1934 Wiley Post discovers the jet stream.
1932 First gyro-stabilized vessel to cross the Atlantic arrives in New York, USA.
1930 13th PGA Championship: Tommy Armour at Fresh Meadows CC Flushing.
1929 Leo Diegel wins PGA golf tournament.
1926 Gas refrigerator patented.
1925 Biltmore Theater opens at 261 W 47th St, New York City
1924 German election (Social Democrats win, National Socialists and Communists lose).
1921 KWG-AM in Stockton CA begins radio transmissions
1920 New South Wales make 802 against South Australia, then Mailey takes 8-81.
1917 US becomes 13th country to declare war on Austria during World War I.
1916 David Lloyd George replaces resigning H H Asquith as British Prime Minister.
1912 Bust of Queen Nefertete found in El-Amarna, Egypt.
1911 National Hockey Association forms with New Westminister, Vancouver and Victoria.
1909 Leo Baekeland, Yonkers New York, patents first thermosetting plastic (Bakelite).
1907 In Bellefontaine, Ohio, USA, a falling meteorite starts a fire, destroying a house.
1900 Max Planck, in his house at Grunewald, on the outskirts of Berlin, discovers the law of black body emission.
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