Monday, December 7, 2020. 342nd day of the year. There are 24 days remaining until the end of the year.
? HISTORICAL EVENTS?
43 BC - Marcus Tullius Cicero is killed in Formia.
574 - The Byzantine emperor Justin II, suffering from recurring insanity, accepts his general Tiberius and declares him Caesar. [1]
1703 - The Great Storm of 1703, the largest hurricane recorded in the southern part of Great Britain. The wind was blowing at a speed of 120 miles per hour, killing 9000 people.
1724 - Thorn Tumult: Nine Protestant citizens and the mayor of Thorn (Torun) are executed by the Polish government after religious riots.
1732 - The Royal Opera House opens in Covent Garden, London, England.
1776 - Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, arranges for entry into the American Army as a major general.
1842 - First concert of the New York Philharmonic, founded by Ureli Corelli Hill.
1917 - World War I: The United States declares war on Austria-Hungary.
1930 - In Boston, Massachusetts, W1XAV broadcasts a video from The Cox Radio Orchestra's The Fox Trappers. Also on the show is Fox Furriers, the first television commercial in the United States to sponsor the IJ Radio show.
1932 - German-born Swiss physicist Albert Einstein is granted an American visa.
1936 - Australian cricketer Jack Fingleton becomes the first player to score in four consecutive trials over the centuries.
1941 - World War II: Attack on Pearl Harbor: The Japanese Imperial Fleet launches a surprise attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet and its defending army and Marine Air Force at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. (See December 8 for Japan's simultaneous attacks on Eastern Hemisphere targets.)
1942 - World War II: British commanders conduct Operation Frankton, a cargo raid on the port of Bordeaux.
1949 - Civil War in China: The government of the Republic of China moves from Nanking to Taiwan, Taiwan.
1962 - Prince Rayner III of Monaco revises the constitution of the principality, delegating some of its powers to advisory and legislative councils.
1963 - A rapid replay is shown for the first time at a Navy football game in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
1965 - Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I simultaneously repeal reciprocal withdrawals that have been in place since 1054.
1971 - A battle takes place between the Pakistani military and Mukti Bahini. [3]
1971 - Pakistan's President Yahya Khan announces the formation of a coalition government with Prime Minister Nurul Amin and Deputy Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.
1993 - A shooting on Long Island Railway: passenger Colin Ferguson kills six and injures 19 at a LIRR in New York's Nassau County.
2003 - The Canadian Conservative Party is officially registered after the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.
2005 - A passenger on American Airlines Flight 924, Rigoberto Alpizar, who claims to have a bomb, is shot dead by a group of U.S. federal air marshals at Miami International Airport.
2015 - JAXA probe Akatsuki successfully enters orbit around Venus five years after the first attempt.
2016 - Pakistan International Airlines Flight 661, a domestic passenger flight from Chitral to Islamabad, crashes an ATR-42-500 near KHAVLIAN, killing 47 people on board.
2017 - A bill to amend the Marriage Act to legalize same-sex marriage is passed by the Australian Parliament.
? BORN?
521 - Columbus, Irish missionary, monk and saint (died 597).
903 - Abd-Rahman al-Sufi, Persian astronomer and author (died 986).
967 - Abu Sa'd Abul-Khair, Persian Sufi poet (died 1049).
1598 - Jean Lorenzo Bernini, Italian sculptor and painter (died 1680)
1643 - Giovanni Battista Falda, Italian architect and sculptor (died 1678).
1637 - Bernardo Pasquini, Italian organist and composer (died 1710).
1764 - Claude Victor-Perrin, French general and politician (died 1841).
1784 - Allan Cunningham, Scottish author and poet (died 1842).
1791 - Ferenc Novak, Hungarian-Slovenian priest and poet (died 1836).
1792 - Abraham Jacob van der Aa, Dutch author and academician (died 1857)
1801 - Johann Nestroy, Austrian actor and playwright (died 1862)
1810 - Joseph Hirtl, Hungarian-Austrian anatomist and biologist (died 1894)
1810 - Theodor Schwann, German physiologist and biologist (died 1882).
1823 - Leopold Kroneker, Polish German mathematician and academician (died 1891).
1838 - Thomas Bent, Australian businessman and politician, becomes the 22nd Prime Minister of Victoria (died 1909).
1873 - Will Kather, American writer, short story writer and poet (died 1947).
1878 - Akiko Yosano, Japanese author, poet, pioneering feminist, pacifist, and social reformer (died 1942).
1885 - Peter Sturholdt, American boxer and painter (died 1919)
1910 - Duncan McNauton, Canadian high jumper and geologist (died 1998)
1910 - Louis Prima, American songwriter, trumpet player and actor (died 1978)
1912 - Daniel Jones, captain and composer of Wales (died 1993)
1913 - Kersti Merilaas, Estonian writer and poet (died 1986).
1920 - Tatamhulu Africa, South African poet and author (died 2002).
1928 - Mickey Thompson, American racing driver (died 1988)
1932 - Rosemary Rogers, American journalist and author
1932 - Bobby Whitton, Australian rugby league player (died 2008)
1933 - Krsto Papic, Croatian director and screenwriter (died 2013).
1935 - Armando Manzanero, Mexican musician, singer and songwriter
1937 - Thad Cochran, American soldier, lawyer and politician (died 2019).
1941 - Melba Pattillo Beals, American journalist and activist
1944 - Daniel Chorzempa, American organist and composer
1947 - Johnny Bench, American baseball player and master of sports
1947 - Anne Fine, English author
1947 - James Small, American actor, producer and director
1947 - Harry Unger, Canadian hockey player and master of sports
1957 - Geoff Lawson, Australian cricketer, coach and master of sports
1957 - Tom Vinsor, English lawyer and civil servant
1957 - Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, Nigerian diplomat, President of the United Nations General Assembly (2019)
1958 - Tim Butler, English bass player and songwriter
1958 - Rick Rude, American wrestler and master of sports (died 1999)
1964 - Peter Laviolette, American hockey player and coach
1966 - C. Thomas Howell, American actor, director, producer and screenwriter
1966 - Louise Post, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1967 - Mark Geyer, Australian rugby league player and master of sports
1971 - Vladimir Akopian, Azerbaijani-Armenian chess player
1972 - Tammy Lynn Sytch, American wrestler and manager
1973 - Terrell Owens, American football player and actor
1973 - Fabien Pelous, French rugby player and coach
1974 - Manuel Martines Gutieres, Spanish shooting actor and actor
1976 - George Laraque, Canadian hockey player and politician
1976 - Derek Ramsay, Filipino-British actor, model and television personality
1977 - Eric Chavez, American baseball player and master of sports
1977 - Dominic Howard, English drummer and producer
1978 - Shiri Appleby, American actress, director and producer
1978 - Suzanne Lipscomb, English historian, academic and television presenter
1979 - Sarah Bareilles, American songwriter, pianist and actress
1979 - Lampros Choutos, Greek-Italian footballer
1979 - Ayako Fujitani, Japanese actress and screenwriter
1980 - John Terry, English footballer
1983 - Mike Mukitelli, American mixed martial arts master
1984 - Aaron Gray, American basketball player
1987 - Aaron Carter, American songwriter, dancer and actor
1988 - Nathan Adrian, American swimmer
1988 - Angelina Gabueva, Russian tennis player
1988 - Emily Brown, Australian actress and singer
1989 - Kyle Hendrix, American baseball player
1989 - Alessandro Marchi, Italian footballer
1989 - Nicholas Hult, English actor
1990 - David Goffin, Belgian tennis player
1990 - Alexander Menkov, Russian long jumper
1990 - Jasiel Puig, Cuban baseball player
1990 - Urszula Radwanska, Polish tennis player
1991 - Evgenio Pisani, Italian racing driver
1993 - Rahama Sadau, Nigerian actress
◾THE DEAD◾
43 BC - Cicero, Roman philosopher, lawyer and politician (born 106 BC)
1254 - Masum IV, Pope of the Catholic Church (born 1195)
1295 - Gilbert de Clar, 7th Count of Gloester, English officer (born 1243).
1498 - Alexander Hegius von Hick, German poet (born 1433)
1562 - Adrian Williert, Dutch-Italian composer and teacher (born 1490).
1649 - Charles Garnier, French missionary and saint (born 1606).
1672 - Richard Bellingham, Anglo-American lawyer and politician, 8th governor of a colony in the Gulf of Massachusetts (born 1592).
1723 - Jan Santini Aixel, Czech architect, St. John of Nepomuk and Karlova Koruna Chato (born 1677)
1725 - Florent Carton Dancourt, French actor and playwright (born 1661).
1772 - Martin Sarmiento, Spanish monk, scientist and author (born 1695)
1775 - Charles Saunders, English admiral and politician (born 1715).
1817 - William Bligh, English admiral and politician, 4th Governor of New South Wales (born 1745).
1879 - John Sigurdsson, Icelandic scientist and politician, 1st Speaker of the Icelandic Parliament (born 1811).
1891 - Arthur Blyt, Anglo-Australian politician, 9th Prime Minister of South Australia (born 1823).
1894 - Ferdinand de Lesseps, a French businessman and diplomat, co-develops the Suez Canal (born 1805).
1899 - Juan Luna, Filipino painter and sculptor (born 1857)
1902 - Thomas Nast, German-American cartoonist (born 1840)
1906 - Elie Duke, Swiss journalist and teacher, Nobel Laureate (born 1833).
1913 - Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano, Italian cardinal (born 1828)
1917 - Ludwig Minkus, Austrian violinist and composer (born 1826)
1918 - Frank Wilson, Anglo-Australian politician, 9th Prime Minister of Western Australia (born 1859).
1941 - Attack on Pearl Harbor:
Mervin S. Bennion, American captain (born 1887).
Frederick Curtis Davis, American sailor (born 1915).
Julius Ellsbury, American sailor (born 1921).
John C. English, American sailor (born 1920)
Edwin J. Hill, American sailor (born 1894).
Ralph Hollis, American sailor (born 1906).
Herbert C. Jones, American sailor (born 1918)
Isaac C. Kidd, American Admiral (born 1884)
Robert Lawrence Leopold, American sailor (born 1916).
Herbert Hugo Menges, American sailor (born 1917).
Thomas James Reeves, American sailor (born 1895).
Aloysius Schmitt, American priest and sailor (born 1909).
Robert R. Scott, American sailor (born 1915)
Peter Tomich, American sailor (born 1893).
Robert Ulmann, American sailor (born 1919)
Franklin Van Valkenburg, American captain (born 1888).
Eldon P. Weiman, American sailor (born 1917).
1947 - Tristan Bernard, French writer and playwright (born 1866)
1947 - Nicholas Murray Butler, American philosopher and academic, Nobel Laureate (born 1862)
1949 - Rex Beach, American writer, playwright and water polo player (born 1877)
1956 - Huntley Gordon, Canadian-American actor (born 1887)
1956 - Reshat Nuri Güntekin, Turkish writer and playwright (born 1889)
1960 - Ioannis Demestichas, Greek admiral and politician (born 1882).
1962 - Kirsten Flagstad, Norwegian opera singer (born 1895)
1969 - Lefty O'Dul, American baseball player and manager (born 1897)
1969 - Eric Portman, English actor (born 1903)
1970 - Rube Goldberg, American cartoonist, sculptor and author (born 1883).
1975 - Thornton Wilder, American writer and playwright (born 1897)
1975 - Hardy Albright, American actor (born 1903)
1976 - Paul Bragg, American nutritionist (born 1895)
1977 - Paul Gibb, English cricketer and referee (born 1913)
1977 - Peter Karl Goldmark, Hungarian-American engineer (born 1906)
1977 - George Grignard, French racing driver (born 1905)
1978 - Alexander Vetmore, American ornithologist and paleontologist (born 1886)
1979 - Cecilia Payne-Gaposhkin, Anglo-American astronomer and astrophysicist (born 1900).
1984 - LiRoy Yarbro, American racing driver (1938 T.).
1985 - JR Eyerman, American photographer and journalist (born 1906).
1985 - Robert Graves, English poet, writer, critic (born 1895)
1985 - Potter Stewart, American soldier and lawyer (born 1915)
1989 - Haystaks Calhoun, American wrestler and actor (born 1934)
1989 - Hans Hartung, French-German painter (born 1904)
1990 - Joan Bennett, American actress (born 1910)
1990 - Jean Paul Lemie, Canadian painter and teacher (born 1904).
1992 - Richard J. Hughes, American politician, 45th Governor of New Jersey and Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court (born 1909).
1993 - Abidin Dino, Turkish-French painter and painter (born 1913)
1993 - Felix Houphouet-Boigny, ivory physician and politician, 1st president of the Ivory Coast (born 1905).
1998 - John Addison, Anglo-American composer and conductor (born 1920)
1998 - Martin Rodbell, American biochemist and endocrinologist, Nobel Laureate (born 1925).
2003 - Carl F. Henry, American journalist and theologian (born 1913)
2003 - Azi Taylor Morton, American teacher and politician, 36th Treasurer of the United States (born 1933).
2004 - Frederick Fennell, American conductor and teacher (born 1914)
2004 - Jerry Skoggins, American singer and guitarist (born 1913).
2005 - Bud Carson, American footballer and coach (born 1931)
2006 - Jane Kirkpatrick, American academic and diplomat, 16th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (born 1926)
2008 - Herbert Hutner, American banker and lawyer (born 1908)
2010 - Elizabeth Edwards, American lawyer and author (born 1949).
2010 - Kari Tapio, Finnish singer (born 1945)
2011 - Harry Morgan, American actor (born 1915).
2012 - Roelof Kruisinga, Dutch physician and politician, Dutch Minister of Defense (born 1922).
2012 - Ralph Parr, American colonel and pilot (born 1924).
2012 - Marty Reisman, American table tennis player and author (born 1930).
2012 - Saul Steinberg, American businessman and financier (born 1939).
2013 - Edouard Molinaro, French actor, director, producer and screenwriter (born 1928).
2013 - Chick Willis, American singer and guitarist (born 1934).
2014 - Mark Lewis, American writer and teacher (born 1954).
2019 - Ron Saunders, English footballer and manager (1932)
? HOLIDAYS?
● Armed Forces Flag Day (India)
● Christian holiday:
• Aemilianus (Greek Church)
• Ambrose
• Maria Giuseppe Rossello
• Spoleto's Sabinusi
• December 7 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgy)
● Rituals on the eve of the Immaculate Conception:
● Little Candle Day begins after sunset (Colombia)
● Flag Base Day (Scientology)
● International Civil Aviation Day
● National Heroes Day (East Timor)
● National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day (United States)
