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December 7 is the 341st day of the year (342nd in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . 24 days remain until the end of the year.
Events [ ] 43 BC – Marcus Tullius Cicero is assassinated in Formia .574 – Byzantine Emperor Justin II , suffering recurring seizures of insanity, adopts his general Tiberius and proclaims him as Caesar [1] 1703 – The Great Storm of 1703 , the greatest windstorm ever recorded in the southern part of Great Britain, makes landfall. Winds gust up to 120 mph, and 9,000 people die.1724 – Tumult of Thorn : Religious unrest is followed by the execution of nine Protestant citizens and the mayor of Thorn (Toruń) by Polish authorities.1732 – The Royal Opera House opens at Covent Garden , London, England.1776 – Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette , arranges to enter the American military as a major general.1787 – Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the United States Constitution .1837 – The Battle of Montgomery's Tavern , the only battle of the Upper Canada Rebellion , takes place in Toronto , where the rebels are quickly defeated.[2] 1842 – First concert of the New York Philharmonic , founded by Ureli Corelli Hill .1869 – American outlaw Jesse James commits his first confirmed bank robbery in Gallatin, Missouri .1904 – Comparative fuel trials begin between warships HMS Spiteful and HMS Peterel : Spiteful was the first warship powered solely by fuel oil , and the trials led to the obsolescence of coal in ships of the Royal Navy .1917 – World War I : The United States declares war on Austria-Hungary .1922 – The Parliament of Northern Ireland votes to remain a part of the United Kingdom and not unify with Southern Ireland .1930 – W1XAV in Boston, Massachusetts telecasts video from the CBS radio orchestra program, The Fox Trappers . The telecast also includes the first television commercial in the United States, an advertisement for I.J. Fox Furriers, who sponsored the 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 centuries in four consecutive Test innings.1941 – 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 .)1942 – World War II: British commandos conduct Operation Frankton , a raid on shipping in Bordeaux harbour.1946 – A fire at the Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia kills 119 people, the deadliest hotel fire in U.S. history.1949 – Chinese Civil War : The Government of the Republic of China moves from Nanking to Taipei , Taiwan .1962 – Prince Rainier III of Monaco revises the principality 's constitution , devolving some of his power to advisory and legislative councils.1963 – Instant replay makes its debut during the Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , United States.1965 – Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I simultaneously revoke mutual excommunications that had been in place since 1054 .1971 – The Battle of Sylhet is fought between the Pakistani military and the Mukti Bahini .[3] 1971 – 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.
1972 – Apollo 17 Apollo moon mission , is launched.[4] The Blue Marble [5] 1982 – In Texas , Charles Brooks, Jr. , becomes the first person to be executed by lethal injection in the United States.1983 – An Iberia Airlines Boeing 727 collides with an Aviaco DC-9 in dense fog while the two airliners are taxiing down the runway at Madrid–Barajas Airport , killing 93 people.1987 – Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771 , a British Aerospace 146-200A , crashes near Paso Robles, California , killing all 43 on board, after a disgruntled passenger shoots his ex-boss traveling on the flight, then shoots both pilots and steers the plane into the ground.1988 – The 6.8 Template:M Armenian earthquake shakes the northern part of the country with a maximum MSK intensity of X (Devastating ), killing 25,000–50,000 and injuring 31,000–130,000.1993 – Long Island Rail Road shooting : Passenger Colin Ferguson murders six people and injures 19 others on the LIRR in Nassau County, New York .1995 – The Galileo spacecraftJupiter , 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 registered, following the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada .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 .2015 – The 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 , operated by ATR-42-500 crashes near Havelian , killing all 47 on board.2017 – The Marriage Amendment Bill to legally recognize same-sex marriages is passed in Australia 's parliament.Births [ ] 521 – Columba , Irish missionary, monk, and saint (d. 597)903 – Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi , Persian astronomer and author (d. 986)967 – Abū-Sa'īd Abul-Khayr , Persian Sufi poet (d. 1049)1302 – Azzone Visconti , Italian nobleman (d. 1339)1532 – Louis I , German nobleman and politician (d. 1605)1545 – Henry Stuart , English-Scottish husband of Mary, Queen of Scots (d. 1567)1561 – Kikkawa Hiroie , Japanese daimyō (d. 1625)1595 – Injo of Joseon , Korean king (d. 1649)1598 – Gian Lorenzo Bernini , Italian sculptor and painter (d. 1680)1643 – Giovanni Battista Falda , Italian architect and engraver (d. 1678)1637 – Bernardo Pasquini , Italian organist and composer (d. 1710)1764 – Claude Victor-Perrin , French general and politician (d. 1841)1784 – Allan Cunningham , Scottish author and poet (d. 1842)1791 – Ferenc Novák , Hungarian-Slovene priest and poet (d. 1836)1792 – Abraham Jacob van der Aa , Dutch author and academic (d. 1857)1801 – Johann Nestroy , Austrian actor and playwright (d. 1862)1810 – Josef Hyrtl , Hungarian-Austrian anatomist and biologist (d. 1894)1810 – Theodor Schwann , German physiologist and biologist (d. 1882)
1823 – Leopold Kronecker , Polish-German mathematician and academic (d. 1891)1838 – Thomas Bent , Australian businessman and politician, 22nd Premier of Victoria (d. 1909)1860 – Joseph Cook , English-born Australian politician, 6th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1947)1861 – Henri Mathias Berthelot , French general during World War I (d. 1931)1862 – Paul Adam , French author (d. 1920)1863 – Felix Calonder , Swiss soldier and politician, 36th President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 1952)1863 – Pietro Mascagni , Italian composer and conductor (d. 1945)
1863 – Richard Warren Sears , American businessman, co-founded Sears (d. 1914)
1869 – Frank Laver , Australian cricketer (d. 1919)1873 – Willa Cather , American novelist, short story writer, and poet (d. 1947)1878 – Akiko Yosano , Japanese author, poet, pioneering feminist, pacifist, and social reformer (d. 1942)1879 – Rudolf Friml , Czech-American pianist, composer, and academic (d. 1972)1884 – John Carpenter , American sprinter (d. 1933)1885 – Mason Phelps , American golfer (d. 1945)1885 – Peter Sturholdt , American boxer and painter (d. 1919)
1887 – Ernst Toch , Austrian-American composer and songwriter (d. 1964)1888 – Joyce Cary , Irish novelist (d. 1957)[6] 1888 – Hamilton Fish III , American captain and politician (d. 1991)
1892 – Stuart Davis , American painter and academic (d. 1964)1893 – Fay Bainter , American actress (d. 1968)1893 – Hermann Balck , German general (d. 1982)
1894 – Freddie Adkins , English author and illustrator (d. 1986)1900 – Kateryna Vasylivna Bilokur , Ukrainian folk artist (d. 1961)1902 – Hilda Taba , Estonian architect, author, and educator (d. 1967)1903 – Danilo Blanuša , Croatian mathematician, physicist, and academic (d. 1987)1904 – Clarence Nash , American voice actor and singer (d. 1985)1905 – Gerard Kuiper , Dutch-American astronomer and academic (d. 1973)1907 – Fred Rose , Polish-Canadian politician and spy (d. 1983)1909 – Nikola Vaptsarov , Bulgarian poet and author (d. 1942)1910 – Duncan McNaughton , Canadian high jumper and geologist (d. 1998)1910 – Louis Prima , American singer-songwriter, trumpet player, and actor (d. 1978)
1912 – Daniel Jones , Welsh captain and composer (d. 1993)1913 – Kersti Merilaas , Estonian author and poet (d. 1986)1915 – Leigh Brackett , American author and screenwriter (d. 1978)1915 – Eli Wallach , American actor (d. 2014)
1920 – Tatamkhulu Afrika , South African poet and author (d. 2002)1920 – Fiorenzo Magni , Italian cyclist (d. 2012)
1920 – Walter Nowotny , Austrian-German soldier and pilot (d. 1944)
1921 – Pramukh Swami Maharaj , Indian guru and scholar (d. 2016)1923 – Intizar Hussain , Indian-Pakistani author and scholar (d. 2016)1923 – Ted Knight , American actor and comedian (d. 1986)
1924 – John Love , Zimbabwean race car driver (d. 2005)1924 – Mary Ellen Estill . American mathematician (d. 2013)[7]
1924 – Mário Soares , Portuguese historian, lawyer, and politician, 17th President of Portugal (d. 2017)
1924 – Bent Fabric , Danish pianist and composer (d. 2020)
1925 – Hermano da Silva Ramos , French-Brazilian race car driver1926 – William John McNaughton , American bishop1927 – Jack S. Blanton , American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2013)1927 – Helen Watts , Welsh opera singer (d. 2009)
1928 – Noam Chomsky , American linguist and philosopher1928 – Mickey Thompson , American race car driver (d. 1988)
1930 – Christopher Nicole , Guyanese-English author1930 – Hal Smith , American baseball player (d. 2020)
1931 – Allan B. Calhamer , American game designer, created Diplomacy 1931 – Bobby Osborne , American bluegrass singer and musician
1932 – Ellen Burstyn , American actress1932 – Oktay Ekşi , Turkish journalist and politician
1932 – Rosemary Rogers , American journalist and author
1932 – J. B. Sumarlin , Indonesian economist and politician, 17th Indonesian Minister of Finance
1932 – Bobby Whitton , Australian rugby league player (d. 2008)
1933 – Krsto Papić , Croatian director and screenwriter (d. 2013)1935 – Armando Manzanero , Mexican musician, singer and composer1937 – Thad Cochran , American soldier, lawyer, and politician (d. 2019)1937 – Stan Boardman , English comedian
1940 – Gerry Cheevers , Canadian ice hockey player and coach1941 – Melba Pattillo Beals , American journalist and activist1942 – Harry Chapin , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1981)1942 – Alex Johnson , American baseball player (d. 2015)
1942 – Peter Tomarken , American game show host and producer (d. 2006)
1943 – Susan Isaacs , American author and screenwriter1943 – Nick Katz , American mathematician and academic
1943 – Bernard C. Parks , American police officer and politician
1943 – John Bennett Ramsey , American businessman and pilot
1944 – Daniel Chorzempa , American organist and composer1944 – Miroslav Macek , Czech dentist and politician
1947 – Johnny Bench , American baseball player and sportscaster1947 – Anne Fine , English author
1947 – James Keach , American actor, producer, and director
1947 – Garry Unger , Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1948 – Gary Morris , American country singer-songwriter and actor1948 – Tony Thomas , American screenwriter and producer
1949 – James Rivière , Italian sculptor and jeweler1949 – Tom Waits , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1950 – Ron Hynes , Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2015)1952 – Susan Collins , American politician, senior senator of Maine1952 – Eckhard Märzke , German footballer and manager
1954 – Mary Fallin , American businesswoman and politician, 27th Governor of Oklahoma 1955 – John Watkins , Australian educator and politician, 14th Deputy Premier of New South Wales
1956 – Larry Bird , American basketball player and coach1956 – Anna Soubry , British politician
1957 – Geoff Lawson , Australian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster1957 – Tom Winsor , English lawyer and civil servant
1957 – Tijjani Muhammad-Bande , Nigerian career-diplomat, President of the United Nations General Assembly (2019)1958 – Tim Butler , English bass player and songwriter1958 – Rick Rude , American wrestler and sportscaster (d. 1999)
1959 – Saleem Yousuf , Pakistani cricketer1960 – Craig Scanlon , English guitarist and songwriter1962 – Alain Blondel , French decathlete1962 – Jeffrey Donaldson , Northern Irish politician
1962 – Imad Mughniyah , Lebanese activist (d. 2008)
1963 – Theo Snelders , Dutch footballer and coach1963 – Katsuya Terada , Japanese illustrator
1963 – Barbara Weathers , American R&B/soul singer
1964 – Hugo Blick , English filmmaker1964 – Patrick Fabian , American actor
1964 – Peter Laviolette , American ice hockey player and coach
1965 – Deborah Bassett , Australian rower[8] 1965 – Colin Hendry , Scottish footballer and manager
1965 – Jeffrey Wright , American actor
1966 – C. Thomas Howell , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter1966 – Shinichi Ito , Japanese motorcycle racer
1966 – Kazue Itoh , Japanese actress
1966 – Andres Kasekamp , Canadian-Estonian historian and academic
1966 – Louise Post , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1967 – Mark Geyer , Australian rugby league player and sportscaster1967 – Tino Martinez , American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster
1967 – Nina Turner , American politician
1971 – Vladimir Akopian , Azerbaijani-Armenian chess player1972 – Hermann Maier , Austrian skier1972 – Tammy Lynn Sytch , American wrestler and manager
1973 – İbrahim Kutluay , Turkish basketball player1973 – Hack Meyers , American wrestler and trainer (d. 2015)
1973 – Terrell Owens , American football player and actor
1973 – Fabien Pelous , French rugby player and coach
1973 – Damien Rice , Irish singer-songwriter, musician and record producer
1974 – Nicole Appleton , Canadian singer and actress1974 – Manuel Martínez Gutiérrez , Spanish shot putter and actor
1975 – Jamie Clapham , English footballer and coach1976 – Alan Faneca , American football player1976 – Ivan Franceschini , Italian footballer
1976 – Georges Laraque , Canadian ice hockey player and politician
1976 – Derek Ramsay , Filipino-British actor, model and television personality
1976 – Sunny Sweeney , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1976 – Benoît Tréluyer , French race car driver
1977 – Eric Chavez , American baseball player and sportscaster1977 – Luke Donald , English golfer
1977 – Dominic Howard , English drummer and producer
1978 – Shiri Appleby , American actress, director, and producer1978 – Suzannah Lipscomb , English historian, academic and television presenter
1979 – Sara Bareilles , American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress1979 – Lampros Choutos , Greek-Italian footballer
1979 – Ayako Fujitani , Japanese actress and screenwriter
1980 – John Terry , English footballer1983 – Mike Mucitelli , American mixed martial artist1984 – Aaron Gray , American basketball player1984 – Robert Kubica , Polish race car driver
1984 – Milan Michálek , Czech ice hockey player
1984 – Luca Rigoni , Italian footballer
1985 – Jon Moxley , American wrestler1986 – Billy Horschel , American golfer1986 – Nita Strauss , American guitarist
1987 – Aaron Carter , American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor1988 – Nathan Adrian , American swimmer1988 – Angelina Gabueva , Russian tennis player
1988 – Emily Browning , Australian actress and singer
1989 – Kyle Hendricks , American baseball player1989 – Alessandro Marchi , Italian footballer
1989 – Nicholas Hoult , English actor
1990 – David Goffin , Belgian tennis player1990 – Aleksandr Menkov , Russian long jumper
1990 – Yasiel Puig , Cuban baseball player
1990 – Urszula Radwańska , Polish tennis player
1991 – Eugenio Pisani , Italian race car driver1993 – Rahama Sadau , Nigerian actress1994 – Yuzuru Hanyu , Japanese figure skater1997 – Abi Harrison , Scottish footballer[9] 1997 – Tommy Nelson , American actor
1998 – Tony Yike Yang , Canadian pianistDeaths [ ] 43 BC – Cicero , Roman philosopher, lawyer, and politician (b. 106 BC)283 – Eutychian , pope of the Catholic Church881 – Anspert , archbishop of Milan983 – Otto II , Holy Roman Emperor (b. 955)1254 – Innocent IV , pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1195)1279 – Bolesław V , High Duke of Poland (b. 1226)1295 – Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester , English officer (b. 1243)1383 – Wenceslaus I , duke of Luxembourg (b. 1337)1498 – Alexander Hegius von Heek , German poet (b. 1433)1562 – Adrian Willaert , Dutch-Italian composer and educator (b. 1490)1649 – Charles Garnier , French missionary and saint (b. 1606)1672 – Richard Bellingham , English-American lawyer and politician, 8th Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1592)1680 – Peter Lely , Dutch-English painter (b. 1618)1683 – Algernon Sidney , English philosopher and politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (b. 1623)1723 – Jan Santini Aichel , Czech architect, designed the Pilgrimage Church of Saint John of Nepomuk and Karlova Koruna Chateau (b. 1677)1725 – Florent Carton Dancourt , French actor and playwright (b. 1661)1772 – Martín Sarmiento , Spanish monk, scholar, and author (b. 1695)1775 – Charles Saunders , English admiral and politician (b. 1715)1793 – Joseph Bara , French soldier and drummer (b. 1779)1803 – Küçük Hüseyin Pasha , Turkish admiral and politician (b. 1757)1815 – Michel Ney , German-French general (b. 1769)1817 – William Bligh , English admiral and politician, 4th Governor of New South Wales (b. 1745)1837 – Robert Nicoll , Scottish poet (b.1814)1842 – Thomas Hamilton , Scottish philosopher and author (b. 1789)1874 – Constantin von Tischendorf , German theologian, scholar, and academic (b. 1815)1879 – Jón Sigurðsson , Icelandic scholar and politician, 1st Speaker of the Parliament of Iceland (b. 1811)1891 – Arthur Blyth , English-Australian politician, 9th Premier of South Australia (b. 1823)1894 – Ferdinand de Lesseps , French businessman and diplomat, co-developed the Suez Canal (b. 1805)1899 – Juan Luna , Filipino painter and sculptor (b. 1857)1902 – Thomas Nast , German-American cartoonist (b. 1840)1906 – Élie Ducommun , Swiss journalist and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1833)1913 – Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano , Italian cardinal (b. 1828)1917 – Ludwig Minkus , Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1826)1918 – Frank Wilson , English-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1859)1941 – Attack on Pearl Harbor :
Mervyn S. Bennion , American captain (b. 1887)Frederick Curtice Davis , American sailor (b. 1915)Julius Ellsberry , American sailor (b. 1921)John C. England , American sailor (b. 1920)Edwin J. Hill , American sailor (b. 1894)Ralph Hollis , American sailor (b. 1906)Herbert C. Jones , American sailor (b. 1918)Isaac C. Kidd , American admiral (b. 1884)Robert Lawrence Leopold , American sailor (b. 1916)Herbert Hugo Menges , American sailor (b. 1917)Thomas James Reeves , American sailor (b. 1895)Aloysius Schmitt , American priest and sailor (b. 1909)Robert R. Scott , American sailor (b. 1915)Peter Tomich , American sailor (b. 1893)Robert Uhlmann , American sailor (b. 1919)Franklin Van Valkenburgh , American captain (b. 1888)Eldon P. Wyman , American sailor (b. 1917)1947 – Tristan Bernard , French author and playwright (b. 1866)1947 – Nicholas Murray Butler , American philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
1949 – Rex Beach , American author, playwright, and water polo player (b. 1877)1956 – Huntley Gordon , Canadian-American actor (b. 1887)1956 – Reşat Nuri Güntekin , Turkish author and playwright (b. 1889)
1960 – Ioannis Demestichas , Greek admiral and politician (b. 1882)1962 – Kirsten Flagstad , Norwegian opera singer (b. 1895)1969 – Lefty O'Doul , American baseball player and manager (b. 1897)1969 – Eric Portman , English actor (b. 1903)
1970 – Rube Goldberg , American cartoonist, sculptor, and author (b. 1883)1975 – Thornton Wilder , American novelist and playwright (b. 1897)1975 – Hardie Albright , American actor (b. 1903)
1976 – Paul Bragg , American nutritionist (b. 1895)1977 – Paul Gibb , English cricketer and umpire (b. 1913)1977 – Peter Carl Goldmark , Hungarian-American engineer (b. 1906)
1977 – Georges Grignard , French race car driver (b. 1905)
1978 – Alexander Wetmore , American ornithologist and paleontologist (b. 1886)1979 – Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin , English-American astronomer and astrophysicist (b. 1900)1984 – LeeRoy Yarbrough , American race car driver (b. 1938)1985 – J. R. Eyerman , American photographer and journalist (b. 1906)1985 – Robert Graves , English poet, novelist, critic (b. 1895)
1985 – Potter Stewart , American soldier and jurist (b. 1915)
1989 – Haystacks Calhoun , American wrestler and actor (b. 1934)1989 – Hans Hartung , French-German painter (b. 1904)
1990 – Joan Bennett , American actress (b. 1910)1990 – Jean Paul Lemieux , Canadian painter and educator (b. 1904)
1992 – Richard J. Hughes , American politician, 45th Governor of New Jersey , and Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court (b. 1909)1993 – Abidin Dino , Turkish-French painter and illustrator (b. 1913)1993 – Félix Houphouët-Boigny , Ivoirian physician and politician, 1st President of Ivory Coast (b. 1905)
1995 – Kathleen Harrison , English actress (b. 1892)1997 – Billy Bremner , Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1942)1998 – John Addison , English-American composer and conductor (b. 1920)1998 – Martin Rodbell , American biochemist and endocrinologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1925)
2003 – Carl F. H. Henry American journalist and theologian (b. 1913)2003 – Azie Taylor Morton , American educator and politician, 36th Treasurer of the United States (b. 1933)
2004 – Frederick Fennell , American conductor and educator (b. 1914)2004 – Jerry Scoggins , American singer and guitarist (b. 1913)
2004 – Jay Van Andel , American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Amway (b. 1924)
2005 – Bud Carson , American football player and coach (b. 1931)2006 – Jeane Kirkpatrick , American academic and diplomat, 16th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (b. 1926)2008 – Herbert Hutner , American banker and lawyer (b. 1908)2010 – Elizabeth Edwards , American lawyer and author (b. 1949)2010 – Kari Tapio , Finnish singer (b. 1945)[10]
2011 – Harry Morgan , American actor (b. 1915)2012 – Roelof Kruisinga , Dutch physician and politician, Dutch Minister of Defence (b. 1922)2012 – Ralph Parr , American colonel and pilot (b. 1924)
2012 – Marty Reisman , American table tennis player and author (b. 1930)
2012 – Saul Steinberg , American businessman and financier (b. 1939)
2013 – Édouard Molinaro , French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1928)2013 – Chick Willis , American singer and guitarist (b. 1934)
2014 – Mark Lewis , American author and educator (b. 1954)2015 – Jesse C. Deen , American soldier and politician (b. 1922)2015 – Gerhard Lenski , American sociologist and academic (b. 1924)
2015 – Hyron Spinrad , American astronomer and academic (b. 1934)
2015 – Peter Westbury , English race car driver (b. 1938)
2016 – Junaid Jamshed , Pakistani recording artist, television personality, fashion designer, occasional actor, singer-songwriter and preacher. (b. 1964)2016 – Greg Lake , English musician (b. 1947)
2019 – Ron Saunders , English football player and manager (b.1932)[citation needed Holidays and observances [ ] Armed Forces Flag Day (India )Christian feast day :
Aemilianus (Greek Church )Ambrose Maria Giuseppa Rossello Sabinus of Spoleto December 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Eve of the Immaculate Conception -related observances:
Day of the Little Candles , begins after sunset (Colombia )Flag Base Day (Scientology )International Civil Aviation Day National Heroes Day (East Timor )National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day (United States )Spitak Remembrance Day (Armenia )References [ ]
↑ Template:Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire ↑ "Montgomery's Tavern National Historic Site of Canada" . Canada's Historic Places . Parks Canada . Retrieved 2018-11-20 .↑ Battle Of Sylhet. Defence India Archived August 10, 2007, at the Wayback Machine ↑ "Apollo 17 Launch Operations" . NASA. Retrieved November 16, 2011 .↑ Cosgrove, Ben (April 11, 2014). "Home, Sweet Home: In Praise of Apollo 17's 'Blue Marble' " . Time . Retrieved December 7, 2019 . ↑ Noble, Robert William (1973). Joyce Cary . Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd. p. 2. ISBN 978-0-05002-580-2 ↑ McCroskey Karr, Rosemary; Rezaie, Jaleh; Wilson, Joel E. (1987). "Mary Ellen Rudin". In Grinstein, Louise S.; Campbell, Paul J. (eds.). Women of Mathematics: a Biobibliographic Sourcebook . New York: Greenwood Press. p. 190. ISBN 978-0-3132-4849-8 ↑ "BASSETT" . worldrowing.com . Retrieved 26 May 2020 .↑ "21. Abi Harrison" . Bristol City . Retrieved 28 April 2020 .↑ Kotiranta, Pirkko: Ujosta pojasta kasvoi iskelmän pitkätyöläinen , Helsingin Sanomat
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