December 7th, 1942

Born on December 7th, 1942

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What happened on December 7th, 1942?

December 7th, 1942

World War II: British commandos conduct Operation Frankton, a raid on shipping in Bordeaux harbour.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Frankton

December 7th, 1942

Second World War: A small unit of Royal Marines launched Operation Frankton, in which they damaged six ships in the port of Bordeaux in German-occupied France.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II

What else happened on December 7th?

December 7th, 2015

The JAXA space probe Akatsuki (illustration shown) entered into orbit around Venus to study the planet's atmosphere, five years after its first attempt failed.

December 7th, 2007

A crane barge that had broken free from a tugboat crashed into an oil tanker near Daesan, South Korea, causing the country's worst-ever oil spill.

December 7th, 2005

Spanish authorities captured Croatian Army general Ante Gotovina, who was wanted for war crimes committed during the Croatian War of Independence; he was eventually cleared of all charges.

December 7th, 1995

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

December 7th, 1993

A passenger murdered six people and injured nineteen others on the Long Island Rail Road in Garden City, New York.

December 7th, 1975

The Indonesian military invaded East Timor under the pretext of anti-colonialism, beginning an occupation.

December 7th, 1972

Construction workers found the remains of Martin Bormann and Ludwig Stumpfegger near Lehrter Station in Berlin, ending a decades-long search after Bormann's conviction in absentia at the Nuremberg trials.

December 7th, 1936

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

December 7th, 1869

American outlaw Jesse James committed his first confirmed bank robbery in Gallatin, Missouri.

December 7th, 1862

American Civil War: The Battle of Prairie Grove ended a Confederate attempt to regain control of northwestern Arkansas.

December 7th, 1837

British troops swiftly defeated rebels led by William Lyon Mackenzie and Anthony Van Egmond at the Battle of Montgomery's Tavern, the only major confrontation of the Upper Canada Rebellion.

December 7th, 0574

Suffering from mental illness, Eastern Roman emperor Justin II had his general Tiberius proclaimed Caesar, adopting him as his own son.

January 1st, 1970

Cicero, widely considered one of ancient Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists, was killed after having been proscribed as an enemy of the state.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 7th

Born on December 7th, 1942

38

Harry Chapin

American singer-songwriter (1942–1981)

*December 7th, 1942, Brooklyn †July 16th, 1981, New York City

81

Elena Highton de Nolasco

Argentine judge

*December 7th, 1942, Lomas de Zamora

78

Gogó Rojo

Argentine vedette (1942-2021)

*December 7th, 1942, Santiago del Estero †July 26th, 2021, Buenos Aires

72

Alex Johnson

American baseball player

*December 7th, 1942, Helena †February 28th, 2015, Detroit

61

Jonathan Kramer

American composer

*December 7th, 1942, Hartford †June 3rd, 2004

81

Melba Pattillo Beals

American journalist

*December 7th, 1942, Little Rock

81

Rudy Márquez

Venezuelan singer, composer and musician

*December 7th, 1942, Caracas

50

Reginald Lewis

American businessman (1942–1993)

*December 7th, 1942, Baltimore †January 19th, 1993, New York City

63

Peter Tomarken

American television personality (1942–2006)

*December 7th, 1942, Olean †March 13th, 2006, Santa Monica

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Who's birthday is on December 7th?

95

Noam Chomsky

American linguist and activist (born 1928)

*December 7th, 1928, East Oak Lane

74

Kurt Helmudt

Danish rower

*December 7th, 1943, Copenhagen †September 7th, 2018

91

Ellen Burstyn

American actress

*December 7th, 1932, Detroit

65

Tim Butler

English songwriter and musician

*December 7th, 1958, Teddington

112

Edelgard Huber von Gersdorff

German supercentenarian

*December 7th, 1905, Gera †April 9th, 2018, Karlsruhe

75

Gary Morris

American singer

*December 7th, 1948, Fort Worth

22

Quevedo

Spanish rapper, singer and songwriter

*December 7th, 2001, Canary Islands

88

Jean-Claude Casadesus

French conductor

*December 7th, 1935, 9th arrondissement of Paris

58

Jeffrey Wright

American actor (born 1965)

*December 7th, 1965, Washington, D.C.

59

Ilse Aigner

German politician (CSU)

*December 7th, 1964, Feldkirchen-Westerham

86

Hans-Peter Lanig

German alpine skier

*December 7th, 1935, Bad Hindelang †January 28th, 2022, Bad Hindelang

59

Patrick Fabian

American actor

*December 7th, 1964, Pittsburgh

31

Sfera Ebbasta

Italian singer and rapper (1992-)

*December 7th, 1992, Sesto San Giovanni

44

Sara Bareilles

American recording artist; pop rock singer-songwriter and pianist

*December 7th, 1979, Eureka

78

Jose Gonzales-Gonzales

American actor

*December 7th, 1922, Aguilares †December 15th, 2000, Centinela Freeman Regional Medical Center, Marina Campus

74

Tom Waits

American singer-songwriter and actor (born 1949)

*December 7th, 1949, Pomona

98

Eli Wallach

American actor (1915–2014)

*December 7th, 1915, Brooklyn †June 24th, 2014, New York City

80

Nick Katz

American mathematician

*December 7th, 1943, Baltimore

67

Larry Bird

American basketball player and coach (born 1956)

*December 7th, 1956, West Baden Springs

55

Landry Chauvin

French association football manager (born 1968)

*December 7th, 1968, Château-Gontier

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Born in 1942

81

Joe Biden

President of the United States since 2021

*November 20th, 1942, Scranton

77

Terry Jones

Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian and writer (1942–2020)

*February 1st, 1942, Colwyn Bay †January 21st, 2020, North London

81

Dietrich Hollinderbäumer

German-Swedish actor

*August 16th, 1942, Essen

76

Stephen Hawking

British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)

*January 8th, 1942, Oxford †March 14th, 2018, Cambridge

81

Katherine Justice

American actress

*October 28th, 1942, Sacramento

81

Wolfgang Schäuble

German politician and statesman (1942–2023)

*September 18th, 1942, Freiburg im Breisgau †December 26th, 2023, Offenburg

81

Richard Stoltzman

American musician

*July 12th, 1942, Omaha

81

Amitabh Bachchan

Indian film actor (born 1942)

*October 11th, 1942, Prayagraj

82

John Cale

Welsh composer, singer-songwriter and record producer

*March 9th, 1942, Garnant

81

Paul McCartney

English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)

*June 18th, 1942, Liverpool

74

Daliah Lavi

Israeli actress, singer and model (1942-2017)

*October 12th, 1942, Shavei Tzion †May 3rd, 2017, Asheville

74

Muhammad Ali

American boxer, philanthropist, and activist (1942–2016)

*January 17th, 1942, Louisville †June 3rd, 2016, Scottsdale

82

Per A. Anonsen

Norwegian actor, film editor, screenwriter and film producer

*January 8th, 1942, Oslo

81

Søren Steen

Danish actor

*August 22nd, 1942, Denmark

69

Muammar Gaddafi

Libyan dictator, politician and political theorist (1942–2011)

*June 7th, 1942, Qasr Abu Hadi †October 20th, 2011, Sirte

82

Michel Mayor

Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics

*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

76

Aretha Franklin

American singer, songwriter, and pianist (1942–2018)

*March 25th, 1942, Memphis †August 16th, 2018, Detroit

82

Jun'ichirō Koizumi

Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006

*January 8th, 1942, Yokosuka

81

Raman Ghosh

Badminton player

*August 15th, 1942, Bareilly

81

Hu Jintao

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 2002 to 2012

*December 21st, 1942, Jiangyan District

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No: With 365 days 1942 is a normal year and no leap year.

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