December 7th, 2024

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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, 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.

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.

December 7th, 2011

The United States transferred its last base in the Al Anbar Governorate to the Iraqi government, ending the Anbar campaign.

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

Birthdays and future age on December 7th, 2024

23

Quevedo

Spanish rapper, singer and songwriter

*December 7th, 2001, Canary Islands

96

Noam Chomsky

American linguist and activist (born 1928)

*December 7th, 1928, East Oak Lane

66

Tim Butler

English songwriter and musician

*December 7th, 1958, Teddington

92

Ellen Burstyn

American actress

*December 7th, 1932, Detroit

32

Sfera Ebbasta

Italian singer and rapper (1992-)

*December 7th, 1992, Sesto San Giovanni

59

Jeffrey Wright

American actor (born 1965)

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

60

Ilse Aigner

German politician

*December 7th, 1964, Feldkirchen-Westerham

45

Sara Bareilles

American recording artist; pop rock singer-songwriter and pianist

*December 7th, 1979, Eureka

60

Patrick Fabian

American actor

*December 7th, 1964, Pittsburgh

42

Jack Huston

British actor

*December 7th, 1982, King's Lynn

76

Gary Morris

American singer

*December 7th, 1948, Fort Worth

68

Larry Bird

American basketball player and coach (born 1956)

*December 7th, 1956, West Baden Springs

56

Landry Chauvin

French association football manager (born 1968)

*December 7th, 1968, Château-Gontier

52

Patrick Scheuß

German lawyer and judge at the Federal Court of Justice of Germany

*December 7th, 1972, Hilden

40

Robert Kubica

Polish rally and racing driver

*December 7th, 1984, Kraków

89

Jean-Claude Casadesus

French conductor

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

75

Tom Waits

American singer-songwriter and actor (born 1949)

*December 7th, 1949, Pomona

58

Patricia Kaas

French singer

*December 7th, 1966, Forbach

35

Nicholas Hoult

English actor (born 1989)

*December 7th, 1989, Wokingham

33

Łukasz Wiśniowski

Polish road cyclist

*December 7th, 1991, Ciechanów

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