December 7 in History
What happened on December 7 in history?
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on december 7 in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened on december 7 in history.
?>2003
A tornado in Kensal Green, North West London, damages about 150 properties.
1999
The Recording Industry Association of America files a copyright infringement suit against the file-sharing website Napster.
1995
Galileo spacecraft arrives at Jupiter after a 6-year journey.
1988
An earthquake in Armenia kills an estimated 100,000 people.
1988
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat recognizes Israel’s right to exist.
1981
The Reagan Administration predicts a record deficit in 1982 of $109 billion.
1972
The crew of Apollo 17, the last manned mission to the moon, lifts off at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
1970
Poland and West Germany sign a pact renouncing the use of force to settle disputes, recognizing the Oder-Neisse River as Poland’s western frontier, and acknowledging the transfer to Poland of 40,000 square miles of former German territory.
1949
The A.F.L. and the C.I.O. organize a non-Communist international trade union.
1946
The president of the United Mine Workers, John L. Lewis, orders all striking miners back to work.
1942
The U.S. Navy launches USS New Jersey, the largest battleship ever built.
1941
Japanese planes raid Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in a surprise attack, bringing the US into WWII.
1931
A report indicates that Nazis would ensure “Nordic dominance” by sterilizing certain races.
1918
Spartacists call for a German revolution.
1917
The United States declares war on Austria-Hungary with only one dissenting vote in Congress.
1863
Outlaw George Ives, an alleged member of an outlaw gang known as the “Innocents,” robs and then kills Nick Thiebalt in the Ruby Valley of what would become Montana.
1862
Confederate forces surprise an equal number of Union troops at the Battle of Prairie Grove, Arkansas.
1861
USS Santiago de Cuba, under Commander Daniel B. Ridgely, halts the British schooner Eugenia Smith and captures J.W. Zacharie, a New Orleans merchant and Confederate purchasing agent.
1808
James Madison is elected president in succession of Thomas Jefferson.
1787
Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the Constitution of the United States.