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December 7 Events in History - December 7 Birthdays - December 7 Deaths
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December 7, 2004 After popularizing the PC in the '80s, IBM sells its PC business to a Chinese company December 7, 1997 Amy Fruhwirth and Clarence Rose win LPGA J C Penney Classic December 7, 1996 Space Shuttle STS 80 (Columbia 21), lands December 7, 1995 NBA settles strike of referees, refs to return on Dec 12 December 7, 1995 U.S. space probe Galileo begins orbiting Jupiter December 7, 1994 5th Billboard Music Awards December 7, 1994 Radio personality Howard Stern talks a man out of attempting suicide December 7, 1993 Henri Konan Bedie names himself President of Ivory coast December 7, 1993 Robert Goulet undergoes prostate cancer surgery December 7, 1992 Galileo spacecraft passes North Pole of Moon (Peary Crater) December 7, 1991 A J Kitt, U.S., wins World Skiing Cup December 7, 1990 Iraqi parliment endorses Saddam's decision to free hostages December 7, 1990 Ted Turner and Jane Fonda announce their engagement December 7, 1989 C Coleman and D Zippel's musical "City of Angels," premieres in New York City December 7, 1988 6.9 earthquake in Armenia, Spitak destroyed, 60,000 killed December 7, 1988 Armenian SSR rocked by earthquake, 8 on Richter scale (55,000 die) December 7, 1988 Earthquake in Armenia (>25,000 killed, 5,000,000 homeless) December 7, 1988 Gorbachev announces 10% unilateral Soviet troop reductions at UN December 7, 1988 Mikhail Gorbachev cheered by Wall St. crowds upon arrival in New York City December 7, 1988 New York Islanders fire Simpson, Arbour new coach December 7, 1988 Rangers sign free-agent pitcher Nolan Ryan to a one-year contract December 7, 1987 43 die in Pacific Southwest Airline crash in California (man shot pilots) December 7, 1987 Gorbachev arrives in U.S. for a summit meeting December 7, 1987 Pacific Southwest crashes near Los Angeles, kills 43 December 7, 1987 Palestinian uprising against Israel in West Bank December 7, 1986 Juli Inkster/Tom Purtzer wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic December 7, 1986 President Jean-Claude Duvalier flees Haiti December 7, 1985 51st Heisman Trophy Award: Bo Jackson, Auburn (RB) December 7, 1985 Atlantis returns to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB December 7, 1984 Allan Border's 1st Test Cricket match as captain (v WI Adelaide) December 7, 1983 2 jets collided at Madrid Airport killing 93 December 7, 1983 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island December 7, 1982 Suriname army under Desi Bouterse fires on radio station building December 7, 1981 Spain becomes a member of the NATO alliance December 7, 1978 Islander's Mike Bossy's 1st career hat trick December 7, 1977 Islander Billy Smith's 10th shut-out opponent-Black Hawks 4-0 December 7, 1976 U.N. Security Council endorses Kurt Waldheim, sec-gen for 2nd 5 yr term December 7, 1975 10th Islander shut-out opponent-Glenn Resch 3-0 vs Sabres December 7, 1975 Archbishop Makarios returns Cyprus December 7, 1975 Indonesian army occupies East Timor December 7, 1975 Pat Bradley wins Colgate-Far East Ladies Tournament Golf Tournament December 7, 1973 Orioles sell pitcher Eddie Watt to the Phillies December 7, 1973 Phillies sell infielder-outfielder Cesar Tovar to the Texas Rangers December 7, 1973 Wings release "Band on the Run" December 7, 1972 Apollo 17 (U.S.), final manned lunar landing mission, launched December 7, 1972 Philippine's 1st lady Imelda Marcos stabbed and wounded by an assailant December 7, 1971 "Wild and Wonderful" opens/closes at Lyceum Theater New York City December 7, 1971 Wings release their 1st album "Wild Life" December 7, 1970 Taizan Maezumi Roshi, head of LA Zen Center, receives dharma December 7, 1970 West Germany and Poland normalize relations December 7, 1968 M Dodd returns a library books his Great grandfather took out in 1923 December 7, 1968 Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 2 launched into Earth orbit December 7, 1968 Richard Dodd returns a library book his great grandad took out in 1823 December 7, 1967 "How Now, Dow Jones" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City for 220 performances December 7, 1967 Otis Rescue records "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay" December 7, 1965 Pope Paul VI and Orthodox Patriarch Athenagoras I simultaneously lift mutual excommunications that led to split of 2 churches in 1054 December 7, 1964 George Harrison changes his company's name from Mornyork to Harrisongs December 7, 1963 Ian Meckiff no-balled for throwing against the South Africans December 7, 1962 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site December 7, 1960 Ivory Coast claims independence from France December 7, 1959 "Saratoga" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 80 performances December 7, 1958 Romulo Betancourt elected President of Venezuela December 7, 1957 Tony Kubek of the Yanks selected as AL Rookie of the Year December 7, 1956 Helen O'Connell joins Today Show panel December 7, 1955 Clement Attlee resigns as chairman of England's Labour Party December 7, 1954 Japanese government of Joshida, resigns December 7, 1954 KCTS TV channel 9 in Seattle, WA (PBS) begins broadcasting December 7, 1953 Israel's PM Ben-Gurion retires December 7, 1953 WCCB TV channel 18 in Charlotte, North Carolina (IND/ABC) begins broadcasting December 7, 1952 KKTV TV channel 11 in Colorado Spgs-Pueblo, CO (CBS) 1st broadcast December 7, 1949 15th Heisman Trophy Award: Leon Hart, Notre Dame (E) December 7, 1949 Chiang Kai-shek flees to Taiwan December 7, 1946 Fire at Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta, kills 119 December 7, 1945 Microwave oven patented December 7, 1944 Convention on International Civil Aviation drawn up in Chicago December 7, 1944 General Radescu forms Romanian government December 7, 1943 Cairo: president Roosevelt travels back to the US December 7, 1941 Australian bombers land on Timor/Ambon December 7, 1941 Futshida's air fleet passes coastline of Oahu December 7, 1941 German siege of Tobruk after 8 months ends December 7, 1941 Japanese attack Pearl Harbor, a date that will live in infamy December 7, 1941 Nacht and Nebel Erlass, resistance fighter sent to concentration camps December 7, 1941 1st Japanese submarine sunk by a U.S. ship (USS Ward) December 7, 1940 North Africa: British counter offensive under general O'Connor December 7, 1939 Lou Gehrig, 36, is elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame December 7, 1939 William Walton's violinist concert premieres in Cleveland December 7, 1938 Philip Barry's "Here Come the Clowns," premieres in New York City December 7, 1938 W9XZY broadcasts facsimile of St. Louis Post-Dispatch by radio December 7, 1937 Dutch Minister Romme proclaims married women are forbidden to work December 7, 1937 Red Sox acquire the contract of 19-year-old Ted Williams December 7, 1937 Russian chess player Aljechin recaptures world title from Max Euwe December 7, 1935 CFL Grey Cup: Winnipeg Blue Bombers beat Ham Tigers, 18-12 at Hamilton December 7, 1934 Wiley Post discovers jet stream December 7, 1932 1st gyro-stabilized vessel to cross Atlantic arrives in NY December 7, 1931 Bradman scores 219 NSW vs. South Africa, 234 mins, 15 fours December 7, 1930 13th PGA Championship: Tommy Armour at Fresh Meadows CC Flushing December 7, 1929 Bradman scores 124 for Woodfull's XI against Ryder's XI 166 mins December 7, 1929 Leo Diegel wins PGA golf tournament December 7, 1926 Gas refrigerator patented December 7, 1925 Biltmore Theater opens at 261 W 47th St. New York City December 7, 1925 Noel Coward's "Easy Virtue," premieres in New York City December 7, 1924 German election (Social Democrats win/Nazis and Communists lose) December 7, 1921 KWG-AM in Stockton California begins radio transmissions December 7, 1920 NSW make 802 against South Australia, then Mailey takes 8-81 December 7, 1920 USPD-KPD parties merge into Vereinigte Communist Party of Germany December 7, 1917 U.S. becomes 13th country to declare war on Austria during World War I December 7, 1916 British government of David Lloyd George forms December 7, 1916 David Lloyd George replaces resigning H H Asquith as British PM December 7, 1912 Bust of Queen Nefertete found in El-Amarna, Egypt December 7, 1911 Leslie J Stuarts musical "Betsy," premieres in New York City December 7, 1911 Natl Hockey Association forms with New Westminister, Vancouver and Victoria December 7, 1909 Leo Baekeland, Yonkers, patents 1st thermosetting plastic (Bakelite) December 7, 1907 Eugene Corri becomes 1st referee in a boxing ring December 7, 1895 Battle at Amba Alagi: Abyssinians beat Italian armies December 7, 1891 52nd Congress (1st to appropriate $1 billion) holds 1st session December 7, 1889 Gilbert and Sullivans "Gondoliers," premieres in London December 7, 1885 49th Congress (1885-87) convenes December 7, 1877 Thomas A Edison demonstrates the gramophone December 7, 1876 NY Mutuals and Philadelphia A's expelled from NL for not completing sked December 7, 1875 Natives Sons of the West organized December 7, 1872 HMS Challenger sets sail on 3 -year world oceanographic cruise December 7, 1868 Jesse James gang robs bank in Gallatin Missouri, kills 1 December 7, 1864 Skirmish at Ebenezer Creek/Cypress Swamp, Georgia December 7, 1862 Battle of Hartsville, TN December 7, 1862 Battle of Prairie Grove, AR December 7, 1842 NY Philharmonic's 1st concert December 7, 1836 Martin Van Buren elected 8th president December 7, 1835 German railway Neurenberg-Furth opens December 7, 1808 James Madison elected U.S. pres/George Clinton vice-pres December 7, 1787 Delaware becomes 1st state to ratify constitution December 7, 1783 Theatre Royal opens in Covent Garden, London December 7, 1783 William Pitt, Jr. (24) becomes British premier December 7, 1741 Elisabeth Petrovna becomes tsarina of Russia December 7, 1646 Princess Louise Henriette (19) marries monarch Frederik Henry December 7, 1354 Margaretha van Bavarian's son earl Willem V signs peace treaty December 7, 283 St. Eutychian ends his reign as Catholic Pope December 7, 185 Emperor Lo-Yang, China sees supernova (MSH15-52) |