What are the important events that happened on December 7? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
December 7: Facts & Myths About This Day
December 7 is the 342nd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 24 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 24, 2024 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,733,529,600 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectatetracontadigon’ day.
Sagittarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Turquoise is the modern birthstone for this month. Onyx is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 53 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,369 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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December 7 Historical Events
- 1787 –Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the United States Constitution.
- 1862 –US Civil War: Battle of Prairie Grove, Arkansas.
- 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 attacks the United States Pacific Fleet and its defending Army Air Forces and Marine air forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, causing a declaration of war upon Japan by the United States. Japan also invades Malaya, Thailand, Hong Kong and the Philippines at the same time (December 8 in Asia).
- 1975 –Indonesia invades East Timor.
- 1982 –In Texas, Charles Brooks, Jr. becomes the first person to be executed by lethal injection in the United States.
- 1987 –Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771 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 himself.
- 1989 –Sugar Ray Leonard and Roberto Duran complete their trilogy of boxing fights nine years after their first two fights, at the opening of the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada; Leonard retains his WBC world Super Middleweight title by a 12 round unanimous decision.
- 1999 –The Recording Industry Association of America files a lawsuit against the Napster file-sharing client alleging copyright infringement.
- 2008 –The first NFL game is played in Canada at Rogers Centre in Toronto as the Buffalo Bills defeated the Miami Dolphins 16–3.
Who were born on December 7?
- 1784 –Allan Cunningham, British poet (d. 1842)
- 1863 –Pietro Mascagni, Italian composer (d. 1945)
- 1873 –Willa Cather, American novelist (d. 1947)
- 1940 –Gerry Cheevers, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1954 –Mary Fallin, American politician
- 1955 –Priscilla Barnes, American actress
- 1969 –Patrice O'Neal, American stand-up comedian and actor (d. 2011)
- 1973 –Damien Rice, Irish musician
- 1974 –Nicole Appleton, Canadian-born singer
- 2003 –Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands
Who died on December 7?
- 1295 –Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, English nobleman and soldier (b. 1243)
- 1649 –Charles Garnier, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1606)
- 1683 –Algernon Sydney, English politician (b. 1623)
- 1902 –Thomas Nast, German-born American cartoonist (b. 1840)
- 1947 –Nicholas Murray Butler, American university president, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1862)
- 1960 –Clara Haskil, Swiss pianist (b. 1895)
- 1984 –Charles Ray Hatcher, American serial killer (b. 1929)
- 1994 –J.C. Tremblay, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1939)
- 2004 –Jerry Scoggins, American singer (b. 1913)
- 2005 –Lucy d'Abreu, Scottish supercentenarian (b. 1892)
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