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7th December

All events from this date in history

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Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the United States Constitution.

Delaware is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic regions of the United States. It borders Maryland to its south and west, Pennsylvania to its north, New Jersey to its northeast, and the…

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World War II: Attack on Pearl Harbor: The Imperial Japanese Navy carries out a surprise attack on the United States Pacific Fleet and its defending Army and Marine air forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. (For Japan's near-simultaneous attacks on Eastern Hemisphere targets, see December 8.)

World War II, or the Second World War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many engaging in total war…

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World War I: The United States declares war on Austria-Hungary.

World War I, or the First World War, also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Central Powers. Major theatres of war included Europe and the Middle…

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

Operation Frankton was a commando raid on ships in the German occupied French port of Bordeaux in southwest France during World War II. The raid was carried out by a small unit of Royal Marines known…

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Comparative fuel trials begin between warships HMS Spiteful and HMS Peterel: Spiteful was the first warship powered solely by fuel oil, and the trials led to the obsolescence of coal in ships of the Royal Navy.

A warship or combatant ship is a naval ship that is used for naval warfare. Usually they belong to the navy branch of the armed forces of a nation, though they have also been operated by individuals,…

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First concert of the New York Philharmonic, founded by Ureli Corelli Hill.

The New York Philharmonic is an American symphony orchestra based in New York City. Known officially as the Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York, Inc., and globally known as the New York…

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Chinese Civil War: The Government of the Republic of China moves from Nanjing to Taipei, Taiwan.

The Chinese Civil War was fought between the Kuomintang (KMT) - led government of the Republic of China and the forces of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Armed conflict continued intermittently…

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Battle of Damascus (2024): Syrian opposition forces enter the Rif Dimashq Governorate, reaching within 20 km of the capital Damascus.

On 7 December 2024, the Syrian opposition group known as the Southern Operations Room, in co-ordination with the Military Operations Command, led forces that entered the Rif Dimashq region of Syria…

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In Texas, Charles Brooks Jr., becomes the first person to be executed by lethal injection in the United States.

Texas is the most populous state in the Southern United States. It borders the American states of Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, and New Mexico to the west.…

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The 1988 Armenian earthquake, also known as the Spitak earthquake, occurred on 7 December at 11:41 local time with a surface-wave magnitude of 6.8 and a maximum MSK intensity of X (Devastating). The…

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An attempted coup takes place in Benin, but is thwarted, and order restored.

On 7 December 2025, several soldiers of the Benin Armed Forces (FAB) led by Lieutenant Colonel Pascal Tigri announced on national television the overthrow of Patrice Talon, the president of Benin,…

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The annual furry convention Midwest FurFest is targeted in an unsolved chlorine gas attack.

A furry convention is a formal gathering of members of the furry fandom – people who are interested in the concept of fictional non-human animal characters with human characteristics. These…

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Richard Bellingham
1672Richard Bellingham

Richard Bellingham was a colonial magistrate, lawyer, and several-time governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and the last surviving signatory of the colonial charter at his…

Cicero
-43Cicero

Marcus Tullius Cicero was a Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, philosopher, orator, and writer who tried to uphold optimate principles during the political crises of the Roman…

Jeane Kirkpatrick
2006Jeane Kirkpatrick

Jeane Duane Kirkpatrick was an American diplomat and political scientist who played a major role in the foreign policy of the Ronald Reagan administration. An ardent…

Nicholas Murray Butler
1947Nicholas Murray Butler

Nicholas Murray Butler was an American philosopher, diplomat, and educator. Butler was president of Columbia University, president of the Carnegie Endowment for International…

Benjamin Zephaniah
2023Benjamin Zephaniah

Benjamin Obadiah Iqbal Zephaniah was a British writer, dub poet, actor, musician and professor of poetry and creative writing. Over his lifetime, he was awarded 20 honorary…

Kateryna Bilokur
1900
Kateryna Bilokur
Kateryna Vasylivna Bilokur was a Ukrainian folk artist, painter and poet born in the Poltava Governorate. After an unpromising start, her works…
Hilda Taba
1902
Hilda Taba
Hilda Taba was an architect, a curriculum theorist, a curriculum reformer, and a teacher educator. Taba was born in the small village of Kooraste,…
Leigh Brackett
1915
Leigh Brackett
Leigh Douglass Brackett was an American author and screenwriter. Nicknamed "the Queen of Space Opera", she was one of the most prominent female…
Mário Soares
1924
Mário Soares
Mário Alberto Nobre Lopes Soares was a Portuguese statesman who served as prime minister of Portugal from 1976 to 1978 and from 1983 to 1985 and…
Tijjani Muhammad-Bande
1957
Tijjani Muhammad-Bande
Tijjani Muhammad-Bande is a Nigerian diplomat, academic and political scientist who was the president of the United Nations General Assembly 74th…
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
1598
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Gian Lorenzo Bernini was an Italian sculptor, architect, painter and city planner. Bernini's creative abilities and mastery in a range of artistic…
Krsto Papić
1933
Krsto Papić
Krsto Papić was a Croatian screenwriter and film director whose career spanned over five decades. He is generally considered among the best directors…
Martha Layne Collins
1936
Martha Layne Collins
Martha Layne Collins was an American businesswoman and politician from Kentucky; she served as the state's 56th governor from 1983 to 1987, the first…
7th December in History — Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the United S