December 7 in history
Events on December 7
Notable events that happened on December 7 in past years.
- 2025
British racing driver Lando Norris wins the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 2025 with McLaren.
Wikipedia article: Lando Norris - 2017
Aztec High School shooting: William Atchison kills two students at his former high school.
Wikipedia article: 2017 Aztec High School shooting - 2014
The annual furry convention Midwest FurFest is targeted in an unsolved chlorine gas attack.
Wikipedia article: Furry convention - 1995
Khabarovsk United Air Group Flight 3949 crashes into the Bo-Dzhausa Mountain, killing 98.
Wikipedia article: Khabarovsk United Air Group Flight 3949 - 1988
The 6.8 Ms Armenian earthquake shakes the northern part of the country with a maximum MSK intensity of X (Devastating), killing 25,000–50,000 and injuring 31,000–130,000.
Wikipedia article: 1988 Armenian earthquake - 1982
In Texas, Charles Brooks Jr., becomes the first person to be executed by lethal injection in the United States.
Wikipedia article: Texas - 1971
The Battle of Sylhet is fought between the Pakistani military and the Indian Army.
Wikipedia article: Battle of Sylhet - 1962
Prince Rainier III of Monaco revises the principality's constitution, devolving some of his power to advisory and legislative councils.
Wikipedia article: Rainier III of Monaco - 1944
An earthquake along the coast of Wakayama Prefecture in Japan causes a tsunami which kills 1,223 people.
Wikipedia article: 1944 Tōnankai earthquake - 1936
Australian cricketer Jack Fingleton becomes the first player to score centuries in four consecutive Test innings.
Wikipedia article: Cricket - 1922
The Parliament of Northern Ireland votes to remain a part of the United Kingdom and not unify with Southern Ireland.
Wikipedia article: Parliament of Northern Ireland - 1842
First concert of the New York Philharmonic, founded by Ureli Corelli Hill.
Wikipedia article: New York Philharmonic - 1732
The Royal Opera House opens at Covent Garden, London, England.
Wikipedia article: Royal Opera House - 1688
Siege of Derry: 13 apprentice boys shut the gates of the town of Derry to a Jacobite army.
- 43 BC
Marcus Tullius Cicero is assassinated in Formia on orders of Marcus Antonius.
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