7TH
DECEMBER
FEAST DAY OF
"ST MARTIN OF SAUJON; ST AMBROSE OF MILAN; ST
EUTYCHIANUS; ST SERVUS; & ST BUITHE OR BOETHIUS." |
| 7TH |
43bc |
ROMAN WRITER, "MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO," GETS HIS
HEAD & RIGHT HAND CHOPPED OFF BY "MARK ANTHONY’S" SOLDIERS. |
| 7TH |
1431 |
"HENRY VI" OF ENGLAND WAS
CROWNED KING OF FRANCE. |
| 7TH |
1732 |
THE ‘COVENT GARDEN THEATRE’ (NOW ‘ROYAL OPERA
HOUSE’) WAS OPENED. |
| 7TH |
1787 |
DELAWARE BECAME THE FIRST OF THE UNITED
STATES. |
| 7TH |
1836 |
"MARTIN VAN BUREN" IS ELECTED 8TH U.S. PRESIDENT. |
| 7TH |
1907 |
AT LONDON’S NATIONAL SPORTING
CLUB, "EUGENE CORRI" BECAME THE FIRST BOXING REFEREE TO OFFICIATE FROM INSIDE
THE RING. |
| 7TH |
1907 |
THE COMMONWEALTH AND SOUTH AUSTRALIA AGREE ON THE TRANSFER OF
NORTHERN TERRITORY TO THE COMMONWEALTH. |
| 7TH |
1941 |
JAPAN BOMBS PEARL HARBOUR, HAWAII, THE
PHILIPPINES AND MALAYSIA, PRECIPITATING U.S. DECLARATION OF WAR ON JAPAN. |
| 7TH |
1964 |
"GEORGE HARRISON" CHANGES HIS COMPANY’S NAME
FROM "MORNYORK" TO "HARRISONGS." |
| 7TH |
1971 |
UNMANNED SOVIET SPACE CAPSULE SENDS
BACK RADIO AND TELEVISION SIGNALS FROM MARS. |
| 7TH |
1972 |
‘APOLLO 17,’ LAST OF THE MOON SERIES, IS
LAUNCHED. |
| 7TH |
1972 |
WIFE OF THE PHILIPPINES PRESIDENT
"IMELDA MARCOS" IS STABBED BY A MAN WITH A LONG BLADE KNIFE DURING A PUBLIC
CEREMONY NEAR MANILA.
HE WAS IMMEDIATELY SLAIN. |
| 7TH |
1975 |
INDONESIAN TROOPS INVADE EAST TIMOR, NOW INDEPENDENT FROM
PORTUGAL. |
| 7TH |
1981 |
THE ADVANCED PASSENGER TRAIN GOES INTO
SERVICE IN THE U.K.
IT PROVES UNSUCCESSFUL; THE TILTING MECHANISM MAKING PASSENGERS SICK. |
| 7TH |
1982 |
THE FIRST EXECUTION BY LETHAL INJECTION TOOK PLACE WHEN
"CONVICTED MURDERER, "CHARLIE BROOKS jr WAS EXECUTED AT FORT WORTH PRISON,
HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS. |
| 7TH |
1983 |
TWO JETS COLLIDE AT MADRID AIRPORT
KILLING 93. |
| 7TH |
1987 |
43 DIE IN A ‘PACIFIC SOUTHWEST AIRLINE’ CRASH IN
CALIFORNIA, AFTER A MAN SHOOTS THE PILOTS. |
| 7TH |
1988 |
A MASSIVE EARTHQUAKE IN SOVIET ARMENIA
CLAIMS AT LEAST 25,000 LIVES. |
| 7TH |
1990 |
"TED TURNER" & "JANE FONDA" ANNOUNCE
THEIR ENGAGEMENT. |
| 7TH |
1997 |
AUSTRALIA PLAYED IT’S FIRST MATCH
UNDER LIGHTS AT ADELAIDE OVAL AGAINST NEW ZEALAND IN A ONE DAY CRICKET MATCH, THE SECOND
CONSECUTIVE DAY THE LIGHTS HAVE BEEN IN USE. |
| 7TH |
1999 |
"AUSTRALIAN, "DOUGLAS DAFT" IS THE FIRST
FOREIGNER APPOINTED HEAD OF, THE U.S. BASED "COCA-COLA" COMPANY IN IT’S 113
YEAR HISTORY. |
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