All Events

Historical Events on December 7

  • Cicero

    43 BC

    Marcus Tullius Cicero is assassinated.

  • Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette

    1776

    Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, arranges to enter the American military as a major general.

  • Ureli Corelli Hill

    1842

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

  • Jesse James

    1869

    American outlaw Jesse James commits his first confirmed bank robbery in Gallatin, Missouri.

  • World War I

    1917

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

  • Winecoff Hotel fire

    1946

    A fire at the Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia kills 119 people, the deadliest hotel fire in U.S. history.

  • 1993 Long Island Rail Road shooting

    1993

    Long Island Rail Road shooting: Passenger Colin Ferguson murders six people and injures 19 others on the LIRR in Nassau County, New York.

  • Galileo (spacecraft)

    1995

    The Galileo spacecraft arrives at Jupiter, a little more than six years after it was launched by Space Shuttle Atlantis during Mission STS-34.

  • Aleppo offensive (November-December 2016)

    2016

    Syrian army continues large-scale attack and controls the revival (Sheikh Lutfi, Marja, Bab al-Nairab, Maadi, Al-Salhin) in the east of Aleppo backed by Russian Air Force and Iranian militias.

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Famous Birthdays on December 7

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Famous Deaths on December 7

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