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What happened in history on this day: December 7?
On December 7 in ...
- 185 - Emperor Lo-Yang, China sees supernova (MSH15-52?).
- 283 - Saint Eutychian ends his reign as Catholic Pope.
- 909 - Sa'id ibn-Hussein is proclaimed Ubaydullah al-Mahdi in Tunis.
- 967 - Birth of Abu Sa'id ibn Aboa al-Chair Persian mystic.
- 983 - Otto II the Red German king/emperor (973-83), dies at about age 28.
- 1254 - Innocent IV [Sinibaldo dei Fieschi] Pope (1243-54), dies.
- 1354 - Margaretha van Bavarian's son earl Willem V signs peace treaty.
- 1383 - Wenceslaus duke of Brabant, dies.
- 1542 - Birth of Mary Stuart Queen of Scots (1560-1587).
- 1557 - Birth of Girolamo Trombeti composer.
- 1598 - Birth of Giovanni Bernini Italy, baroque sculptor (Saint Teresa in Ecstasy).
- 1604 - Birth of Ambrosius Reiner composer.
- 1637 - Birth of Barnardo Pasquini composer.
- 1646 - Princess Louise Henriette (19) marries monarch Frederik Henry.
- 1731 - Birth of Abraham-Hyacinthe Anquetil du Perron French interpreter.
- 1741 - Elisabeth Petrovna becomes tsarina of Russia.
- 1751 - Birth of Jurrian F de Frederici Governorernor-General (Suriname).
- 1754 - Birth of Jack Jouett American patriot.
- 1758 - Fourth treaty between England and Prussia, for 670,000 pounds to Prussia.
- 1761 - Birth of Madame [Marie Grosholtz] Tussaud created wax museum.
- 1783 - Theatre Royal opens in Covent Garden, London.
- 1783 - William Pitt Junior (age 24) becomes British premier.
- 1787 - Delaware becomes first state to ratify US Constitution.
- 1801 - Birth of Johann Nepomuk Nestroy; Austrian actor (Judith und Holofernes).
- 1808 - Birth of Hugh McCulloch; US Secretary of Treasury.
- 1808 - James Madison elected US President, with George Clinton as Vice-President.
- 1810 - Birth of Theodor Schwann; German co-originator of cell theory.
- 1815 - Michel Ney, French marshal (Waterloo), is murdered at age 46.
- 1817 - William Bligh, British naval officer of Bounty fame dies in London at age 63.
- 1823 - Birth of Leopold Kronecker; German mathematician (Tensor of Kronecker).
- 1826 - John Flaxman, English sculptor (tombs at Saint Paul's Cathedral), dies at age 71.
- 1830 - Birth of Luigi Cremona; Italian mathematician/minister of Education.
- 1835 - German railway Neurenberg-Fürth opens.
- 1836 - Martin Van Buren is elected 8th US President.
- 1839 - Birth of Redvers H Buller; English general/large landowner: Natal.
- 1842 - Birth of Otto Ammon; German anthropologist/sociologist (schedelmetingen).
- 1847 - Birth of James Deacon White in Canton, New York, USA; ball player jumped teams in 1876 (Chicago).
- 1847 - Birth of Solomon Schechter; US Talmudic scholar/Jewish leader.
- 1862 - Birth of Paul Adam; French writer (La Bataille d'Uhde).
- 1862 - Sylvester Churchill, USA Brigadier-General, dies.
- 1863 - Birth of Pietro Mascagni; Italian composer/fascist (Cavalleria Rusticana).
- 1863 - Birth of Svetolik Rankovic; Serbian writer (Forest King).
- 1868 - Jesse James gang robs bank in Gallatin, Missouri, kills one person.
- 1872 - Birth of Johan Huizinga; Dutch culture historian (Homo Ludens).
- 1872 - HMS Challenger sets sail on 3.5-year world oceanographic cruise.
- 1873 - Birth of Willa Cather; US author (My Antonia).
- 1876 - Birth of Ludwig Schiedermair; German musicologist (Beethoven-Archiv).
- 1877 - Thomas A Edison demonstrates the gramophone.
- 1878 - Birth of Akiko Yosano in Japan; poet (Tangled Hair).
- 1879 - Birth of Rudolf Friml; Czechoslovakian/US composer (Bohemian suite).
- 1881 - Julius FA Bahnsen, German philosopher (Tragic as Weltgesetz), dies at age 51.
- 1882 - Birth of Warren Bardsley; cricket player (great New South Wales and Aussie opening bat 1909-26).
- 1887 - Birth of Ernst Toch, Vienna, Austria; composer (Melodie Lehre).
- 1888 - Birth of Joyce Cary; Anglo-Irish writer (House of Children).
- 1888 - Birth of Matthew Heywood Campbell Broun; first president of American Newspaper Guild.
- 1891 - Birth of Fay Bainter in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Jezebel, Our Town, State Fair).
- 1892 - Birth of Nora Nicholson in Leamington, England; actress (Blue Lagoon, Crow Hollow).
- 1894 - Death of Ferdinand de Lesseps at age 89 in bed at home in France; French engineer (creator of Suez Canal), diplomat, earl.
- 1895 - Birth of Jack Pennick in Portland, Oregon, USA; actor (Lady From Louisiana).
- 1900 - Max Planck discovers the law of black body emission in his house just outside Berlin, Germany.
- 1901 - Birth of A F [Tony] Pugsley; British rear-admiral (Walcheren attack (1944)).
- 1902 - Birth of J G Navle; cricket player (India's first Test wicket-keeper).
- 1904 - Birth of Clarence Nash; animation voice (Donald Duck).
- 1905 - Birth of Gerard Kuiper; Dutch/US astronomer (discovered moons of Uranus, Neptune).
- 1907 - Eugene Corri becomes first referee in a boxing ring.
- 1907 - In Bellefontaine, Ohio, USA, a falling meteorite starts a fire, destroying a house.
- 1908 - Birth of John H Doeg; tennis champion (US Open-1930).
- 1909 - Leo Baekeland, of Yonkers, New York, patents first thermosetting plastic (Bakelite).
- 1910 - Birth of Rod Cameron in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; actor (City Detective, State Trooper).
- 1911 - National Hockey Association forms with teams in New Westminister, Vancouver, and Victoria.
- 1912 - Birth of Louis Prima in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; singer ("That Old Black Magic").
- 1912 - Birth of Rod Cameron in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; actor (Kansas, Evel Knievel, Oh Susanna, Stampede).
- 1912 - Bust of Queen Nefertete is found in El-Amarna, Egypt.
- 1912 - George Darwin, who theorized that the Moon was pulled out of Pacific Ocean, dies.
- 1914 - Birth of Winston Place; cricket player (England opener in West Indies 1948).
- 1915 - Birth of Leigh Douglass Brackett AKA Leigh Brackett in Los Angeles, California, USA; sci-fi author (The Ginger Star, The Hounds of Skaith, The Reavers of Skaith), screenwriter (The Big Sleep, Rio Bravo, The Long Goodbye, The Empire Strikes Back).
- 1915 - Birth of Eli Wallach in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (The Magnificent Seven, Misfits, People Next Door).
- 1916 - David Lloyd George replaces resigning H H Asquith as British Prime Minister.
- 1917 - Birth of Helen Gurley Brown; editor-in-chief (Cosmopolitan).
- 1917 - US becomes 13th country to declare war on Austria.
- 1919 - Birth of Ellen Stewart; actress/founder (La Mama Theatre Group).
- 1920 - New South Wales make 802 against South Australia in cricket, then Mailey takes 8-81.
- 1920 - USPD-KPD parties merge into Vereinigte Communist Party of Germany.
- 1923 - Birth of Ted Knight in Terryville, Connecticut, USA; actor (Mary Tyler Moore, Too Close for Comfort).
- 1924 - Birth of Mário Soares (Socialist); premier of Portugal (1976-78, 1983-).
- 1924 - German election (Social Democrats win, National Socialists and Communists lose).
- 1926 - Birth of Victor Kermit Kiam II; CEO (Remington shavers), NFL owner (New England Patriots).
- 1926 - Gas refrigerator patented.
- 1928 - Birth of Noam Chomsky; linguist (founded transformational grammar).
- 1929 - Donald Bradman scores 124 for Woodfull's XI against Ryder's XI 166 minutes.
- 1929 - Leo Diegel wins PGA golf tournament.
- 1930 - In Boston, Massachusetts, the CBS radio orchestra program is broadcast in video and includes the first television commercial in the United States.
- 1930 - 13th PGA Championship: Tommy Armour at Fresh Meadows CC Flushing.
- 1931 - Donald Bradman scores 219 New South Wales versus South Africa, 234 minutes, 15 fours.
- 1932 - First gyro-stabilized vessel to cross the Atlantic arrives in New York, USA.
- 1932 - Birth of Ellen Burstyn in Detroit, Michigan, USA; actress (The Exorcist, Alice Doesn't Live Here).
- 1932 - Birth of Gerard van den Berg; Dutch TV host (Like Father, Like Son).
- 1934 - Wiley Post discovers the jet stream.
- 1935 - Canadian Football League Grey Cup: Winnipeg Blue Bombers beat Hamilton Tigers, 18-12 at Hamilton.
- 1936 - Birth of Martha Layne Collins in Baghdad, Kentucky, USA; American politician (Governor-Democrat-Kentucky).
- 1937 - Birth of Thad Cochran; American politician (Senator-Republican-Mississippi).
- 1937 - Dutch Minister Romme proclaims married women are forbidden to work.
- 1937 - Boston Red Sox acquire the contract of 19-year-old Ted Williams.
- 1937 - Russian chess player Aljechin recaptures world title from Max Euwe.
- 1938 - Harry Moses, cricket player (6 Tests for Australia 1887-95), dies.
- 1938 - W9XZY broadcasts facsimile of the Saint Louis Post-Dispatch by radio.
- 1939 - Lou Gehrig, 36, is elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame.
- 1940 - 28th Canadian Football League Grey Cup (Game 2): Toronto Balmy Beach defeats Ottawa, 12-5.
- 1940 - Birth of Kumar Shahani; writer/director (Kasbam Tarang, Maya Darpan).
- 1940 - Birth of Mike Minor in San Francisco, California, USA; actor (Steve - Petticoat Junction, All My Children).
- 1940 - British counter offensive in North Africa under General O'Connor.
- 1941 - First Japanese submarine sunk by a US ship (USS Ward).
- 1941 - Australian bombers land on Timor/Ambon.
- 1941 - German siege of Tobruk ends after 8 months.
- 1941 - Iida, Japanese pilot/lieutenant, dies in battle at age 28.
- 1941 - (before 0800 hours) Japan attacks the United States Pacific Fleet in Pearl Harbor in the Hawaiian Islands.
- 1941 - (0810 hours) In Pearl Harbor, the USS Arizona is stuck by a 1760-pound aerial armor-piercing bomb, which detonates over one million pounds of gunpowder in the ship's forward deck, killing 1177 crewmen.
- 1941 - (0945 hours) Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor end. 2403 Americans are dead, with 1178 wounded. Eighteen major fighting ships are sunk, and 188 aircraft are destroyed.
- 1941 - Japan attacks Philippines, Wake, Guam, Malaya, Thailand, Shanghai, and declares war on US and Great Britain.
- 1941 - Within hours of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the British War Cabinet meets, and declares war on Japan.
- 1941 - Canada declares war on Japan.
- 1941 - Nacht and Nebel Erlass, resistance fighters, sent to concentration camps.
- 1942 - Birth of Harry Chapin in New York City, New York, USA; folk/rock singer/songwriter ("Taxi", "Cat's in the Craddle").
- 1943 - John Bouber [Blom], actor/author (Bluejackets), dies at age 22.
- 1944 - Convention on International Civil Aviation drawn up in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
- 1944 - General Radescu forms Romanian government.
- 1945 - Microwave oven patented.
- 1946 - Fire at Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia, USA kills 119.
- 1947 - Birth of Johnny Bench; baseball catcher (Cincinnati Reds).
- 1947 - Birth of Mino Reitano; Italian entertainer.
- 1947 - Birth of Peter de Jong; Dutch actor (Maxi - Mini and Maxi).
- 1947 - Birth of Vincent Baggetta in Paterson, New Jersey, USA; actor (Lou - Chicago Story).
- 1948 - Birth of Gary Morris in Fort Worth, Texas, USA; singer/actor (Les Misèrables, The Colbys).
- 1948 - Birth of Yoko Morishita; prima ballerina (Baterina No Habataki).
- 1949 - 15th Heisman Trophy Award: Leon Hart, Notre Dame (E).
- 1949 - Birth of Tom Waits in California; rocker/song writer ("Blue Valentine").
- 1949 - Chiang Kai-shek evacuates Chinese government to island of Formosa.
- 1951 - Birth of Henk Temming; Dutch vocalist/keyboardist (Good Cause).
- 1953 - Israel's Prime Minister Ben-Gureon retires.
- 1954 - Birth of Julie Halston; actress (Juror, Drunks, Addams Family Values).
- 1954 - Japanese government of Joshida resigns.
- 1955 - Birth of Priscilla Barnes in Fort Dix, New Jersey, USA; actress (License to Kill, Three's Company).
- 1955 - Clement Attlee resigns as chairman of England's Labour Party.
- 1956 - Birth of Larry Bird; basketball star (Boston Celtics).
- 1957 - Birth of Geoff "Henry" Lawson; cricket player (Australian fast bowler 1980-89).
- 1957 - Birth of Rohan Jayasekera; cricket player (one Test Sri Lanka versus Pakistan 1982).
- 1957 - Tony Kubek of the New York Yankees selected as American League Rookie of the Year.
- 1958 - Birth of Edd Hall; TV announcer (Jay Leno's The Tonight Show).
- 1958 - Rómulo Bétancourt elected President of Venezuela.
- 1959 - Birth of Salim Yousuf; cricket player (Pakistani wicket-keeper in 32 Tests 1986-90).
- 1961 - Birth of Mary Beth Evans in Pasadena, California, USA; actress (Katherine Ashton - General Hospital).
- 1962 - Birth of Grecia Colmenares; Italian entertainer.
- 1962 - Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1962 - Kirsten Flagstead, Norwegian soprano (Wagner), dies at age 67.
- 1963 - Birth of Barbara Weathers; vocalist (Atlantic Star - "Touch a Four Leaf Clover").
- 1963 - Birth of Kristi Albers in El Paso, Texas, USA; LPGA golfer (1993 Sprint Classic).
- 1963 - CBS-TV uses Instant Replay on TV for the first time, during the Army-Navy game.
- 1964 - Birth of Duncan Miller; rocker (Blue Mercedes - "Rich and Famous").
- 1964 - Birth of Mike Nolan; rocker (Bucks Fizz - "My Camera Never Lies").
- 1964 - Birth of Peter Laviolette in Norwood, Massachusetts, USA; American hockey defenseman (Olympics-1994).
- 1965 - Birth of Peter Draisaitl in Karvina, Czechoslovakia; hockey forward (Team Germany 1998).
- 1965 - Pope Paul VI and Orthodox Patriarch Athenagoras I simultaneously lift mutual excommunications that led to split of the two churches in 1054.
- 1966 - Birth of C Thomas Howell in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Red Dawn, Tank, Soul Man).
- 1967 - Birth of Tino Martinez in Tampa, Florida, USA; first baseman (Seattle Mariners, New York Yankees).
- 1967 - Birth of Vaclav Chalupa in Czechoslovakia; rower (Henley Royal Regatta 1989).
- 1967 - House Peters, silent film actor (Kansas Territory), dies at age 87.
- 1968 - Birth of Cammy Myler in Plattsburgh, New York, USA; luger (Olympics-1994).
- 1968 - Birth of Keith Goganious; NFL linebacker (Jacksonville Jaguars).
- 1968 - Birth of Melissa Iverson in Anoka, Minnesota, USA; rower (Olympics-1996).
- 1968 - Birth of Ricky Ervins; NFL running back (San Francisco 49ers).
- 1968 - Birth of Tom Myslinski; NFL guard (Jacksonville Jaguars, Pittsburgh Steelers).
- 1968 - Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 2 launched into Earth orbit.
- 1968 - Richard Dodd returns a library book his great grandfather borrowed in 1823 to the University of Cincinnati; the US$22,646 fine goes unpaid.
- 1969 - Eric Portman, actor (Naked Edge), dies from heart ailment at age 66.
- 1969 - Hugh Williams, actor (Human Monster), dies after surgery at age 65.
- 1970 - Birth of Courtney Browne; cricket player (West Indies Test wicket-keeper 1995).
- 1970 - Birth of Ed Robinson; WLAF linebacker (Frankfurt Galaxy).
- 1970 - Birth of Rob Olson in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; Canadian Tour golfer (1990 Newlands Open).
- 1970 - Rube Goldberg, Ameican cartoonist (Mike and Ike, Pulitzer 1948), dies at age 87.
- 1970 - The Federal Republic of Germany signs a treaty with Poland recognizing the Oder-Neisse Line as a legitimate border.
- 1971 - Birth of Ben Atkins in New York City, New York, USA; fencer-epee (Olympics-1996).
- 1971 - Birth of Mauricio Hadad in Cali, Colombia; tennis star (1995 Bermuda).
- 1971 - Milton Rosmer, director (Murder in the Red Barn), dies at age 90.
- 1972 - Adrian J Zoetmulder, author (God's Hour), dies at age 91.
- 1972 - Apollo 17 (US), final manned lunar landing mission (last of Apollo Moon series), is launched.
- 1972 - Birth of Bobby Schoonens; soccer player (RKC).
- 1972 - Birth of Clay Shiver; corner (Dallas Cowboys).
- 1972 - Birth of Kevin Dogins; corner (Tampa Bay Buccaneers).
- 1972 - Birth of Sunny [Tamara Fytch]; WWF model.
- 1972 - Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos stabbed and wounded by an assailant.
- 1973 - Birth of Mark Hartsell; WLAF quarterback (Scotland Claymores).
- 1973 - Birth of Rea Marie Bavilla; Miss USA-Alaska (1997).
- 1973 - Birth of Terrell Owens; football wide receiver (San Francisco 49ers).
- 1973 - Baltimore Orioles sell pitcher Eddie Watt to the Philadelphia Phillies.
- 1973 - Philadelphia Phillies sell infielder-outfielder Cesar Tovar to the Texas Rangers.
- 1974 - Birth of Annette Salmeen; 200 metre butterfly/800 metre freestyle relay (Olympics-1996).
- 1975 - 10th New York Islanders' shut-out opponent-Glenn Resch 3-0 versus Buffalo Sabres.
- 1975 - Birth of Nikola Wapzarow; writer.
- 1975 - Hardie Albright, actress (Silver Streak, Scarlet Letter), dies at age 71.
- 1975 - Indonesian army invades and occupies East Timor.
- 1975 - Pat Bradley wins Colgate-Far East Ladies Tournament Golf Tournament.
- 1975 - Thornton N Wilder, US writer (Bridge of San Luis Rey), dies at age 78.
- 1976 - United Nations Security Council endorses Kurt Waldheim, Secretary-General for second five-year term.
- 1977 - Birth of Fernando Vargas in Oxnard, California; welterweight boxer (Olympics-1996).
- 1977 - Birth of Francesca Lubiani in Bologna, Italy; tennis star (Futures-Amadora-POR).
- 1977 - New York Islanders' Billy Smith's 10th shut-out opponent - Chicago Black Hawks 4-0.
- 1977 - Paul Gibb, cricket player (England batsman, 8 Tests), dies.
- 1978 - New York Islanders' Mike Bossy's first career hat trick.
- 1979 - Mari Andriessen, sculptor (Docker), Amsterdam, dies at age 82.
- 1979 - Prince Chahryar Shafik, Shah of Iran's nephew, murdered in Paris, France.
- 1980 - Death of Darby Crash by heroin overdose at age 22; American songwriter, singer (The Germs) (born 1958).
- 1981 - Spain becomes a member of NATO.
- 1982 - Death of Will Lee; American actor (Mr. Hooper - Sesame Street) (born 1908).
- 1982 - Charlie Brooks Junior, convicted murderer, becomes first US prisoner to be executed by lethal injection, at a prison in Huntsville, Texas.
- 1982 - Suriname army under Desi Bouterse fires on radio station building.
- 1983 - Two Spanish passenger planes collide on the foggy runway at a Madrid airport, killing 90.
- 1983 - Edgar Graham, member of Northern Ireland Assembly, shot dead by Irish Republican Army.
- 1983 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island.
- 1984 - Birth of Robert Kubica, Polish Formula One racing driver.
- 1984 - Allan Border's first Test Cricket match as captain (vs West Indies Adelaide).
- 1984 - Jeanne Cagney, actress (Quicksand, Kentucky Rifle), dies at age 65.
- 1985 - 51st Heisman Trophy Award: Bo Jackson, Auburn (Running Back).
- 1985 - US space shuttle Atlantis returns to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly Air Force Base.
- 1985 - Potter Stewart, 94th US Supreme Court Justice (1958-81), dies in New Hampshire at age 70.
- 1985 - Robert Graves, English writer/poet (King Jesus), dies at age 90 (born 1895).
- 1985 - NBC airs the 200th episode of TV show Saturday Night Live.
- 1986 - Juli Inkster/Tom Purtzer win LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic.
- 1986 - President Jean-Claude Duvalier flees Haïti.
- 1986 - In Bulgaria, a magnitude 5.5 earthquake occurs.
- 1987 - Pacific Southwest Airline Flight 1771 crashes near Paso Robles, California, killing all 43 on board, after a disgruntled passenger shoots his ex-supervisor on the flight, then shoots both pilots and himself.
- 1987 - Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in the USA for a summit meeting.
- 1988 - Christopher Connelly, actor (Liar's Moon, Hawmps), dies at age 47.
- 1988 - In Armenia, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake occurs. At least 25,000 people killed, 19,000 injured and 500,000 homeless. Damage totals US$16.2 billion.
- 1988 - Mikhail Gorbachev announces ten percent unilateral Soviet troop reductions at United Nations.
- 1988 - Mikhail Gorbachev cheered by Wall Street crowds upon arrival in New York City.
- 1988 - New York Islanders fire Terry Simpson; Al Arbour new coach.
- 1988 - Peter Langan, Irish restaurateur (Langans London), dies in fire.
- 1988 - Estonian becomes the official language of Estonia.
- 1988 - Texas Rangers sign free-agent pitcher Nolan Ryan to a one-year contract.
- 1988 - NBC airs the 100th episode of TV show Highway to Heaven.
- 1990 - Death of Delecta "Dee" Clark at age 52; US singer ("Raindrops").
- 1990 - Iraqi parliament endorses Saddam's decision to free hostages.
- 1990 - Joan Bennett, American actress (House Across the Bay), dies at age 80 (born 1910.
- 1991 - A J Kitt, American, wins World Skiing Cup.
- 1992 - Galileo spacecraft passes North Pole of Moon (Peary Crater).
- 1992 - Maurice Coutinho, writer/translator (Silent Struggle), dies at age 79.
- 1993 - Félix Houphouet-Boigny, President of Ivory Coast (1960-93), dies at age 88 (born 1905).
- 1993 - Henri Konan Bédié names himself President of Ivory Coast.
- 1993 - Janet Margolin, actress (David and Lisa), dies of ovarian cancer at age 50.
- 1993 - Thirty-two member Transitional Executive Committee holds its first meeting in Cape Town, marking the first meeting of an official government body in South Africa with black members.
- 1993 - Colin Ferguson opens fire with his Ruger 9mm pistol on a Long Island Rail Road train, killing 16 and injuring 29.
- 1993 - Death of Wolfgang Paul, German physicist, Noble Prize for Physics 1989, in Bonn, Germany (born 1913).
- 1994 - Elga Andersen, German/French model/actress (Global Affair), dies at age 58.
- 1995 - NBA settles strike of referees, referees to return on December 12.
- 1995 - Tom Burns, editor, dies at age 89.
- 1995 - US NASA space probe Galileo arrives at Jupiter, a little more than six years after it was launched by Space Shuttle Atlantis.
- 1995 - Microsoft chairman Bill Gates and other executives give a seven-hour briefing speech and workshop in Seattle, Washington, on Microsoft's Internet strategy. Microsoft announces it has licensed Java from Sun Microsystems, and will add extensions to the technology for use with the Microsoft Network. Microsoft announces it has licensed browser technology from Spyglass for Windows 3.1 and the Macintosh, and will also offer Internet Explorer 2.0 on all platforms free of charge. The Microsoft Network will be redesigned as a Web site.
- 1996 - Space Shuttle STS 80 (Columbia 21) lands.
- 1997 - Amy Fruhwirth and Clarence Rose win LPGA J C Penney Classic.
- 1998 - Death of Martin Rodbell, American scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born 1925).
- 1999 - The RIAA files a lawsuit against the Napster file-sharing client.
- 2001 - Warner Bros. releases the film Ocean's Eleven to theaters.
- 2002 - As required by the recently passed U.N. resolution, Iraq files a 12,000 page weapons declaration with the U.N. Security Council. Although it is supposed to be a complete declaration, it is seen as incomplete by the Security Council and weapons inspectors.
- 2003 - Death of Carl F. H. Henry, American theologian and publisher (born 1913).
- 2003 - Death of Azie Taylor Morton, U.S. Treasurer (born 1936).
- 2003 - Parliamentary elections are held in Russia.
- 2003 - The new Government in Exile of the pre-World War II Republic of Estonia, headed by Ahti Mänd, assumes office.
- 2003 - Birth of Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands, daughter of Prince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands and Princess Maxima of the Netherlands.
- 2004 - IBM announces it will sell its PC division to Lenovo Group of China, for about US$1.75 billion.
- 2004 - The MSC Ilona container ship collides with another container ship near the mouth of South China's Pearl River, spilling about 525,000 litres of oil, causing a slick 17km long.
- 2005 - A U.S. Federal Air Marshal fatally shoots Rigoberto Alpizar on a jetway at Miami International Airport in Florida.
- 2005 - The Internet's European Union top-level domain .eu is launched, and replaces .eu.int. Initially this will be only for business purposes. From 7 April 2006 onwards, EU citizens can also register .eu domains.
- 2006 - Death of Jeane Kirkpatrick, American political theorist and U.N. ambassador (born 1926).
- 2007 - Uranus' orbit is positioned such that the sun shines directly above its equator (i.e. an equinox).
- 2008 - In Canada, the final episode of Trailer Park Boys airs, after seven seasons.
- 2009 - President Evo Morales wins a second five-year term in Bolivia's presidential election.
- 2009 - (to December 19) In Copenhagen, Denmark, the United Nations holds "COP15", a summit of world leaders and other delegates from 192 countries to reach a climate agreement to replace the Kyoto Protocol in 2012.
- 2010 - Silver hits 30-year high of US$30.73.
- 2013 - Ninth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization delegates sign the Bali Package agreement aimed at loosening global trade barriers.
- 2018 - The U.N.'s International Telecommunication Union reports that, by the end of 2018, 51.2 percent of the world's population are now using the Internet.
- 2020 - Romanian Prime Minister Ludovic Orban resigns.
- 2020 - Death of Chuck Yeager at age 97 in Los Angeles, California, USA; US Air Force Brigidier General, World War II double ace, first commandant of the US Air Force's Aerospace Research Pilot School, flew 127 missions as commander of 405th Tactical Fighter Wing in the Vietnam War, first pilot to break sound barrier.
- 2021 - Death of Mustafa Ben Halim, 3rd Prime Minister of Libya (born 1921).
- 2022 - The Royal Canadian Mint launches a 2022 $2 coin to circulation, featuring the world's first black nickel-plated outer ring.
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