Historical Events In December - 07

1983  On this day in history 2 jets collided at Madrid Airport killing 93  

1983  On this day in history edgar Graham, member of N Ireland Assembly, shot dead by IRA  

1984  On this day in history jeanne Cagney, actress (Quicksand, Kentucky Rifle), dies at 65  

1985  Atlantis returns to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB on December - 07.  

1985  Potter Stewart, 94th Supreme Court Justice (1958-81), dies in NH at 70 on December - 07.  

1987  On December - 07 43 die in Pacific Southwest Airline crash in California (man shot pilots)  

1987  Gorbachev arrives in the US for a summit meeting on December - 07.  

1988  Armenian SSR rocked by earthquake, 8 on Richter scale (55,000 die) on this day in history.  

1988  On December - 07 gorbachev announces 10% unilateral Soviet troop reductions at UN  

1988  On December - 07 mikhail Gorbachev cheered by Wall St crowds upon arrival in NYC  

1988  On December - 07 yasser Arafat recognizes existence of Israel  

1988  Andrei P Ershov, Russian computer pioneer, dies on December - 07.  

1988  On December - 07 armenian earthquake in Armenia killing 25,000 people  

1990  On this day in history iraqi parliament endorses Saddam's decision to free hostages  

1990  On December - 07 ted Turner and Jane Fonda announce their engagement  

1990  On this day in history delecta "Dee" Clark, US singer (Raindrops), dies at 52  

1992  On this day in history maurice Coutinho, writer/translator (Silent Struggle), dies at 79  

1993  On December - 07 south African transitional executive council set up  

1993  On this day in history félix Houphouet-Boigny, pres of Ivory Coast (1960-93), dies at 88  

1994  On this day in history elga Andersen, German/French model/actress (Global Affair), dies at 58  

1995  Bill Gates announced that Microsoft would shift its entire business focus to the Internet on this day in history.  

1995  On this day in history galileo arrives on Jupiter  

1995  On this day in history larry Bartlett, photographer, dies at 42  

1996  On this day in history eugene Izzi, mystery writer, hangs himself at 43  

2005  A U.S. Federal Air Marshal fatally shoots Rigoberto Alpizar on a jetway at Miami International Airport in Florida on December - 07.  

2005  European Union TLD .eu is launched, and replaced .eu.int. Initially this will be only for business purposes. From 7 April 206 onwards, EU citizens can also register .eu domains on December - 07.  

2007  Uranus' orbit will be positioned such that the sun shines directly above its equator (i.e. an equinox) on this day in history.  

2014  The Syrian military accuse Israel of carrying out two air strikes on Syria on December - 07.  

2017  Naples' pizza spinning given UNESCO intangible heritage status along with Germany's organ music, Kyrgystan's Kok boru and India's Kumbh festival on this day in history.  

2017  Australia's parliament votes to legalize gay marriage on December - 07.  

2017  On this day in history virtual currency Bitcoin rises in value, passing $18,440 on some exchanges  

2017  Unrest in West Bank and Gaza, schools closed and a general strike in response to America's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital on this day in history.  

2017  On this day in history cristiano Ronaldo wins his 5th FIFA Ballon d’Or to equal Lionel Messi's record  

2017  Pantone's 2018 Colour of the Year is Ultra Violet on this day in history.  

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0521  On December - 07 birth of saint Columba, Irish Christian missionary to Scotland (d. 597)  

0903  On this day in history birth of abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi, Persian astronomer (d. 986)  

1302  On this day in history birth of azzone Visconti lord of Milan (d. 1339)  

1542  On this day in history birth of mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland (1560-1587)  

1545  Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, consort of Mary I of Scotland (d. 1567) was born on December - 07.  

1557  Girolamo Trombeti, composer was born on December - 07.  

1561  On this day in history birth of kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese politician (d. 1625)  

1598  On this day in history birth of giovanni Bernini, Italy, baroque sculptor (St Teresa in Ecstasy)  

0043  Death of Cicero, Roman politician and author (b. 106 BC) on December - 07.  

0283  Death of Pope Eutychian on this day in history.  

0983  On this day in history otto II the Red, German king/emperor (973-83), dies at about 28  

1254  Innocent IV, [Sinibaldo dei Fieschi], Pope (1243-54), dies on this day in history.  

1279  Death of King Boleslaus V of Poland (b. 1226) on this day in history.  

1295  On this day in history death of gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Hertford, English politician (b. 1243)  

1383  Wenceslaus, duke of Brabant, dies on December - 07.  

1498  Death of Alexander Hegius von Heek, German humanist on this day in history.