All Events

Historical Events on December 7

  • Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette

    1776

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

  • Delaware

    1787

    Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the United States Constitution.

  • World War I

    1917

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

  • Cricket

    1936

    Australian cricketer Jack Fingleton becomes the first player to score centuries in four consecutive Test innings.

  • World War II

    1941

    World War II: Attack on Pearl Harbor: The Imperial Japanese Navy carries out a surprise attack on the United States Pacific Fleet and its defending Army and Marine air forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. (For Japan's near-simultaneous attacks on Eastern Hemisphere targets, see December 8.)

  • Pope Paul VI

    1965

    Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I simultaneously revoke mutual excommunications that had been in place since 1054.

  • Pakistan

    1971

    Pakistan President Yahya Khan announces the formation of a coalition government with Nurul Amin as Prime Minister and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto as Deputy Prime Minister.

  • Apollo 17

    1972

    Apollo 17, the last Apollo moon mission, is launched. The crew takes the photograph known as The Blue Marble as they leave the Earth.

  • Texas

    1982

    In Texas, Charles Brooks, Jr., becomes the first person to be executed by lethal injection in the United States.

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