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| − | + | File:Chiang Kai-shek memorial amk.jpg|Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Taipei | |
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| − | + | | '''[[Day of the Little Candles]]''' in Colombia; | |
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| − | | | + | | '''[[Armed Forces Flag Day]]''' in India; |
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| − | + | | [[1724]] – In [[Toruń]], [[Royal Prussia]], Polish authorities '''[[Tumult of Thorn (Toruń)|executed]]''' the city's mayor and nine other [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]] officials following tensions between Protestants and Catholics. | |
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| − | | | + | | [[1787]] – '''[[Delaware]]''' became [[List of U.S. states by date of admission to the Union|the first U.S. state]] to ratify the [[Constitution of the United States|United States Constitution]]. |
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| − | + | | [[1815]] – '''[[Michel Ney]]''', [[Marshal of France]], was executed by a firing squad near Paris' [[Jardin du Luxembourg]] for supporting [[Napoleon]]. | |
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| + | | [[1904]] – Comparative trials began between '''{{HMS|Spiteful|1899|6}}'''<!--[[HMS Spiteful (1899)]]--><!-- ''(pictured)''-->, the first [[warship]] powered solely by [[fuel oil]], and a similar [[Royal Navy]] ship burning coal. | ||
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| + | | [[1941]] – [[World War II]]: The [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] '''[[Attack on Pearl Harbor|made a surprise attack]]''' on [[Pearl Harbor]] in [[Territory of Hawaii|Hawaii]], intending to neutralize the [[United States Pacific Fleet]] from influencing the war Japan was planning to wage in [[Southeast Asia]]. | ||
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| + | | [[1946]] – The '''[[Winecoff Hotel fire|deadliest hotel fire in U.S. history]]''' happened at the [[Winecoff Hotel]] in [[Atlanta|Atlanta, Georgia]]. | ||
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| + | | [[1949]] – [[Chinese Civil War]]: The government of the Republic of China relocated from [[Mainland China]] to '''[[Taipei]]'''<!-- ''([[Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall]] pictured)''--> on the island of Taiwan. | ||
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| + | | [[1965]] – '''[[East–West Schism]]''': [[Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople]] and [[Pope Paul VI]] issued [[Catholic-Orthodox joint declaration of 1965|a declaration]]<!--not bold, stub-->, simultaneously lifted mutual [[excommunication]]s that had been in place since 1054. | ||
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| + | | [[1972]] – The crew of the ''[[Apollo 17]]'' spacecraft took the photograph "'''[[The Blue Marble]]'''", the first clear image of an illuminated face of [[Earth]], on their way to the [[Moon]]. | ||
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| + | | [[1987]] – A former airline employee on '''[[Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771]]''' shot his former boss and the pilots and deliberately crashed the plane near [[Cayucos, California]], leaving no survivors. | ||
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| − | < | + | * [[43 BC]] – '''[[Cicero]]'''<!-- ''(bust pictured)''-->, widely considered one of [[ancient Rome]]'s greatest [[Rhetoric|orators]] and prose stylists, was killed after having been [[Proscription|proscribed]] as an [[enemy of the state]]. |
| − | < | + | * [[1837]] – British troops swiftly defeated rebels led by [[William Lyon Mackenzie]] and [[Anthony Van Egmond]] at the '''[[Battle of Montgomery's Tavern]]''', the only major confrontation of the '''[[Upper Canada Rebellion]]'''. |
| − | < | + | * [[1869]] – American outlaw '''[[Jesse James]]''' committed his first confirmed bank robbery in [[Gallatin, Missouri]]. |
| − | < | + | * [[1942]] – [[World War II|Second World War]]: A small unit of [[Royal Marines]] launched '''[[Operation Frankton]]''', in which they damaged six ships in the port of [[Bordeaux]] in [[German military administration in occupied France during World War II|German-occupied France]]. |
| − | < | + | * [[1972]] – Construction workers found the remains of '''[[Martin Bormann]]''' and '''[[Ludwig Stumpfegger]]''' near [[Berlin Hauptbahnhof|Lehrter Station]] in Berlin, ending a decades-long search after Bormann's conviction ''[[Trial in absentia|in absentia]]'' at the [[Nuremberg trials]]. |
| − | < | + | * [[1988]] – A {{nowrap|6.8 [[Surface-wave magnitude|M<sub>s</sub>]]}} earthquake '''[[1988 Armenian earthquake|struck]]''' the [[Spitak]] region of Armenia, killing at least 25,000 people. |
| − | < | + | * [[1993]] – A passenger '''[[1993 Long Island Rail Road shooting|murdered]]''' six people and injured nineteen others on the [[Long Island Rail Road]] in [[Garden City, New York]]. |
| − | + | * [[2005]] – Spanish authorities captured [[Croatian Army]] general '''[[Ante Gotovina]]''', who was wanted for [[war crime]]s committed during the [[Croatian War of Independence]]; he was eventually cleared of all charges. | |
| − | + | * [[2007]] – A [[Crane vessel|crane barge]] that had broken free from a [[tugboat]] crashed into an [[oil tanker]] near Daesan, South Korea, causing the country's '''[[2007 South Korea oil spill|worst-ever oil spill]]'''. | |
| − | + | * [[2015]] – The [[JAXA]] space probe '''''[[Akatsuki (spacecraft)|Akatsuki]]'''''<!-- ''(illustration shown)''--> entered into orbit around Venus to study [[Atmosphere of Venus|the planet's atmosphere]], five years after its first attempt failed. | |
| + | * Born/died this day: | '''[[Charles Garnier (missionary)|Charles Garnier]]'''<!--French Canadian--> |d|1649| '''[[Richard Bellingham]]'''<!--American colonist--> |d|1672| '''[[Charles Saunders (Royal Navy officer)|Charles Saunders]]'''<!--English admiral--> |d|1775| '''[[Theodor Schwann]]'''<!--German physician--> |b|1810| '''[[Joseph Cook]]'''<!--Australian prime minister--> |b|1860| '''[[Hamilton Fish III|Hamilton {{nowrap|Fish III}}]]'''<!--American politician--> |b|1888| '''[[Noam Chomsky]]'''<!--American linguist--> |b|1928| '''[[Martha Layne Collins]]'''<!--American politician--> |b|1936| '''[[Nicholas Hoult]]'''<!--English actor--> |b|1989| '''[[Barbara Howard (artist)|Barbara Howard]]'''<!--Canadian painter--> |d|2002| '''[[Jeane Kirkpatrick]]'''<!--American diplomat--> |d|2006 | ||
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| + | '''[[December 7]]''': [[Calendar of saints|Feast day]] of '''[[Ambrose|Saint Ambrose]]''' (Christianity); '''[[National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day]]''' in the United States ([[1941]]) | ||
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| + | {{main page image/OTD|File:Artwork Galileo-Io-Jupiter.JPG|Artist's impression of the ''Galileo'' spacecraft}} | ||
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| − | + | * [[574]] – Suffering from mental illness, Roman emperor [[Justin II|{{nowrap|Justin II}}]] had his general '''[[Tiberius II Constantine|Tiberius]]''' proclaimed [[Caesar (title)|Caesar]], adopting him as his own son. | |
| − | + | * [[1862]] - [[American Civil War]]: The '''[[Battle of Prairie Grove]]''' ended a [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] attempt to regain control of northwestern [[Arkansas]]. | |
| − | + | * [[1936]] – Australian [[cricket]]er '''[[Jack Fingleton]]''' became the first player to score [[Century (cricket)|centuries]] in four consecutive [[Test cricket|Test]] innings. | |
| − | + | * [[1975]] – The Indonesian military '''[[Indonesian invasion of East Timor|invaded East Timor]]''' under the pretext of anti-colonialism, beginning '''[[Indonesian occupation of East Timor|an occupation]]'''. | |
| − | + | * [[1995]] – The '''''[[Galileo (spacecraft)|Galileo spacecraft]]''''' ''(illustration shown)'' arrived at [[Jupiter]], a little more than six years after it was launched by [[Space Shuttle Atlantis|Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'']] during [[STS-34|Mission STS-34]]. | |
| − | + | {{Born and died list| '''[[Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi]]'''<!--Persian astronomer--> |b|903| '''[[Willa Cather]]'''<!--American writer--> |b|1873| '''[[Robert Graves]]'''<!--English poet--> |d|1985}} | |
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Revision as of 12:51, 6 December 2021
{{../doc}}
Staging area
Images
Use only ONE image at a time
Japanese naval aircraft prepare to take off from the aircraft carrier Shōkaku.
West Virginia, Pearl Harbor, Dec 7, 1941
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
Jesse James
Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Taipei
"The Blue Marble"
HMS Spiteful
Bust of Cicero
Ineligible
| Blurb | Reason |
|---|---|
| Day of the Little Candles in Colombia; | unreferenced section |
| Armed Forces Flag Day in India; | lots of citations needed |
| 1724 – In Toruń, Royal Prussia, Polish authorities executed the city's mayor and nine other Lutheran officials following tensions between Protestants and Catholics. | lots of CN tags (5) for length |
| 1787 – Delaware became the first U.S. state to ratify the United States Constitution. | refimprove section |
| 1815 – Michel Ney, Marshal of France, was executed by a firing squad near Paris' Jardin du Luxembourg for supporting Napoleon. | lots of CN tags (10) |
| 1904 – Comparative trials began between HMS Spiteful, the first warship powered solely by fuel oil, and a similar Royal Navy ship burning coal. | date not in article |
| 1941 – World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy made a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, intending to neutralize the United States Pacific Fleet from influencing the war Japan was planning to wage in Southeast Asia. | lots of CN tags (12) |
| 1946 – The deadliest hotel fire in U.S. history happened at the Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia. | refimprove section |
| 1949 – Chinese Civil War: The government of the Republic of China relocated from Mainland China to Taipei on the island of Taiwan. | cleanup list |
| 1965 – East–West Schism: Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople and Pope Paul VI issued a declaration, simultaneously lifted mutual excommunications that had been in place since 1054. | summarize section, refimprove section |
| 1972 – The crew of the Apollo 17 spacecraft took the photograph "The Blue Marble", the first clear image of an illuminated face of Earth, on their way to the Moon. | refimprove section |
| 1987 – A former airline employee on Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771 shot his former boss and the pilots and deliberately crashed the plane near Cayucos, California, leaving no survivors. | refimprove section |
Eligible
- 43 BC – Cicero, widely considered one of ancient Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists, was killed after having been proscribed as an enemy of the state.
- 1837 – British troops swiftly defeated rebels led by William Lyon Mackenzie and Anthony Van Egmond at the Battle of Montgomery's Tavern, the only major confrontation of the Upper Canada Rebellion.
- 1869 – American outlaw Jesse James committed his first confirmed bank robbery in Gallatin, Missouri.
- 1942 – Second World War: A small unit of Royal Marines launched Operation Frankton, in which they damaged six ships in the port of Bordeaux in German-occupied France.
- 1972 – Construction workers found the remains of Martin Bormann and Ludwig Stumpfegger near Lehrter Station in Berlin, ending a decades-long search after Bormann's conviction in absentia at the Nuremberg trials.
- 1988 – A 6.8 Ms earthquake struck the Spitak region of Armenia, killing at least 25,000 people.
- 1993 – A passenger murdered six people and injured nineteen others on the Long Island Rail Road in Garden City, New York.
- 2005 – Spanish authorities captured Croatian Army general Ante Gotovina, who was wanted for war crimes committed during the Croatian War of Independence; he was eventually cleared of all charges.
- 2007 – A crane barge that had broken free from a tugboat crashed into an oil tanker near Daesan, South Korea, causing the country's worst-ever oil spill.
- 2015 – The JAXA space probe Akatsuki entered into orbit around Venus to study the planet's atmosphere, five years after its first attempt failed.
- Born/died this day: | Charles Garnier |d|1649| Richard Bellingham |d|1672| Charles Saunders |d|1775| Theodor Schwann |b|1810| Joseph Cook |b|1860| Hamilton Fish III |b|1888| Noam Chomsky |b|1928| Martha Layne Collins |b|1936| Nicholas Hoult |b|1989| Barbara Howard |d|2002| Jeane Kirkpatrick |d|2006
December 7: Feast day of Saint Ambrose (Christianity); National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day in the United States (1941)
Artist's impression of the Galileo spacecraft
Artist's impression of the Galileo spacecraft
- 574 – Suffering from mental illness, Roman emperor Justin II had his general Tiberius proclaimed Caesar, adopting him as his own son.
- 1862 - American Civil War: The Battle of Prairie Grove ended a Confederate attempt to regain control of northwestern Arkansas.
- 1936 – Australian cricketer Jack Fingleton became the first player to score centuries in four consecutive Test innings.
- 1975 – The Indonesian military invaded East Timor under the pretext of anti-colonialism, beginning an occupation.
- 1995 – The Galileo spacecraft (illustration shown) arrived at Jupiter, a little more than six years after it was launched by Space Shuttle Atlantis during Mission STS-34.
- Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (b. 903)
- Willa Cather (b. 1873)
- Robert Graves (d. 1985)
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