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Events

43 BC – Marcus Tullius Cicero assassinated.
1696 – Connecticut Route 108, third oldest highway in Connecticut laid out to Trumbull .
1724 – Tumult of Thorn – religious unrest was followed by the execution of nine Protestant citizens and the mayor of Thorn by Polish authorities.
1732 – The Royal Opera House opens at Covent Garden , London .
1776 – Marquis de Lafayette attempts to enter the American military as a major general.
1787 – Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the US Constitution.
1862 – US Civil War: Battle of Prairie Grove, Arkansas.
1900 – Max Planck, in his house at Grunewald , on the outskirts of Berlin , discovers the law of black body emission.
1917 – World War I: The United States declares war on Austria-Hungary.
1930 – W1XAV in Boston, Massachusetts broadcasts video from the CBS radio orchestra program, The Fox Trappers. The broadcast also includes the first television commercial in the United States , an advertisement for I.J. Fox Furriers, who sponsored the radio show.
1940 – The first prototype Fairey Barracuda flew
1941 – World War II: Attack on Pearl Harbor – The Imperial Japanese Navy attacks the US Pacific Fleet and its defending Army Air Forces and Marine air forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii . Because of the time difference due to the International Date Line , the events of December 8 occurred while the date was still December 7 to the east of this line.
1946 – A fire at the Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia kills 119 people, the deadliest hotel fire in U.S. history.
1949 – Chinese Civil War: The government of Republic of China moves from Nanking to Taipei .
1962 – Prince Rainier III of Monaco revises the principality's constitution, devolving some of his power to advisory and legislative councils.
1963 – Instant replay is used for the first time in a Army-Navy game.
1965 – Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras simultaneously lift mutual excommunications that had been in place since 1054.
1966 – A fire at an army barracks in Erzurum , Turkey kills 68 people.
1970 – The first ever general election on the basis of direct adult franchise is held in Pakistan for 313 National Assembly seats.
1971 – Pakistan President Yahya Khan announces formation of a Coalition Government at Centre with Nurul Amin as Prime Minister and Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto as Vice-Prime Minister.
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.
1975 – Indonesia invades East Timor .
1982 – In Texas , Charles Brooks, Jr. becomes the first person to be executed by lethal injection in the United States .
1983 – An Iberia Airlines Boeing 727 collides with an Aviaco DC-9 in dense fog while the two airliners are taxiing down the runway at Madrid Barajas International Airport , killing 93 people.
1987 – Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771 crashes near Paso Robles, California, killing all 43 on board, after a disgruntled passenger shoots his ex-boss traveling on the flight, then shoots both pilots and himself.
1987 – Alianza Lima air disaster . A plane crashed killing all Alianza Lima team in Ventanilla, Callao , Peru .
1988 – Spitak Earthquake : In Armenia an earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale kills nearly 25,000, injures 15,000 and leaves 400,000 homeless.
1988 – Yasser Arafat recognizes the right of Israel to exist.
1993 – The Long Island Rail Road massacre: Passenger Colin Ferguson murders six people and injures 19 others on the LIRR in Nassau County, New York .
1994 – Norfolk Southern ends its steam excursion program. This is the last time that Norfolk and Western 611 was under steam.
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.
1999 – The RIAA files a lawsuit against the Napster file-sharing client, on charges of copyright infringement.
2003 – The Conservative Party of Canada is officially recognized after the merger of the Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.
2005 – Rigoberto Alpizar, a passenger on American Airlines Flight 924 who allegedly claimed to have a bomb, is shot and killed by a team of U.S. federal air marshals at Miami International Airport .
2006 – A tornado struck Kensal Green , North West London, seriously damaging around 150 properties.
2007 – The Hebei Spirit oil spill began in South Korea after a crane barge being towed by tug collided with the Very Large Crude Carrier, Hebei Spirit.

Births

521 – Saint Columba, Irish Christian missionary to Scotland (d. 597)
903 – Abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi, Persian astronomer (d. 986)
1302 – Azzone Visconti lord of Milan (d. 1339)
1545 – Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, consort of Mary I of Scotland (d. 1567)
1561 – Kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese politician (d. 1625)
1598 – Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian artist (d. 1680)
1637 – Bernardo Pasquini, Italian composer (d. 1710)
1670 – John Aislabie, English director of the South Sea Company (d. 1742)
1724 – Louise of Great Britain, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1751)
1764 – Claude Victor-Perrin, duc de Belluno, French marshal (d. 1841)
1784 – Allan Cunningham, British poet (d. 1842)
1801 – Johann Nestroy, Austrian dramatist and actor (d. 1862)
1803 – Maria Josepha of Saxony, queen consort of Spain (d. 1829)
1810 – Josef Hyrtl, Austrian anatomist (d. 1894)
1810 – Theodor Schwann, German physiologist (d. 1882)
1823 – Leopold Kronecker, German mathematician (d. 1891)
1847 – George Grossmith, British actor and writer (d. 1912)
1860 – Joseph Cook, 6th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1947)
1862 – Paul Adam, French novelist (d. 1920)
1863 – Felix Calonder, Swiss politician (d. 1952)
1863 – Pietro Mascagni, Italian composer (d. 1945)
1863 – Richard Sears, American department store founder (d. 1914)
1873 – Willa Cather, American novelist (d. 1947)
1879 – Rudolf Friml, American composer (d. 1972)
1887 – Ernst Toch, Austrian composer (d. 1964)
1888 – Joyce Cary, Irish author (d. 1957)
1888 – Hamilton Fish III, American politician (d. 1991)
1891 – Fay Bainter, Academy Award-winning American actress (d. 1968)
1903 – Danilo Blanuša, Croatian mathematician (d. 1987)
1904 – Konstantin Sokolsky, Russian singer (d. 1991)
1905 – Gerard Kuiper, Dutch-born American astronomer (d. 1973)
1907 – Fred Rose, Canadian communist politician (d. 1983)
1910 – Louis Prima, American musician (d. 1978)
1910 – Edmundo Ros, Trinidadian musician
1912 – Daniel Jones, British composer (d. 1993)
1913 – Kersti Merilaas, Estonian author, poet (d. 1986)
1915 – Eli Wallach, American actor
1916 – Yekaterina Budanova, Soviet pilot, one of only two female flying aces (d. 1943)
1916 – Jean Carignan, French Canadian fiddler (d. 1988)
1919 – Lis Løwert, Danish actress (d. 2009)
1920 – Fiorenzo Magni, Italian cyclist
1920 – Walter Nowotny, Austrian fighter pilot (d. 1944)
1920 – Tatamkulu Afrika, South African poet and writer (d. 2002)
1921 – Pramukh Swami Maharaj, Indian spiritual leader
1923 – Ted Knight, American actor (d. 1986)
1924 – John Love, Zimbabwean Formula One driver (d. 2005)
1924 – Mário Soares, President of Portugal
1925 – Hernando da Silva Ramos, Brazilian racing driver
1927 – Helen Watts, British contralto
1928 – Noam Chomsky, American linguist and political writer
1930 – Hal Smith, American baseball player
1932 – Ellen Burstyn, American actress
1932 – Paul Caponigro, American photographer
1937 – Thad Cochran, American politician, senator from Mississippi
1940 – Stan Boardman, English comedian
1940 – Gerry Cheevers, Canadian ice hockey player
1942 – Harry Chapin, American singer and songwriter (d. 1981)
1942 – Alex Johnson, American baseball player
1942 – Peter Tomarken, American game show host (d. 2006)
1943 – Nicholas Katz, American mathematician
1943 – Göran Lennmarker, Swedish politician
1943 – Bernard C. Parks, Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department
1944 – Jamiel Chagra, American drug trafficker
1944 – Daniel Chorzempa, American organist
1945 – Marion Rung, Finnish singer
1947 – Johnny Bench, American baseball player
1947 – Tony Thomas, American TV and film producer
1947 – Garry Unger, Canadian ice hockey player
1948 – Gary Morris, American singer and actor
1948 – Mads Vinding, Danish bassist
1949 – Tom Waits, American singer, composer, and actor
1952 – Georges Corraface, Greek actor, president of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival
1952 – Susan Collins, American politician, junior senator from Maine
1954 – Mark Hofmann, American forger and bomber
1954 – Mike Nolan, Irish singer (Bucks Fizz)
1955 – Priscilla Barnes, American actress
1955 – John Watkins, Australian politician
1956 – Larry Bird, American basketball player
1957 – Tom Winsor, British lawyer and economic regulator
1958 – Tim Butler, English musician (The Psychedelic Furs)
1958 – Rick Rude, American professional wrestler (d. 1999)
1961 – Lisa Fischer, American R&B singer
1960 – Craig Scanlon, English guitarist (The Fall)
1962 – Grecia Colmenares, Venezuelan actress
1963 – Theo Snelders, former Dutch footballer
1964 – Roberta Close, Brazilian model
1964 – Tadao Uematsu, Japanese racing driver
1964 – Peter Laviolette, head coach Carolina Hurricanes
1965 – Colin Hendry, Scottish footballer
1965 – Jeffrey Wright, American actor
1966 – C. Thomas Howell, American actor
1966 – Shinichi Itoh, Japanese motorcycle racer
1967 – Tino Martinez, American baseball player
1968 – Mark Geyer, Australian rugby league footballer
1969 – Andrea Claudio Galluzzo, Italian writer and journalist
1970 – Carmen Campuzano, Mexican actress and fashion model
1971 – Vladimir Akopian, Armenian chess player
1971 – Chasey Lain, American pornographic actress
1972 – Hermann Maier, Austrian skier
1972 – Tammy Lynn Sytch, American professional wrestler
1973 – Terrell Owens, American football player
1973 – Fabien Pelous, French international rugby player
1973 – Damien Rice, Irish musician
1974 – Nicole Appleton, Canadian-born singer
1974 – Kang Full, South Korean webcomic artist
1975 – Jamie Clapham, English footballer
1976 – Alan Faneca, American football player
1976 – Brent Johnson, Canadian football player
1976 – Georges Laraque, Canadian ice hockey player
1976 – Vanessa Lorenzo, Spanish fashion model
1977 – Dominic Howard, English drummer (Muse)
1977 – Eric Chavez, American baseball player
1978 – Shiri Appleby, American actress
1978 – Frankie J, Mexican-born American singer
1978 – Chad Dukes, Radio Personality
1979 – Ayako Fujitani, Japanese actress
1979 – Derek Ramsay, Filipino actor and model
1979 – Lampros Choutos, Greek footballer
1979 – Sara Bareilles, American singer
1979 – Jennifer Carpenter, American actress
1980 – John Terry, English footballer
1982 – Chrispa, Greek singer
1983 – Fausto Carmona, Dominican baseball player
1984 – Robert Kubica, the first Polish Formula One racing driver
1984 – Aaron Gray, American basketball player
1984 – Luca Rigoni, Italian footballer
1987 – Aaron Carter, American singer and actor
1987 – Thomas Fiss, American singer (Varsity Fanclub)
1988 – Emily Browning, Australian actress
1988 – Asia Ray Smith, American actress
1989 – Nicholas Hoult, English actor
1990 – Urszula Radwańska, Polish tennis player
2003 – Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands

Deaths

43 BC – Cicero, Roman politician and author (b. 106 BC)
283 – Pope Eutychian
983 – Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 955)
1254 – Pope Innocent IV
1279 – King Boleslaus V of Poland (b. 1226)
1295 – Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Hertford, English politician (b. 1243)
1498 – Alexander Hegius von Heek, German humanist (b. 1433)
1562 – Adrian Willaert, Flemish composer
1649 – Charles Garnier, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1606)
1672 – Richard Bellingham, English-born Massachusetts colonial magistrate (b. 1592)
1683 – John Oldham, English poet (b. 1653)
1683 – Algernon Sydney, English politician (b. 1623)
1723 – Jan Santini Aichel, Bohemian architect (b. 1677)
1725 – Florent Carton Dancourt, French dramatist and actor (b. 1661)
1775 – Charles Saunders, British admiral
1793 – Joseph Bara, French revolutionary (b. 1780)
1815 – Michel Ney, French marshall (b. 1769)
1817 – William Bligh, British naval officer (b. 1745)
1842 – Thomas Hamilton, Scottish writer (b. 1789)
1874 – Constantin von Tischendorf, German biblical scholar (b. 1815)
1894 – Ferdinand de Lesseps, French diplomat and entrepreneur (Suez Canal ) (b. 1805)
1902 – Thomas Nast, German-born American cartoonist (b. 1840)
1906 – Élie Ducommun, Swiss journalist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1833)
1913 – Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano, Italian Catholic Cardinal (b. 1828)
1917 – Léon Minkus, German-Czech composer and violinist (b. 1826)
1938 – Anna Marie Hahn, German-born American serial killer (b. 1906)
1941 – Notable casualties of the attack on Pearl Harbor

* Mervyn S. Bennion, American US Navy Captain, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1887)

* Herbert C. Jones, American US Navy Ensign, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1918)

* Isaac C. Kidd, American US Navy Rear Admiral, Medal of Honor recipient(b. 1884)

* Thomas J. Reeves, American US Navy radioman, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1895)

* Franklin Van Valkenburgh, American US Navy Captain (b. 1888)

1946 – Sada Yacco, Japanese stage actress (b. 1871)
1947 – Nicholas M. Butler, American university president, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1862)
1947 – Tristan Bernard, French playwright and novelist (b. 1866)
1956 – Huntley Gordon, Canadian actor (b. 1887)
1960 – Clara Haskil, Swiss pianist (b. 1895)
1969 – Lefty O'Doul, American baseball player (b. 1897)
1969 – Eric Portman, English actor (b. 1903)
1970 – Rube Goldberg, American cartoonist (b. 1883)
1975 – Thornton Wilder, American playwright (b. 1897)
1977 – Peter Carl Goldmark, Hungarian-born American engineer (b. 1906)
1978 – Alexander Wetmore, American ornithologist (b. 1886)
1980 – Darby Crash, American punk-rock musician (b. 1958)
1982 – Will Lee, American Actor
1983 – Fanny Cano, Mexican actress (b. 1944)
1984 – Lee Roy Yarbrough, American race car driver (Nascar) (b. 1938)
1985 – Robert Graves, British author (b. 1895)
1985 – Potter Stewart, American U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1915)
1989 – William Calhoun, professional wrestler (b. 1934)
1990 – Joan Bennett, American actress (b. 1910)
1990 – Jean Duceppe, Quebec stage, television and film actor (b. 1923)
1990 – Jean Paul Lemieux, Quebec painter (b. 1904)
1993 – Félix Houphouët-Boigny, President of Côte d'Ivoire (b. 1905)
1993 – Wolfgang Paul, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913)
1994 – J.C. Tremblay, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1939)
1997 – Billy Bremner, Scottish former footballer (b. 1942)
1998 – Martin Rodbell, American scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1925)
1998 – John Addison, British composer (b. 1920)
2000 – Vladimir Gotovac, Croatian poet and politician (b. 1930)
2001 – Charles McClendon, American college football coach (LSU Tigers) (b. 1923)
2003 – Carl F. H. Henry American theologian and publisher (b. 1913)
2003 – Azie Taylor Morton, Treasurer of the United States (b. 1936)
2004 – Frederick Fennell, American conductor (b. 1914)
2004 – Jerry Scoggins, American singer (b. 1913)
2004 – Jay Van Andel, American entrepreneur, co-founder and former chairman of Amway (b. 1924)
2005 – Bud Carson, American football player and coach (b. 1931)
2005 – Lucy d'Abreu, Scottish supercentenarian (b. 1892)
2005 – Rigoberto Alpizar, Costa Rican-born American airline passenger (b. 1961)
2006 – Jeane Kirkpatrick, American diplomat (b. 1926)
2006 – Jay McShann, American musician (b. 1910)
2008 – Marky Cielo, Filipino and Igorot dancer and actor (b. 1988)