December 7
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
(Difference between revisions)
| Revision as of 15:53, 2 December 2007 Jahsonic (Talk | contribs) ← Previous diff |
Revision as of 15:53, 2 December 2007 Jahsonic (Talk | contribs) (→Births) Next diff → |
||
| Line 5: | Line 5: | ||
| *[[1598]] - [[Gian Lorenzo Bernini]], Italian artist (d. [[1680]]) | *[[1598]] - [[Gian Lorenzo Bernini]], Italian artist (d. [[1680]]) | ||
| *[[1910]] - [[Louis Prima]], American musician (d. [[1978]]) | *[[1910]] - [[Louis Prima]], American musician (d. [[1978]]) | ||
| - | * 1910 - [[Edmundo Ros]], [[Trinidad]]ian musician | ||
| - | *[[1912]] - [[Daniel Jones (composer)|Daniel Jones]], British composer (d. [[1993]]) | ||
| - | *[[1915]] - [[Eli Wallach]], American actor | ||
| - | *[[1916]] - [[Jean Carignan]], French Canadian fiddler (d. [[1988]]) | ||
| - | *[[1920]] - [[Fiorenzo Magni]], Italian cylist | ||
| - | *[[1921]] - [[Pramukh Swami Maharaj]], Indian spiritual leader | ||
| - | *[[1924]] - [[Mário Soares]], [[President of Portugal]] | ||
| - | * 1924 - [[Bent Fabric]], Danish pop pianist and composer | ||
| - | * 1924 - [[John Love]], Zimbabwean [[Formula One]] driver (d. [[2005]]) | ||
| - | *[[1925]] - [[Hernando da Silva Ramos]], Brazilian racing driver | ||
| - | *[[1927]] - [[Helen Watts]], British contralto | ||
| *[[1928]] - [[Noam Chomsky]], American linguist and political writer | *[[1928]] - [[Noam Chomsky]], American linguist and political writer | ||
| *[[1930]] - [[Hal Smith (baseball player)|Hal Smith]], American baseball player | *[[1930]] - [[Hal Smith (baseball player)|Hal Smith]], American baseball player | ||
Revision as of 15:53, 2 December 2007
|
Related e |
|
Featured: |
Contents |
Art and culture
Births
- 1598 - Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian artist (d. 1680)
- 1910 - Louis Prima, American musician (d. 1978)
- 1928 - Noam Chomsky, American linguist and political writer
- 1930 - Hal Smith, American baseball player
- 1932 - Ellen Burstyn, American actress
- 1932 - Paul Caponigro, American photographer
- 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 - Bernard C. Parks, Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department
- 1943 - Göran Lennmarker, Swedish politician
- 1944 - Daniel Chorzempa, American organist
- 1944 - Jamiel Chagra, American drug trafficker
- 1945 - Marion Rung, Finnish singer
- 1947 - Johnny Bench, American baseball player
- 1947 - Garry Unger, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1947 - Tony Thomas, American TV and film producer
- 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
- 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 (Psychedelic Furs)
- 1958 - Rick Rude, American professional wrestler (d. 1999)
- 1960 - Craig Scanlon, English guitarist (The Fall)
- 1962 - Grecia Colmenares, Venezuelan actress
- 1964 - Roberta Close, Brazilian model
- 1964 - Tadao Uematsu, Japanese racing driver
- 1965 - Jeffrey Wright, American actor
- 1965 - Colin Hendry, Scottish footballer
- 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
- 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 - Damien Rice, Irish musician
- 1973 - Terrell Owens, American football player
- 1973 - Fabien Pelous, French international rugby player
- 1974 - Nicole Appleton, Canadian-born singer
- 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)
- 1978 - Shiri Appleby, American actress
- 1978 - Frankie J, Mexican-born American singer
- 1979 - Ayako Fujitani, Japanese actress
- 1979 - Lampros Choutos, Greek footballer
- 1979 - Jennifer Carpenter, American actress
- 1980 - John Terry, English footballer
- 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
- 1988 - Emily Browning, Australian actress
- 1989 - Nicholas Hoult, English actor
- 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
- 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
- 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 (smallpox) (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 (executed) (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 churchman and last surviving cardinal of Pius IX (b. 1828)
- 1917 - Léon Minkus, German/Czech Composer and violinist (b. March 23, 1826)
- 1941 - Casualties of the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor
- 1941 - Mervyn S. Bennion, United States Navy Captain, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1887)
- 1941 - Herbert C. Jones, United States Navy, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1918)
- 1941 - Isaac C. Kidd, United States Navy Rear Admiral, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1884)
- 1941 - Thomas J. Reeves, United States Navy, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1895)
- 1941 - Franklin Van Valkenburgh, United States Navy, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1888)
- 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 lengend (b. 1958)
- 1983 - Fanny Cano, Mexican actress (b. 1944)
- 1984 - Lee Roy Yarbrough, American race car (Nascar) driver (b. 1938)
- 1985 - Robert Graves, British author (b. 1895)
- 1985 - Potter Stewart, US 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, LSU Tigers head football coach (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 - Dimebag Darrell, Lead Guitarist For Pantera. (b. 1966)
- 2004 - Jay Van Andel, co-founder and former chairman of Amway (b. 1924)
- 2005 - Bud Carson, American football player and coach (b. 1931)
- 2005 - Lucy d'Abreu, was the oldest living person in the United Kingdom from April 2004 until her death (b. 1892)
- 2005 - Rigoberto Alpizar, airplane passenger fatally shot by U.S. Air Marshals after allegedly claiming he had placed a bomb aboard (b. 1961)
- 2005 - James Bastien, American classical pianist, composer, teacher, and author of a series of piano instruction books (b. 1934)
- 2006 - Jeane Kirkpatrick, American ambassador (b. 1926)
- 2006 - Jay McShann, American musician (b. ca. 1910)
Births
Deaths
Gordon Rattray Taylor
Reinaldo Arenas
Potter Stewart
Pornography by region
Wanda Landowska
Camilo Mori
Thomas Nast
Thornton Wilder
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Nacht und Nebel
Patti D'Arbanville
Louis Prima
Ellen Burstyn
Johan Huizinga
Robert Graves
Unless indicated otherwise, the text in this article is either based on Wikipedia article "December 7" or another language Wikipedia page thereof used under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License; or on research by Jahsonic and friends. See Art and Popular Culture's copyright notice.
