December 7
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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
- 1932 - Ellen Burstyn, American actress
- 1949 - Tom Waits, American singer, composer, and actor
Deaths
- 43 BC - Cicero, Roman politician and author (b. 106 BC)
- 1902 - Thomas Nast, German-born American cartoonist (b. 1840)
- 1975 - Thornton Wilder, American playwright (b. 1897)
- 1985 - Robert Graves, British author (b. 1895)
- 1985 - Potter Stewart, US Supreme Court Justice (b. 1915)
Notes
- 1902 - Gordon Rattray Taylor Taylor (January 11, 1911 - December 7 1981) is a British author and broadcaster best remembered for his Freudian interpretation of history: Sex in History (1954).
- 1902 - Reinaldo Arenas (July 16, 1943 – December 7, 1990) was a Cuban poet, novelist, and playwright who despite his early sympathy for the 1959 revolution, grew critical of and then rebelled against the Cuban government. His life is described in the film Before Night Falls.
- 1902 - Camilo Mori (b. September 24, 1896 in Valparaíso, Chile – d. December 7, 1973 in Santiago) was a painter and a founder of the Grupo Montparnasse. He is a son of Japanese settlers.
- 1902 - Nacht und Nebel (German for "Night and Fog") was a directive of Adolf Hitler on December 7, 1941 signed and implemented by Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Wilhelm Keitel, resulting in kidnapping and disappearance of many political activists throughout Nazi Germany's occupied territories.
- 1902 - Patti D'Arbanville
- 1902 - Johan Huizinga
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