December 7
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Art and culture
- 1941 - Nacht und Nebel (German for "Night and Fog") ratified in Nazi Germany
Births
- 1598 - Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian artist (d. 1680)
- 1872 - Johan Huizinga, Dutch cultural historian (d. 1945)
- 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)
- 1973 - Camilo Mori, Chilean painter (b. 1896)
- 1975 - Thornton Wilder, American playwright (b. 1897)
- 1981 - Gordon Rattray Taylor, British author (Sex in History)) (b. 1911)
- 1985 - Robert Graves, British author (b. 1895)
- 1985 - Potter Stewart, US Supreme Court Justice (b. 1915)
- 1990 - Reinaldo Arenas, Cuban writer (b. 1943)
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