Editing December 7 (section)

===1901–present===
*[[1904]] &ndash; Comparative fuel trials begin between [[warship]]s {{HMS|Spiteful|1899|6}} and {{HMS|Peterel|1899|6}}: ''Spiteful'' was the first warship powered solely by [[fuel oil]], and the trials led to the obsolescence of coal in ships of the [[Royal Navy]].
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: The United States declares war on [[Austria-Hungary]].
*[[1922]] &ndash; The [[Parliament of Northern Ireland]] votes to remain a part of the [[United Kingdom]] and not unify with [[Southern Ireland (1921–22)|Southern Ireland]].
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[W1WX|W1XAV]] in [[Boston|Boston, Massachusetts]] telecasts video from the [[CBS]] radio orchestra program, ''The Fox Trappers''. The telecast also includes the first [[television advertisement]] in the United States, for I.J. Fox Furriers, which also sponsored the radio show.
*[[1932]] &ndash; German-born Swiss [[physicist]] [[Albert Einstein]] is granted an American [[Travel visa|visa]].
*[[1936]] &ndash; Australian [[cricket]]er [[Jack Fingleton]] becomes the first player to score [[century (cricket)|centuries]] in four consecutive [[Test cricket|Test]] innings.
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: [[Attack on Pearl Harbor]]: The [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] carries out a surprise attack on the [[United States Pacific Fleet]] and its defending [[United States Army Air Forces|Army]] and Marine air forces at [[Naval Station Pearl Harbor|Pearl Harbor]], Hawaii. (For Japan's near-simultaneous attacks on [[Eastern Hemisphere]] targets, see [[December 8]].)
*[[1942]] &ndash; World War II: British commandos conduct [[Operation Frankton]], a raid on shipping in [[Bordeaux]] harbour.
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[1944 Tōnankai earthquake|An earthquake along the coast of Wakayama Prefecture]] in Japan causes a tsunami which kills 1,223 people.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Walker |first1=Brett L. |title=A Concise History of Japan |year=2015 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-107-00418-4 |page=292 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NGt2BgAAQBAJ&pg=PA292 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Winecoff Hotel fire|A fire at the Winecoff Hotel]] in [[Atlanta|Atlanta, Georgia]] kills 119 people, the deadliest hotel fire in U.S. history.
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Chinese Civil War]]: The [[Government of the Republic of China]] [[Retreat of the government of the Republic of China to Taiwan|moves]] from [[Nanjing]] to [[Taipei]], [[Taiwan]].
*[[1962]] &ndash; Prince [[Rainier III, Prince of Monaco|Rainier III]] of [[Monaco]] revises the [[principality]]'s [[Constitution of Monaco|constitution]], devolving some of his power to advisory and legislative councils.
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Instant replay]] makes its debut during the [[Army–Navy Game|Army-Navy football game]] in [[Philadelphia|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]], United States.
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Pope Paul VI]] and [[Athenagoras I of Constantinople|Patriarch Athenagoras I]] [[Catholic–Orthodox Joint Declaration of 1965|simultaneously revoke]] mutual [[excommunication]]s that had been in place since [[1054]].
*[[1971]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Sylhet]] is fought between the [[Pakistan Armed Forces|Pakistani military]] and the [[Indian Army]].<ref name=DI>[http://www.defenceindia.com/defenceind/battle_sylhet.html Battle Of Sylhet. Defence India] {{webarchive |url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070810211600/http://www.defenceindia.com/defenceind/battle_sylhet.html |date=August 10, 2007 }}</ref>
*  1971   &ndash; [[Pakistan]] President [[Yahya Khan]] announces the formation of a coalition government with [[Nurul Amin]] as Prime Minister and [[Zulfikar Ali Bhutto]] as Deputy Prime Minister.
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Apollo 17]], the last [[Apollo program|Apollo Moon mission]], is launched.<ref name=launchops>{{cite web|title=Apollo 17 Launch Operations|url=http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4204/ch23-7.html|publisher=NASA|access-date=November 16, 2011}}</ref> The crew takes the photograph known as ''[[The Blue Marble]]'' as they leave the Earth.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/3879555/blue-marble-apollo-17-photo-of-earth-from-space/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150601092710/http://time.com/3879555/blue-marble-apollo-17-photo-of-earth-from-space/|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 1, 2015|title=Home, Sweet Home: In Praise of Apollo 17's 'Blue Marble'|last1=Cosgrove|first1=Ben|date=April 11, 2014|magazine=Time|access-date=December 7, 2019}}</ref>
*[[1982]] &ndash; In [[Texas]], [[Charles Brooks Jr.]], becomes the first person to be [[capital punishment|executed]] by [[lethal injection]] in the United States.
*  1982   &ndash; The [[Senior Road Tower]] collapses in less than 17 seconds.  Five workers on the tower are killed and three workers on a building nearby are injured.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/12/08/us/5-workers-hurled-to-deaths-as-a-texas-tower-collapses.html |title=5 Workers Hurled to Deaths as a Texas Tower Collapses |date=8 December 1982 |access-date=2 December 2021 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=TV Antenna Collapse |url=https://www.engineering.com/Library/ArticlesPage/tabid/85/ArticleID/174/TV-Antenna-Collapse.aspx |website=Engineering.com |access-date=6 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101225075708/http://www.engineering.com/Library/ArticlesPage/tabid/85/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/174/TV-Antenna-Collapse.aspx |archive-date=25 December 2010 |language=English |format=online pdf |quote=Adapted from material by the Department of Philosophy and Department of Mechanical Engineering Texas A&M University NSF Grant Number DIR-9012252}}</ref>
*[[1983]] &ndash; An [[Iberia (airline)|Iberia Airlines]] [[Boeing 727]] [[Madrid runway disaster|collides]] with an [[Aviaco]] [[McDonnell Douglas DC-9|DC-9]] in dense fog while the two airliners are taxiing down the runway at [[Madrid–Barajas Airport]], killing 93 people.
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771]], a [[British Aerospace 146|British Aerospace 146-200A]], 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 steers the plane into the ground.
*[[1988]] &ndash; The 6.8 {{M|s}} [[1988 Armenian earthquake|Armenian earthquake]] shakes the northern part of the country with a maximum [[Medvedev–Sponheuer–Karnik scale|MSK]] intensity of X (''Devastating''), killing 25,000–50,000 and injuring 31,000–130,000.
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[1993 Long Island Rail Road shooting|Long Island Rail Road shooting]]: Passenger Colin Ferguson murders six people and injures 19 others on the [[Long Island Rail Road|LIRR]] in [[Nassau County, New York]].
*[[1995]] &ndash; The [[Galileo (spacecraft)|''Galileo'' spacecraft]] arrives 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]].
*  1995   &ndash; [[Khabarovsk United Air Group Flight 3949]] crashes into the [[Bo-Dzhausa Mountain]], killing 98.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev Tu-154B RA-85164 Grossevichi|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19951207-0|access-date=2019-09-26|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*  1995   &ndash; An Air Saint Martin (now [[Air Caraïbes]]) [[Beechcraft 1900]] [[1995 Air St. Martin Beech 1900 crash|crashes]] near the Haitian commune of [[Belle-Anse|Belle Anse]], killing 20.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Beechcraft 1900D F-OHRK Port-au-Prince Airport (PAP)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19951207-1|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-05|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=Aviation Safety Network|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051113044725/http://aviation-safety.net:80/database/record.php?id=19951207-1 |archive-date=2005-11-13 }}</ref>
*[[2003]] &ndash; The [[Conservative Party of Canada]] is officially registered, following the merger of the [[Canadian Alliance]] and the [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada]].
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[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 Marshal Service|federal air marshals]] at [[Miami International Airport]].
*[[2015]] &ndash; The [[JAXA]] probe ''[[Akatsuki (spacecraft)|Akatsuki]]'' successfully enters orbit around [[Venus]] five years after the first attempt.
*[[2016]] &ndash; [[Pakistan International Airlines Flight 661]], a domestic passenger flight from [[Chitral]] to [[Islamabad]], operated by an [[ATR 42|ATR-42-500]] crashes near [[Havelian]], killing all 47 on board.
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[Aztec High School shooting]]: Former student William Atchison opens fire on former high school, killing 2.
*[[2024]] – [[Battle of Damascus (2024)]]: Syrian opposition forces enter the [[Rif Dimashq Governorate]], reaching within 20 km of the capital [[Damascus]]. <ref>{{cite news |title=10 km from the capital Damascus.. The regime is withdrawing rapidly in southern Syria and the factions are advancing |url=https://www.syriahr.com/%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%81%d8%b5%d8%a7%d8%a6%d9%84-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%ad%d9%84%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%aa%d9%83%d8%b3%d8%b1-%d8%ae%d8%b7%d9%88%d8%b7-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%af%d9%81%d8%a7%d8%b9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a3%d9%88/739707/ |access-date=7 December 2024 |publisher=SOHR |date=7 December 2024 |language=Arabic}}</ref>
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