December 7th

See also: Category: Holidays December 7

International

•   International Civil Aviation Day .

National

•   USA - anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor .
•   Ukraine - Local Government Day .

  Religious

  Catholicism ^[2]

- memory of St. Ambrose of Mediolan ;

- memory of Anian, Bishop of Chartres;

- memory of Umber (1148);

- memory of Mary (in the baptism of Benedetta) Rossello (1880);

- memory of Victor, Bishop of Piacenza (375);

- memory of St. Servus;

- memory of saints Polycarp and Theodore (Theodore) of Antioch.

  Orthodoxy ^{[3] [4]}

- memory of the Monk Mastridia ;

- memory of the great martyr Mercury ( III century );

- memory of the great martyr Catherine ( 305 - 313 years );

- memory of the martyr Augusta , the martyrs of Porfiry Stratilates of Alexandria and 200 soldiers ( 305 - 313 years );

- memory of the martyr Mercury of Smolensky ( 1238 );

- the memory of the Monk Mercury, the fasting of the Caves, in the Far Caves ( XIV century );

- memory of the Monk Simon of Soiginsky ( 1562 );

- memory of the holy martyr Evgraf Evarestov , presbyter ( 1919 );

- memory of the holy martyrs Evgeny Yakovlev and Mikhail Bogoroditsky , elders ( 1937 );

- memory of the holy martyrs Alexander Levitsky , Alexy Tyutyunov , John Nikolsky , Kornil Udilovich and Mitrofan Kornitsky , presbyters ( 1937 ).

Name Day

• Catholic: Ambrose , Anian, Victor , Maria , Polycarp , Serv (mustache), Theodore , Umber ^[5]
• Orthodox: Augusta , Alexander , Alexei , Gregory , Eugene , Evgraf , Catherine , Hermogenes, Ivan , Cornelius and Cornelius , Mark , Mastridia, Mercury, Mitrofan , Michael , Porfiry , Prokopius , Simon , Filofeya, Filumen, Christopher

See also: Category: December 7 events

Until the 20th century.

• 1678 - Louis Anpen became the first European to discover Niagara Falls .
• 1732 - The Royal Covent Garden Theater opened in London.
• 1769 - The Russian Empress Catherine II established the Military Order of the Holy Great Martyr and Victorious George .

XX century

• 1918 - The first meeting of the Parliament of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic took place.
• 1934 - Kirov , Omsk , Orenburg regions and Krasnoyarsk Territory were formed .
• 1941 - World War II : Japan attacks Pearl Harbor .
• 1944 - The Convention on International Civil Aviation was adopted and signed in Chicago .
• 1972 - Launch of the Apollo 17 spacecraft , which made the last landing on the moon in the Apollo program.
• 1975 - Indonesia invaded East Timor .
• 1982 - In Texas ( USA ), the first death penalty was carried out by injection ^[6] .
• 1988 - An earthquake in Armenia completely destroyed the city of Spitak (about 25,000 dead).
• 1991 - The St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences and Arts was established in St. Petersburg .

21st Century

• 2003 - elections to the State Duma of the 4th convocation were held in the Russian Federation.

See also: Category: Born on December 7

Until the 19th century

• 903 - Abdurrahman al-Sufi (d. 986 ), Persian astronomer and mathematician.
• 1545 - Henry Stewart (d. 1567 ), husband of the Queen of Scotland, Mary Stuart .
• 1598 - Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini (d. 1680 ), Italian architect and sculptor.

XIX century

• 1805 - Jean Eugene Robert-Uden (d. 1871 ), Swiss illusionist , "father of modern magic."
• 1809 - Alexander Voskresensky (d. 1880 ), an organic chemist known as the "grandfather of Russian chemistry."
• 1810 - Theodor Schwann (d. 1882 ), German histologist and physiologist , author of cellular theory .
• 1863 - Pietro Mascagni (d. 1945 ), Italian composer.
• 1872 - Johan Huyzinga (d. 1945 ), the Dutch philosopher, idealist , historian and culturologist.
• 1873 - Victor Chernov (d. 1952 ), Russian politician, thinker, one of the founders of the party of socialist revolutionaries .
• 1875 - Fatali Khan Khoysky (assassinated in 1920 ), Russian and Azerbaijani politician, first prime minister of ADR .
• 1878
  • Akiko Yosano (d. 1942 ), Japanese writer, poet, feminist and pacifist .
  • Konstantin Scriabin (d. 1972 ), Russian Soviet biologist, academician.
• 1879 - Illarion Pevtsov (d. 1934 ), Russian actor, theater teacher, People's Artist of the RSFSR.
• 1884 - Petru Groza (d. 1958 ), Romanian anti-fascist, head of the first democratic government.
• 1889 - Gabriel-Honore Marcel (d. 1973 ), the first French existentialist philosopher .
• 1890 - Alexander Bakulev (d. 1967 ), surgeon, academician of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR , one of the founders of Soviet cardiovascular surgery.
• 1895 - Pepper Markish (d. 1952 ), Jewish Soviet poet and writer.
• 1897 - Leo Monozson (d. 1967 ), Russian and German pop singer.

XX century

• 1901 - Marcella Albani (d. 1959 ), Italian silent film actress .
• 1905
  • Mikhail Gabovich (d. 1965 ), ballet dancer, choreographer and teacher, people's artist of the RSFSR.
  • Gerard Peter Kuiper (d. 1973 ), Dutch-American astronomer.
• 1910 - Ekaterina Furtseva (d. 1974 ), Soviet state and party leader.
• 1911 - Olga Wiklandt (d. 1995 ), theater and film actress, People's Artist of the RSFSR.
• 1913 - Yuri Vanyat (d. 1992 ), Soviet sports journalist.
• 1924 - Mario Alberto Suaris (d. 2017 ), Portuguese socialist politician, president of Portugal (1986-1996).
• 1926 - Peter Velyaminov (d. 2009 ), theater and film actor, People's Artist of the RSFSR.
• 1928 - Avram Noam Chomsky , American linguist .
• 1929 - Boris Stepantsev (d. 1983 ), Soviet director of animated films.
• 1932 - Caarlo Pentti Linkola , Finnish writer and philosopher.
• 1935 - Armando Manzanero , Latin American musician and composer.
• 1944 - Vladimir Belyaev , Soviet volleyball player, Olympic champion (1968).
• 1949 - Tom Waits , American singer and songwriter, composer, actor.
• 1955 - Alexander Feklistov , Soviet and Russian film and theater actor, film director and screenwriter.
• 1956 - Larry Joe Bird , American basketball player.
• 1957 - Valery Kukhareshin , Soviet and Russian actor.
• 1958 - Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca , Maltese politician, President of Malta (from 2014 to the present).
• 1959 - Sergey Mazaev , Soviet and Russian actor, musician, soloist of the moral code group.
• 1960 - Alexei Borisov , Russian musician, producer, journalist.
• 1971 - Vladimir Hakobyan , Armenian grandmaster.
• 1972 - Hermann Mayer , Austrian skier.
• 1973 - Damien Rice , Irish folk songwriter.
• 1977
  • Roma Zver , Russian musician, leader of the Beasts band.
  • Dominic Howard , drummer of the British rock band Muse .
• 1979 - Jennifer Carpenter , American actress.
• 1980 - John Terry , English footballer.
• 1983 - Vladimir Zherebtsov , Russian film and theater actor.
• 1984
  • Milan Mikhalek , Czech hockey player.
  • Robert Kubica , Polish race car driver.
• 1985 - Dean Ambrose , American professional wrestler .
• 1987 - Aaron Charles Carter , American actor and singer.
• 1988 - Emily Browning , Australian actress.
• 1989 - Nicholas Holt , English actor.
• 1990 - Ursula Radwanska , Polish tennis player.
• 1994 - Yuzuru Hanyu , Japanese skater, Olympic champion (2014, 2018).

21st Century

• 2003 - Katarina Amalia , Princess of the Netherlands.

See also: Category: Deceased on December 7

Until the 19th century

• 43 BC e. - Mark Tullius Cicero (b. 106 BC ), an ancient Roman politician and philosopher.
• 283 - Eutyches , Bishop of Rome.
• 1254 - Innocent IV (b. C. 1195 ), pope .
• 1383 - Wenzel I (b. 1337 ), Duke of Luxembourg .
• 1723 - Jan Santini (b. 1677 ), Czech architect of Italian descent.

XIX century

• 1804 - Johann Tobias Lovitz (b. 1757 ), chemist and pharmacist of German origin.
• 1815 - Michel Ney (b. 1769 ), Marshal of France
• 1817 - William Bly (b. 1754 ), English admiral .
• 1826 - John Flaxman (b. 1755 ), English sculptor, artist.
• 1865 - Nikolai Annenkov (b. 1799 ), Russian military and statesman.
• 1879 - Joun Sigurdsson (b. 1811 ), Icelandic scholar, leader of the national liberation movement.
• 1891 - Krishjanis Valdemar (b. 1825 ), Latvian writer, folklorist and enlightener, spiritual leader of young boys .
• 1894 - Ferdinand de Lesseps (b. 1805 ), French diplomat and engineer, author of the project and construction manager of the Suez Canal.

XX century

• 1902 - Thomas Nast (b. 1840 ), American political cartoonist of German descent.
• 1912 - George Darwin (b. 1845 ), English astronomer, second son of Charles Darwin .
• 1917 - Ludwig Minkus (b. 1826 ), Russian composer.
• 1921 - Julia емemaitė (b. 1845 ), Lithuanian writer.
• 1936 - Vasily Stefanik (b. 1871 ), Ukrainian writer.
• 1947 - Nicholas Murray Butler (b. 1862 ), American teacher, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1931).
• 1960 - Clara Haskil (b. 1895 ), Romanian, French and Swiss pianist.
• 1964 - Nikolai Anichkov (b. 1885 ), lieutenant general of the medical service, academician of the Academy of Sciences and USSR Academy of Medical Sciences, president of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences (1946-1953).
• 1970 - Rub Goldberg (b. 1883 ), American cartoonist, sculptor, writer, engineer, inventor.
• 1975 - Thornton Wilder (b. 1897 ), American writer and playwright.
• 1976 - Paul Bragg (b. 1895 ), American nutritionist, naturopath , promoter of a healthy lifestyle.
• 1979 - (b. 1889 ), American businessman, director of Levi Strauss & Co.
• 1985 - Robert Graves (b. 1895 ), English writer, translator.
• 1989
  • Hans Hartung (b. 1904 ), French artist.
  • Vadim Spiridonov (b. 1944 ), Soviet film actor, Honored Artist of the RSFSR .
• 1990 - Joan Bennett (b. 1910 ), American theater and film actress.
• 1993 - Wolfgang Paul (b. 1913 ), German physicist, Nobel laureate ( 1989 ).
• 1995 - Oleg Tesler (b. 1938 ), Soviet and Russian cartoonist, animator, book designer.
• 1997 - Torbjörn Oscar Kasperson (b. 1910 ), Swedish cytologist and geneticist.
• 1998
  • Alla Shelest (b. 1919 ), Soviet prima ballerina.
  • Martin Rodbell (b. 1925 ), American biochemist, endocrinologist , Nobel laureate in physiology or medicine (1994).
• 1999 - Vladimir Kobrin (b. 1942 ), Soviet and Russian screenwriter, director and artist.

21st Century

• 2001
  • Anna Shilova (b. 1927 ), Soviet television presenter, Honored Artist of the RSFSR.
  • Anatoly Ananiev (b. 1925 ), Russian Soviet writer, Hero of Socialist Labor.
• 2006
  • Jay Makshenn (b. 1916 ), American jazz and blues pianist, vocalist, composer, orchestra leader.
  • Gene Kirkpatrick (b. 1926 ), American statesman.
• 2010 - Tatyana Komarova (b. 1952 ), correspondent, commentator, columnist, presenter of the Vremya program.
• 2013 - Edouard Molinaro (b. 1928 ), French film director and screenwriter.
• 2014 - Igor Dotsenko (b. 1953 ), Soviet and Russian drummer, member of the rock groups " Blue Bird ", " DDT ", " Chizh & Co ".
• 2016 - Greg Lake (b. 1947 ), British rock musician, songwriter ( King Crimson , Emerson, Lake and Palmer ).
• 2017 - Germain Heine-Wagner (b. 1923 ), Soviet and Latvian opera singer, People's Artist of the USSR.

Catherine Sannitsa , Katerina The Lady Woman or St. Katerina .

• Catherine is the patroness of unmarried girls. Before sunrise , the girls went out with millet porridge onto the road and clicked fate. If the cock responded - luck awaits.
• Evening near Catherine - time of fortune-telling. Before going to bed, the girls put a piece of bread under the pillow and wonder how narrowed it will be.
• Catherine walks - the first sleigh ride ^[7] .
• Clear weather on Catherine portends a frosty winter ^[8] .