CoM Moderators Posted December 7 Posted December 7 Historical Events 1703 - Great storm of 1703 hits Southern England - thousands killed, Royal Navy losses 13 ships and around 1,500 seamen 1924 - German election (Social Democrats win, Nazis and Communists lose) 1941 - The Imperial Japanese Navy, with 353 planes, attacks the US fleet at Pearl Harbor Naval Base, Hawaii, killing 2,403 people 1964 - George Harrison changes his music publishing company's name from Mornyork to Harrisongs 2020 - Australian states celebrate "Freedom Day" easing COVID-19 restrictions in Victoria and New South Wales More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1557 - Girolamo Trombetti [Cavallari], Italian singer, trombonist, composer (Sustinuimus pacem), and maestro di cappella (San Giovanni de Monti, 1591-1628), baptized in Bologna, Papal States (d. 1628) 1830 - Luigi Cremona, Italian mathematician (grafostatica), born in Pavia, Italy (d. 1903) 1935 - Jean-Claude Casadesus, French conductor (Orchestre national de Lille, 1976-2016), born in Paris, France 1954 - Bertín Osborne, Italian entertainer, born in Madrid, Spain 1988 - Emily Browning, Australian actress (Ghost Ship), born in Melbourne, Australia More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1498 - Alexander Hegius, German humanist and pioneering teacher of Erasmus and Pope Adrian VI, dies at about 65 1775 - Charles Saunders, British admiral, First Lord of the Admiralty, dies at about 60 1956 - Huntley Gordon, Canadian actor, dies at 77 1996 - Jose Donoso, Chilean writer (The Place Without Limits), dies at 72 2019 - Denis Lalanne, French sports journalist ('Le grand combat du XV de France'; 'Rugbymania: French flair attitude'), dies at 93 More Famous Deaths »
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