December 7
People born on this day are Sagittarius.
- 1993
Long Island Rail Road shooting: Passenger Colin Ferguson murders six people and injures 19 others on the LIRR in Nassau County, New York.
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The Galileo spacecraft arrives at Jupiter, a little more than six years after it was launched by Space Shuttle Atlantis during Mission STS-34.
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Khabarovsk United Air Group Flight 3949 crashes into the Bo-Dzhausa Mountain, killing 98.
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An Air Saint Martin (now Air Caraïbes) Beechcraft 1900 crashes near the Haitian commune of Belle Anse, killing 20.
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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 marshals at Miami International Airport.
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The annual furry convention Midwest FurFest is targeted in an unsolved chlorine gas attack.
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The JAXA probe Akatsuki successfully enters orbit around Venus five years after the first attempt.
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Pakistan International Airlines Flight 661, a domestic passenger flight from Chitral to Islamabad, operated by an ATR-42-500 crashes near Havelian, killing all 47 on board.
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Aztec High School shooting: William Atchison kills two students at his former high school.
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Battle of Damascus (2024): Syrian opposition forces enter the Rif Dimashq Governorate, reaching within 20 km of the capital Damascus.
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British racing driver Lando Norris wins the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 2025 with McLaren.
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An attempted coup takes place in Benin, but is thwarted, and order restored.
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2002Torri Huske, American swimmer
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2000Dane Belton, American football player
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1999Boo Buie, American basketball player
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1999Pavol Regenda, Slovak ice hockey player
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1998Tony Yike Yang, Canadian pianist
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1997Abi Harrison, Scottish footballer
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1997Tommy Nelson, American actor
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1994Pete Alonso, American baseball player
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1994Yuzuru Hanyu, Japanese figure skater
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1994Hunter Henry, American football player
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1993Rahama Sadau, Nigerian actress
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1993Alex Singleton, American football player
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