December 7

Today in History
• 1703 - Great storm of 1703 hits Southern England - thousands killed
• 1783 - Theatre Royal opens in Covent Garden, London
• 1787 - Delaware becomes 1st state to ratify constitution
• 1835 - German railway Neurenberg-Furth opens
• 1836 - Martin Van Buren elected 8th president
• 1842 - NY Philharmonic's 1st concert
• 1877 - Thomas A Edison demonstrates the gramophone
• 1926 - Gas refrigerator patented


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Feast of St. Ambrose
• Flag Day of India
• International Civil Aviation Day
• Memorial Day in East Timor
• National Illinois Day
• National Letter Writing Day
• National Pearl Harbor Day of Remembrance
• Unduvap Full Moon Poya

Birthdays
• 521 - Saint Columba, Irish Christian missionary to Scotland
• 1302 - Azzone Visconti, Lord of Milan (1329-39)
• 1542 - Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland, 1560-1587
• 1803 - Maria Josepha of Saxony, Queen consort of Spain
• 1808 - Hugh McCulloch, U.S. Secretary of Treasury
• 1847 - Solomon Schechter, U.S. Talmudic scholar/Jewish leader
• 1849 - Saionji Kinmochi, politician (Prime Minister of Japan 1906-1908, 1911-1912)
• 1860 - Joseph Cook, 6th Prime Minister of Australia