The Battle of Sylhet is fought between the Pakistani military and the Indian Army. Date: December 7, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 7 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today)
Apollo 17, the last Apollo Moon mission, is launched. The crew takes the photograph known as The Blue Marble as they leave the Earth. Date: December 7, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 7 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today)
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. Date: December 7, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 7 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today)
In Texas, Charles Brooks Jr., becomes the first person to be executed by lethal injection in the United States. Date: December 7, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 7 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today)
An Iberia Airlines Boeing 727 collides with an Aviaco DC-9 in dense fog while the two airliners are taxiing down the runway at Madrid–Barajas Airport, killing 93 people. Date: December 7, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 7 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today)
Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771, a 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. Date: December 7, 1987 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December…
The 6.8 Ms Armenian earthquake shakes the northern part of the country with a maximum MSK intensity of X (Devastating), killing 25,000–50,000 and injuring 31,000–130,000. Date: December 7, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 7 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today)
Long Island Rail Road shooting: Passenger Colin Ferguson murders six people and injures 19 others on the LIRR in Nassau County, New York. Date: December 7, 1993 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 7 📅 Events on this day in 1993 📅 On This Day (Today)
An Air Saint Martin (now Air Caraïbes) Beechcraft 1900 crashes near the Haitian commune of Belle Anse, killing 20. Date: December 7, 1995 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 7 📅 Events on this day in 1995 📅 On This Day (Today)
Khabarovsk United Air Group Flight 3949 crashes into the Bo-Dzhausa Mountain, killing 98. Date: December 7, 1995 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 7 📅 Events on this day in 1995 📅 On This Day (Today)