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Notable anniversaries in history for today: December 7
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Mário Soares (Socialist); premier of Portugal (1976-78, 1983-).
- 100th: 1924 - German election (Social Democrats win, National Socialists and Communists lose).
- 90th: 1934 - Wiley Post discovers the jet stream.
- 80th: 1944 - Convention on International Civil Aviation drawn up in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
- 80th: 1944 - General Radescu forms Romanian government.
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Julie Halston; actress (Juror, Drunks, Addams Family Values).
- 70th: 1954 - Japanese government of Joshida resigns.
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Duncan Miller; rocker (Blue Mercedes - "Rich and Famous").
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Mike Nolan; rocker (Bucks Fizz - "My Camera Never Lies").
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Peter Laviolette in Norwood, Massachusetts, USA; American hockey defenseman (Olympics-1994).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Annette Salmeen; 200 metre butterfly/800 metre freestyle relay (Olympics-1996).
- 40th: 1984 - Birth of Robert Kubica, Polish Formula One racing driver.
- 40th: 1984 - Allan Border's first Test Cricket match as captain (vs West Indies Adelaide).
- 40th: 1984 - Jeanne Cagney, actress (Quicksand, Kentucky Rifle), dies at age 65.
- 30th: 1994 - Elga Andersen, German/French model/actress (Global Affair), dies at age 58.
- 25th: 1999 - The RIAA files a lawsuit against the Napster file-sharing client.
- 20th: 2004 - IBM announces it will sell its PC division to Lenovo Group of China, for about US$1.75 billion.
- 20th: 2004 - The MSC Ilona container ship collides with another container ship near the mouth of South China's Pearl River, spilling about 525,000 litres of oil, causing a slick 17km long.
- 15th: 2009 - President Evo Morales wins a second five-year term in Bolivia's presidential election.
- 15th: 2009 - (to December 19) In Copenhagen, Denmark, the United Nations holds "COP15", a summit of world leaders and other delegates from 192 countries to reach a climate agreement to replace the Kyoto Protocol in 2012.
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