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What happened in history on this day: December 7?
On December 7 in ...
- 1963 - CBS-TV uses Instant Replay on TV for the first time, during the Army-Navy game.
- 1985 - NBC airs the 200th episode of TV show Saturday Night Live.
- 1988 - NBC airs the 100th episode of TV show Highway to Heaven.
- 2001 - Warner Bros. releases the film Ocean's Eleven to theaters.
- 2008 - In Canada, the final episode of Trailer Park Boys airs, after seven seasons.
Births on December 7
- 1891 - Birth of Fay Bainter in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Jezebel, Our Town, State Fair).
- 1895 - Birth of Jack Pennick in Portland, Oregon, USA; actor (Lady From Louisiana).
- 1910 - Birth of Rod Cameron in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; actor (City Detective, State Trooper).
- 1912 - Birth of Rod Cameron in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; actor (Kansas, Evel Knievel, Oh Susanna, Stampede).
- 1915 - Birth of Eli Wallach in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (The Magnificent Seven, Misfits, People Next Door).
- 1919 - Birth of Ellen Stewart; actress/founder (La Mama Theatre Group).
- 1923 - Birth of Ted Knight in Terryville, Connecticut, USA; actor (Mary Tyler Moore, Too Close for Comfort).
- 1932 - Birth of Ellen Burstyn in Detroit, Michigan, USA; actress (The Exorcist, Alice Doesn't Live Here).
- 1932 - Birth of Gerard van den Berg; Dutch TV host (Like Father, Like Son).
- 1940 - Birth of Mike Minor in San Francisco, California, USA; actor (Steve - Petticoat Junction, All My Children).
- 1947 - Birth of Peter de Jong; Dutch actor (Maxi - Mini and Maxi).
- 1947 - Birth of Vincent Baggetta in Paterson, New Jersey, USA; actor (Lou - Chicago Story).
- 1948 - Birth of Gary Morris in Fort Worth, Texas, USA; singer/actor (Les Misèrables, The Colbys).
- 1954 - Birth of Julie Halston; actress (Juror, Drunks, Addams Family Values).
- 1955 - Birth of Priscilla Barnes in Fort Dix, New Jersey, USA; actress (License to Kill, Three's Company).
- 1961 - Birth of Mary Beth Evans in Pasadena, California, USA; actress (Katherine Ashton - General Hospital).
- 1966 - Birth of C Thomas Howell in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Red Dawn, Tank, Soul Man).
Deaths on December 7
- 1943 - John Bouber [Blom], actor/author (Bluejackets), dies at age 22.
- 1967 - House Peters, silent film actor (Kansas Territory), dies at age 87.
- 1969 - Eric Portman, actor (Naked Edge), dies from heart ailment at age 66.
- 1969 - Hugh Williams, actor (Human Monster), dies after surgery at age 65.
- 1975 - Hardie Albright, actress (Silver Streak, Scarlet Letter), dies at age 71.
- 1982 - Death of Will Lee; American actor (Mr. Hooper - Sesame Street) (born 1908).
- 1984 - Jeanne Cagney, actress (Quicksand, Kentucky Rifle), dies at age 65.
- 1988 - Christopher Connelly, actor (Liar's Moon, Hawmps), dies at age 47.
- 1990 - Joan Bennett, American actress (House Across the Bay), dies at age 80 (born 1910.
- 1993 - Janet Margolin, actress (David and Lisa), dies of ovarian cancer at age 50.
- 1994 - Elga Andersen, German/French model/actress (Global Affair), dies at age 58.
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