1542 Mary, Queen of Scots (born), (died 1587)
1765 Eli Whitney (born), American inventor, invented the cotton gin (died 1825)
1859 Thomas De Quincey (died), English author (born 1785)
1861 William C. Durant (born), American businessman, founded General Motors and Chevrolet (died 1947)
1886 Diego Rivera (born), Mexican painter (died 1957)
1925 Sammy Davis, Jr. (born), American actor, singer, and dancer (died 1990)
1927 The Brookings Institution, one of the United States’ oldest think tanks, is founded through the merger of three organizations that had been created by philanthropist Robert S. Brookings.
1928 Ulric Neisser (born), German-American psychologist (died 2012)
1941 Japanese forces simultaneously invade Malaya, Thailand, Hong Kong, the Philippines, and the Dutch East Indies. These happen concurrently with the Attack on Pearl Harbor, which was on December 7 in the United States.
1941 United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares December 7 to be “a date which will live in infamy”, after which the U.S. and the Republic of China declare war against Japan.
1947 Gregg Allman (born), American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Allman Brothers Band and Hour Glass)
1978 Golda Meir (died), Russian-Israeli politician, 4th Prime Minister of Israel (born 1898)
1980 John Lennon (died), English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Beatles, Plastic Ono Band, The Quarrymen, and The Dirty Mac) (born 1940)
1980 John Lennon is murdered by Mark David Chapman, a mentally unstable fan, in front of The Dakota, in New York.
1993 The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is signed into law by US President Bill Clinton.
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