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7 December 2023
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Holidays
No listed India public holiday for this date.
Observances
No UN observance in the current list for this date.
Selected anniversaries
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Historical events
History
2025 - British racing driver Lando Norris wins the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 2025 with McLaren.British racing driver (born 1999)
History
2025 - An attempted coup takes place in Benin, but is thwarted, and order restored.History
2024 - Battle of Damascus (2024): Syrian opposition forces enter the Rif Dimashq Governorate, reaching within 20 km of the capital Damascus.2024 event in the Syrian civil war
History
2017 - Aztec High School shooting: William Atchison kills two students at his former high school.School shooting in Aztec, New Mexico
History
2016 - Pakistan International Airlines Flight 661, a domestic passenger flight from Chitral to Islamabad, operated by an ATR-42-500 crashes near Havelian, killing all 47 on board.Aviation accident in Havelian, Pakistan
History
2015 - The JAXA probe Akatsuki successfully enters orbit around Venus five years after the first attempt.Japan's national air and space agency
History
2014 - The annual furry convention Midwest FurFest is targeted in an unsolved chlorine gas attack.Formal gathering of members of the furry fandom
History
2005 - Rigoberto Alpizar, a passenger on American Airlines Flight 924 who allegedly claimed to have a bomb, is shot and killed by a team of U.S. federal air marshals at Miami International Airport.2005 death at Miami International Airport
History
2003 - The Conservative Party of Canada is officially registered, following the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.Federal political party
History
1995 - The Galileo spacecraft arrives at Jupiter, a little more than six years after it was launched by Space Shuttle Atlantis during Mission STS-34.First NASA mission to orbit Jupiter (1989–2003)
Notable births
Born
2001 - Jalen McMillan, American football playerAmerican football player (born 2001)
Born
2000 - Dane Belton, American football playerAmerican football player (born 2000)
Born
1999 - Boo Buie, American basketball playerAmerican basketball player (born 1999)
Born
1999 - Pavol Regenda, Slovak ice hockey playerSlovak ice hockey player (born 1999)
Notable deaths
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Sky
Moon phase
Waning Crescent
28.7% illuminated
Lunar age: 24.2 days
Sun zodiac
Sagittarius
15.10 degrees
Constellation: Ophiuchus
Moon zodiac
Libra
9.72 degrees
Constellation: Virgo
Astronomy events
No major astronomy event in the current calendar for this date.