Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/December 7
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December 7: Islamic New Year (2010, 1432 AH); Mourning of Muharram in Shia Islam begins (2010); Armed Forces Flag Day in India; Día de las Velitas in Colombia
- 1869 – American outlaw Jesse James committed his first confirmed bank robbery in Gallatin, Missouri.
- 1936 – Australian cricketer Jack Fingleton became the first player to score centuries in four consecutive Test innings.
- 1941 – World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy made its surprise attack on Pearl Harbor (pictured) in Hawaii, intending to neutralize the United States Pacific Fleet from influencing the war Japan was planning to wage in Southeast Asia.
- 1949 – Chinese Civil War: The government of the Republic of China relocated from Mainland China to Taipei on the island of Taiwan.
- 2007 – A crane barge that had broken free from a tugboat crashed into an oil tanker near Daesan, South Korea, causing the country's worst-ever oil spill.