So you want to have a drink but you aren't sure why? Here are some GREAT reasons to call your friends over and have a party.

December 7th


- Armed Forces Flag Day (India)
- Christian Feast Day:
- Día de las Velitas, begins after sunset. (Colombia)
- International Civil Aviation Day (International)
- National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day (United States)
- Spitak Remembrance Day (Armenia)
- Student Day (Iran)

December 7th


- 1963 - Instant Replay is used for the first time in a Army-Navy game by its inventor, director, Tony Verna.
- 1941 - World War II: Attack on Pearl Harbor – The Imperial Japanese Navy attacks the US Pacific Fleet and its defending Army Air Forces and Marine air forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
- 1917 - World War I: The United States declares war on Austria-Hungary.
- 2007 - The Hebei Spirit oil spill begins in South Korea after a crane barge being towed by a tug collides with the Very Large Crude Carrier, Hebei Spirit.
- 2006 - A tornado strikes Kensal Green, North West London, seriously damaging about 150 properties.
- 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.
- 2003 - The Conservative Party of Canada is officially recognized after the merger of the Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.
- 1999 - The Recording Industry Association of America files a lawsuit against the Napster file-sharing client alleging copyright infringement.
- 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.
- 1994 - Norfolk Southern ends its steam excursion program. This is the last time that Norfolk and Western 611 is under steam.
- 1993 - The Long Island Rail Road massacre: Passenger Colin Ferguson murders six people and injures 19 others on the LIRR in Nassau County, New York.
- 1988 - Spitak Earthquake: In Armenia an earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale kills nearly 25,000, injures 15,000 and leaves 400,000 homeless.
- 1988 - Yasser Arafat recognizes the right of Israel to exist.
- 1987 - Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771 crashes near Paso Robles, California, killing all 43 on board, after a disgruntled passenger shoots his ex-boss traveling on the flight, then shoots both pilots and himself.
- 1987 - Alianza Lima air disaster. A plane crashes killing all Alianza Lima team in Ventanilla, Callao, Peru.
- 1983 - An Iberia Airlines Boeing 727 collides with an Aviaco DC-9 in dense fog while the two airliners are taxiing down the runway at Madrid Barajas International Airport, killing 93 people.
- 1982 - In Texas, Charles Brooks, Jr. becomes the first person to be executed by lethal injection in the United States.
- 1975 - Indonesia invades East Timor.
- 1972 - Apollo 17, the last Apollo moon mission, is launched. The crew takes the photograph known as The Blue Marble as they leave the Earth.
- 1971 - Pakistan President Yahya Khan announces the formation of a Coalition Government at Centre with Nurul Amin as Prime Minister and Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto as Vice-Prime Minister.
- 1970 - The first ever general election on the basis of direct adult franchise is held in Pakistan for 313 National Assembly seats.
- 1966 - A fire at an army barracks in Erzurum, Turkey kills 68 people.
- 1965 - Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras simultaneously lift mutual excommunications that had been in place since .
- 1962 - Prince Rainier III of Monaco revises the principality's constitution, devolving some of his power to advisory and legislative councils.
- 1949 - Chinese Civil War: The government of Republic of China moves from Nanking to Taipei.
- 1946 - A fire at the Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia kills 119 people, the deadliest hotel fire in U.S. history.
- 1936 - Australian cricketer Jack Fingleton becomes the first player to score centuries in four consecutive Test innings.
- 1930 - W1XAV in Boston, Massachusetts broadcasts video from the CBS radio orchestra program, The Fox Trappers. The broadcast also includes the first television commercial in the United States, an advertisement for I.J. Fox Furriers, who sponsored the radio show.
- 1900 - Max Planck, in his house at Grunewald, on the outskirts of Berlin, discovers the law of black body emission.
- 1862 - US Civil War: Battle of Prairie Grove, Arkansas.
- 1787 - Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the United States Constitution.
- 1776 - Marquis de Lafayette attempts to enter the American military as a major general.
- 1732 - The Royal Opera House opens at Covent Garden, London.
- 1724 - Tumult of Thorn – religious unrest is followed by the execution of nine Protestant citizens and the mayor of Thorn (Toru?) by Polish authorities.
- 1696 - Connecticut Route 108, third oldest highway in Connecticut, is laid out to Trumbull.
- -43 - Marcus Tullius Cicero is assassinated.

December 7th


- 2003 - Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands
- 1991 - Dori Sakurada, Japanese actor
- 1990 - Urszula Radwa?ska, Polish tennis player
- 1989 - Nicholas Hoult, English actor
- 1989 - Alessandro Marchi, Italian footballer
- 1988 - Emily Browning, Australian actress
- 1988 - Asia Ray Smith, American actress
- 1988 - Nathan Adrian, American swimmer
- 1987 - Aaron Carter, American singer and actor
- 1987 - Thomas Fiss, American singer (Varsity Fanclub)
- 1986 - Jonathan Gill, English singer (JLS)
- 1984 - Luca Rigoni, Italian footballer
- 1984 - Milan Michalek, Czech ice hockey player
- 1984 - Robert Kubica, the first Polish Formula One racing driver
- 1984 - Aaron Gray, American basketball player
- 1983 - Fausto Carmona, Dominican baseball player
- 1982 - Chrispa, Greek singer
- 1982 - Jack Huston, English actor
- 1980 - John Terry, English footballer
- 1979 - Sara Bareilles, American singer
- 1979 - Jennifer Carpenter, American actress
- 1979 - Lampros Choutos, Greek footballer
- 1979 - Ayako Fujitani, Japanese actress
- 1979 - Derek Ramsay, Filipino actor and model
- 1978 - Shiri Appleby, American actress
- 1978 - Frankie J, Mexican-born American singer
- 1978 - Chad Dukes, Radio Personality
- 1977 - Dominic Howard, English drummer (Muse)
- 1977 - Eric Chavez, American baseball player
- 1976 - Alan Faneca, American football player
- 1976 - Brent Johnson, Canadian football player
- 1976 - Georges Laraque, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1976 - Vanessa Lorenzo, Spanish fashion model
- 1975 - Jamie Clapham, English footballer
- 1974 - Nicole Appleton, Canadian-born singer
- 1974 - Kang Full, South Korean webcomic artist
- 1973 - Terrell Owens, American football player
- 1973 - Fabien Pelous, French international rugby player
- 1973 - Damien Rice, Irish musician
- 1972 - Hermann Maier, Austrian skier
- 1972 - Tammy Lynn Sytch, American professional wrestler
- 1971 - Vladimir Akopian, Armenian chess player
- 1971 - Chasey Lain, American pornographic actress
- 1970 - Carmen Campuzano, Mexican actress and fashion model
- 1969 - Andrea Claudio Galluzzo, Italian writer and journalist
- 1968 - Mark Geyer, Australian rugby league footballer
- 1967 - Tino Martinez, American baseball player
- 1966 - C. Thomas Howell, American actor
- 1966 - Shinichi Itoh, Japanese motorcycle racer
- 1965 - Colin Hendry, Scottish footballer
- 1965 - Jeffrey Wright, American actor
- 1964 - Roberta Close, Brazilian model
- 1964 - Peter Laviolette, head coach Philadelphia Flyers
- 1963 - Theo Snelders, former Dutch footballer
- 1962 - Grecia Colmenares, Venezuelan actress
- 1961 - Lisa Fischer, American R&B singer
- 1960 - Craig Scanlon, English guitarist (The Fall)
- 1958 - Tim Butler, English musician (The Psychedelic Furs)
- 1958 - Rick Rude, American professional wrestler (d. 1999)
- 1957 - Tom Winsor, British lawyer and economic regulator
- 1956 - Larry Bird, American basketball player
- 1955 - Chuck Loeb, Contemporary Jazz guitarist
- 1955 - Priscilla Barnes, American actress
- 1955 - John Watkins, Australian politician
- 1954 - Mark Hofmann, American forger and bomber
- 1954 - Mike Nolan, Irish singer (Bucks Fizz)
- 1954 - Mary Fallin, American politician
- 1952 - Georges Corraface, Greek actor, president of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival
- 1952 - Susan Collins, American politician, junior senator from Maine
- 1949 - Tom Waits, American singer, composer, and actor
- 1948 - Gary Morris, American singer and actor
- 1948 - Mads Vinding, Danish bassist
- 1947 - Johnny Bench, American baseball player
- 1947 - Tony Thomas, American TV and film producer
- 1947 - Garry Unger, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1945 - Marion Rung, Finnish singer
- 1944 - Miroslav Macek, Czech politician
- 1944 - Jamiel Chagra, American drug trafficker
- 1944 - Daniel Chorzempa, American organist
- 1943 - Nicholas Katz, American mathematician
- 1943 - Göran Lennmarker, Swedish politician
- 1943 - Bernard C. Parks, Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department
- 1942 - Harry Chapin, American singer and songwriter (d. 1981)
- 1942 - Alex Johnson, American baseball player
- 1942 - Peter Tomarken, American game show host (d. 2006)
- 1940 - Stan Boardman, English comedian
- 1940 - Gerry Cheevers, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1937 - Thad Cochran, American politician, senator from Mississippi
- 1932 - Ellen Burstyn, American actress
- 1932 - Paul Caponigro, American photographer
- 1930 - Hal Smith, American baseball player
- 1928 - Noam Chomsky, American linguist and political writer
- 1927 - Helen Watts, British contralto
- 1925 - Hernando da Silva Ramos, Brazilian racing driver
- 1924 - John Love, Zimbabwean Formula One driver (d. 2005)
- 1924 - Mário Soares, President of Portugal
- 1923 - Ted Knight, American actor (d. 1986)
- 1921 - Pramukh Swami Maharaj, Indian spiritual leader
- 1920 - Fiorenzo Magni, Italian cyclist
- 1920 - Walter Nowotny, Austrian fighter pilot (d. 1944)
- 1920 - Tatamkulu Afrika, South African poet and writer (d. 2002)
- 1919 - Lis Løwert, Danish actress (d. 2009)
- 1916 - Yekaterina Budanova, Soviet pilot, one of only two female flying aces (d. 1943)
- 1916 - Jean Carignan, French Canadian fiddler (d. 1988)
- 1915 - Eli Wallach, American actor
- 1913 - Kersti Merilaas, Estonian author, poet (d. 1986)
- 1912 - Daniel Jones, British composer (d. 1993)
- 1910 - Louis Prima, American musician (d. 1978)
- 1910 - Edmundo Ros, Trinidadian musician
- 1909 - Nikola Vaptsarov, Bulgarian and Macedonian poet and revolutionary (d. 1942)
- 1907 - Fred Rose, Canadian communist politician (d. 1983)
- 1905 - Gerard Kuiper, Dutch-born American astronomer (d. 1973)
- 1904 - Konstantin Sokolsky, Russian singer (d. 1991)
- 1903 - Danilo Blanuša, Croatian mathematician (d. 1987)
- 1891 - Fay Bainter, Academy Award-winning American actress (d. 1968)
- 1888 - Joyce Cary, Irish author (d. 1957)
- 1888 - Hamilton Fish III, American politician (d. 1991)
- 1887 - Ernst Toch, Austrian composer (d. 1964)
- 1879 - Rudolf Friml, American composer (d. 1972)
- 1873 - Willa Cather, American novelist (d. 1947)
- 1863 - Felix Calonder, Swiss politician (d. 1952)
- 1863 - Pietro Mascagni, Italian composer (d. 1945)
- 1863 - Richard Sears, American department store founder (d. 1914)
- 1862 - Paul Adam, French novelist (d. 1920)
- 1860 - Joseph Cook, 6th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1947)
- 1823 - Leopold Kronecker, German mathematician (d. 1891)
- 1810 - Josef Hyrtl, Austrian anatomist (d. 1894)
- 1810 - Theodor Schwann, German physiologist (d. 1882)
- 1803 - Maria Josepha of Saxony, queen consort of Spain (d. 1829)
- 1801 - Johann Nestroy, Austrian dramatist and actor (d. 1862)
- 1784 - Allan Cunningham, British poet (d. 1842)
- 1764 - Claude Victor-Perrin, duc de Belluno, French marshal (d. 1841)
- 1724 - Louise of Great Britain, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1751)
- 1637 - Bernardo Pasquini, Italian composer (d. 1710)
- 1598 - Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian artist (d. 1680)
- 1561 - Kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese politician (d. 1625)
- 1545 - Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, consort of Mary, Queen of Scots (d. 1567)
- 1302 - Azzone Visconti lord of Milan (d. 1339)
- 903 - Abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi, Persian astronomer (d. 986)
- 521 - Saint Columba, Irish Christian missionary to Scotland (d. 597)