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December 7 | |
| 1873 | Birth date of Willa Cather, writer. (died 4/24/47) |
| 1888 | Birth date of Hamilton Fish, New York congressman. (died 1/18/91) |
| 1888 | Birth date of Heywood Broun, journalist. (died 12/18/39) |
| 1894 | Birth date of Stuart Davis, artist. (died 6/24/64) |
| 1931 | Hoover asks Congress to establish the Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC) to aid economic recovery; Hoover signs moratorium on war reparations and debts. |
| 1931 | Hunger marchers petition the White House for a guarantee of employment at minimum wage, but are turned away. |
| 1941 | Japanese planes attack Pearl Harbor. |