December 7: Feast day of Saint Ambrose (Christianity); National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day in the United States (1941)Jack Fingleton1936 Australian cricketer Jack Fingleton (pictured) became the first player to score centuries in four consecutive Test innings.1942 Second World War: A small unit of Royal Marines launched Operation Frankton, in which they damaged six ships in the port of Bordeaux in German-occupied France.1975 The Indonesian military began a lengthy occupation of East Timor under the pretext of anti-colonialism.2015 The JAXA space probe Akatsuki entered into orbit around Venus to study the planet's atmosphere, five years after its first attempt failed.Charles Saunders (d.1775)Hamilton FishIII (b.1888)Noam Chomsky (b.1928)Barbara Howard (d.2002)More anniversaries: December 6December 7December 8ArchiveBy emailList of days of the yearAbout