THURSDAY, Dec. 07, 2023

1783 — Theatre Royal opens in Covent Garden, London

1787 — Delaware becomes 1st state to ratify constitution

1842 — New York Philharmonic's first concert

1877 — Thomas A Edison demonstrates the gramophone

1907 — Eugene Corri becomes first referee in a boxing ring

1909 — Leo Baekeland, Yonkers NY, patents first thermosetting plastic (Bakelite)

1912 — Bust of Queen Nefertete found in El-Amarna, Egypt

1917 — U.S. becomes 13th country to declare war on Austria during World War I

1920 — USPD-KPD parties merge into Vereinigte Communist Party of Germany

1924 — German election (Social Democrats win/Nazis & Communists lose)

1926 — Gas refrigerator patented

1932 — First gyro-stabilized vessel to cross the Atlantic arrives in New York

1934 — Wiley Post discovers the jet stream

1945 — Microwave oven patented

1960 — Ivory Coast claims independence from France

1981 — Spain becomes a member of the NATO

1987 — Palestinian uprising against Israel in West Bank

1988 — Yasser Arafat recognizes existence of Israel

1990 — Iraqi parliament endorses Saddam's decision to free hostages