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On this day timelines December 7th

Events

972 – Apollo 17, the last Apollo moon mission, is launched. The crew takes the photograph known as The Blue Marble as they leave the Earth.

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Births

1598 – Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian and (d. 1680)

• Timeline unavailable: Sculptures by Gian Lorenzo Bernini

1873 – Willa Cather, American and (d. 1947)

• Timeline unavailable: Novels by Willa Cather

1915 – Leigh Brackett, American and (d. 1978)

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1949 – Tom Waits, American -, , and

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1974 – Nicole Appleton, Canadian and (All Saints and Appleton)

• All Saints (group) albums

1977 – Dominic Howard, English and (Muse)

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1978 – Frankie J, Mexican-American - and (Kumbia Kings)

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