Today in History - History - December 7th

19945th Billboard Music Awards: Ace of Base & Mariah Carey win

1929Leo Diegel wins PGA golf tournament

1877Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph (gramophone) to the editors of "Scientific American"

1939Lou Gehrig, 36, is elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame

1993Robert Goulet undergoes prostate cancer surgery

1808James Madison elected 4th US President and George Clinton Vice-President

1975Pat Bradley wins Colgate-Far East Ladies Tournament Golf Tournament

1929Bradman scores 124 for Woodfull's XI against Ryder's XI 166 mins

1990Ted Turner & Jane Fonda announce their engagement

1988Mikhail Gorbachev cheered by Wall St crowds upon arrival in NYC

1761Madame [Marie Grosholtz] Tussaud, Strasbourg, France, created wax museum, (d. 1850)

1956Larry Bird, West Baden, Indiana, NBA star (Boston Celtics, 12-time NBA All Star)

1947Johnny Bench, Oklahoma City Oklahoma, MLB catcher (Reds)

1928Noam Chomsky, linguist (founded transformational grammar)

1929Nizari Imam Aga Khan III (52) weds Andrée Joséphine Carron in Aix-les-Bains, France

2003Queen of hip-hop soul, Mary Jane Blige (32) weds record producer Kendu Isaacs in Bergen County, New Jersey

1902Thomas Nast, US political cartoonist, dies aged 62

1970Rube Goldberg, US cartoonist (Mike & Ike, Pulitzer 1948), dies at 87

2011Harry Morgan, American actor (Colonel Potter-M*A*S*H) dies at 96

43 BCCicero, Roman politician and orator, killed as part of the proscriptions at 63