December 7

Events

 * 1909 - Bakelite plastic is patented by Leo Baekeland. This is relevant to the history of radio since many antique radios of that era are now classed according to the type of plastic encasement in which they were manufactured.
 * 1938 - The St. Louis Dispatch begins an experiment to deliver newspapers via radio facsimile

Births

 * 1660 -, French composer (d. 1744)
 * 1910 -, American film music composer (d. 1991)
 * 1915 -, American jazz musician (d. 1989)
 * 1930 -, American jazz guitarist
 * 1939 -, American musician
 * 1944 -, American singer (The Byrds)
 * 1944 -, Canadian folk music singer and songwriter
 * 1944 -, American musician (The Beach Boys) (d. 1983)
 * 1947 -, Irish musician (The Pogues, Steeleye Span)
 * 1948 -, American singer
 * 1951 -, American musician (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
 * 1964 -, Turkish singer
 * 1966 -, American actor and musician
 * 1966 -, American rapper
 * 1969 -, American rapper
 * 1973 -, American Musician
 * 1973 -, Dutch musician and DJ
 * 1973 -, English folk singer
 * 1977 -, American rapper
 * 1978 -, Malaysian singer

Deaths

 * 1917 –, German-born Czech composer and violinist (b. 1826)
 * 1960 –, Swiss pianist (b. 1895)
 * 1980 –, American punk-rock musician (b. 1958)
 * 1998 –, British composer (b. 1920)
 * 2004 –, American conductor (b. 1914)
 * 2004 –, American singer (b. 1913)
 * 2006 –, American musician (b. 1910)