Events of December 7 in Belarusian and world history.

Date of the day

,

and

began in Viskuly

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The next day, they signed a statement stating that the USSR was "ceasing its existence" and announced the formation of the CIS.​

Also on this day

1550 -

is crowned in Krakow as the Polish queen.

1921 — on the initiative of

, the Society of the Belarusian School was formed in Radashkevichi.

1941 - Japan attacks the American naval base at Pearl Harbor, the United States enters World War II.

1988 - an earthquake in Spitak (Armenia) killed more than 25,000 people.

1988 -

recognizes Israel's right to exist.

They were born on this day

1878 -

, Belarusian Catholic priest, poet.

1907 -

one of the leaders of the communist underground in Western Belarus.

1912 -

, dean of the Faculty of Geography of BSU, a scientist in the field of economic geography.

1928 -

Horetsky, Belarusian scientist-geologist, public figure.

1941 —

, collector and popularizer of Belarusian traditional folklore.

1955 —

Vorabiev, Belarusian rower, honored master of sports.

In memory

1735 —

, a Roman Catholic priest of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, bishop of Vilna, Smolensk, and Zhamoit in different years, died.

1943 -

, a Belarusian public and political figure, founder of the first Belarusian publishing house - the community "The sun will look into our window" in St. Petersburg, died.

Vaclav Ivanovsky

​1972 —

, Belarusian archaeologist, candidate of historical sciences, died.

1988 —

, Belarusian local historian, writer, died.