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This day in history: December 7

1. 1972

   Construction workers found the remains of Martin Bormann near Lehrter Station in Berlin, ending a decades-long search after his conviction in absentia at the Nuremberg trials.

2. 1975

   The Indonesian military began a lengthy occupation of East Timor under the pretext of anti-colonialism.

3. 1988

   A 6.8 Ms earthquake struck the Spitak region of Armenia, killing at least 25,000 people.

4. 1995

   The Galileo spacecraft arrived at Jupiter, a little more than six years after it was launched by Space Shuttle Atlantis during Mission STS-34.

5. 2011

   The United States transferred its last base in the Al Anbar Governorate to the Iraqi government, ending the Anbar campaign.

6. 2014

   The annual furry convention Midwest FurFest was targeted in an unsolved chlorine gas attack.

7. 2015

   The JAXA space probe Akatsuki entered into orbit around Venus to study the planet's atmosphere, five years after its first attempt failed.

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